Becoming good ancestors
Subtitle: how we balance nature, community, and technology
By: David Ehrenfeld.
Contributors: Ehrenfeld, David.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780195373783
Subjects: Human ecology; Nature -- Effect of human beings on; Environmental degradation; Civilization, Modern -- 21st century; Technology -- Social aspects
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Swimming lessons / David Ehrenfeld. 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pretending; title: Brainstorming has its limits; title: Nothing simple; title: The comforts of fantasy; title: Rejecting gifts; title: The uses and risks of adaptation; title: When machines replace people; title: Pseudocommunities; title: Obsolescence; title: Accelerating social evolution; title: Writing; title: Affluence and austerity; title: Energy and friendly fire; title: Durable goods; title: Preserving our capital; title: Conservation for profit; title: Hot spots and the globalization of conservation; title: Putting a value on nature; title: The downside of corporate immortality; title: Wilderness as teacher; title: An opposing view of nature; title: Death of a plastic palm; title: Scientific discoveries and nature's mysteries; title: I reinvent agriculture; title: Thinking about breeds and species; title: Strangers in our own land; title: Teaching field ecology; title: The ubiquitous right-of-way; title: A walk in the woods; title: Old growth; title: Intimacy with nature; title: The utopia fallacy; title: Traditions; title: Jane Austen and the world of the community; title: Universities, schools, and communities; title: What do we owe our children?; title: Epilogue: A call for fusion and regeneration.