Zooburbia
Subtitle: meditations on the wild animals among us
By: Tai Moses ; edited by Rachel Neumann ; illustrated by Dave Buchen
Contributors: Neumann, Rachel, editor; Buchen, Dave, ill
Publisher: Parallax Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781937006679
Subjects: Suburban animals; Nature; Environmental aspects; Urban animals; Effect of human beings on; Urbanization; Garden animals; Human-animal relationships
Description: To be alienated from animals is to live a life that is not quite whole, contends nature writer Tai Moses in Zooburbia. Urban and suburban residents share our environments with many types of wildlife: squirrels, birds, spiders, and increasingly lizards, deer, and coyote. Many of us crave more contact with wild creatures, and recognize the small and large ways animals enrich our lives, yet dont notice the animals already around us.

Zooburbia reveals the reverence that can be felt in the presence of animals and shows how that reverence connects us to a deeper, better part of ourselves. A lively blend of memoir, natural history, and mindfulness practices, Zooburbia makes the case for being mindful and compassionate stewards  and students  of the wildlife with whom we coexist. With lessons on industriousness, perseverance, presence, exuberance, gratitude, aging, how to let go, and much more, Tai's vignettes share the happy fact that none of us is alone  our teachers are right in front of us. We need only go outdoors to find a rapport with the animal kingdom. Zooburbia is a magnifying lens turned to our everyday environment -- "Publisher's description."