Ecology on the ground and in the clouds : Aimé Bonpland and Alexander von Humboldt /
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| Author / Creator: | Nye, Andrea, 1939- author. |
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, [2022] |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12716352 |
| Summary: | In Ecology on the Ground and in the Clouds , Andrea Nye raises a question: In a time of climate change and environmental crisis, where should we look for inspiration? Is it to Alexander von Humboldt, the "inventor of nature" who viewed the cosmos from the lofty peak of Mount Chimborazo? Or is it to Humboldt's travel partner, the botanist Aimé Bonpland, who left Europe behind for forty years of conservation, agroforestry, and cooperative farming in the newly independent Republic of Argentina? For Bonpland, order and harmony are not unveiled with European reason and insight; they are made on the ground by intelligent, honorable, and diverse working men and women. Cosmos is not a hidden balance of nature; it is order in thought and action that ensures what we do is coherent and for the common good. It is fair and efficient government, just adjudication of disputes, and good management. It is loving attention to intricate "cogs and wheels" of natural processes at the same time as imagining new forms of beauty and stability in human communities and working landscapes. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781438487021 1438487029 9781438487014 |
