New Garden Ethic (eBook)

Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future

Benjamin Vogt (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
195 Seiten
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-77142-245-1 (ISBN)

Infos

As human-made climate change and mass extinction impacts the world's ability to function, we will be called upon to garden the planet more actively. Native plants will play a critical role in helping us know and appreciate wildness, while waking us to global wildlife stewardship and cultivating equality among ourselves.

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In a time of climate change and mass extinction, how we garden matters more than ever: "e;An outstanding and deeply passionate book."e; -Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of AnimalsPlenty of books tell home gardeners and professional landscape designers how to garden sustainably, what plants to use, and what resources to explore. Yet few examine why our urban wildlife gardens matter so much not just for ourselves, but for the larger human and animal communities. Our landscapes push aside wildlife and in turn diminish our genetically programmed love for wildness. How can we get ourselves back into balance through gardens, to speak life's language and learn from other species?Benjamin Vogt addresses why we need a new garden ethic, and why we urgently need wildness in our daily lives lives sequestered in buildings surrounded by monocultures of lawn and concrete that significantly harm our physical and mental health. He examines the psychological issues around climate change and mass extinction as a way to understand how we are short-circuiting our response to global crises, especially by not growing native plants in our gardens. Simply put, environmentalism is not political; it's social justice for all species marginalized today and for those facing extinction tomorrow. By thinking deeply and honestly about our built landscapes, we can create a compassionate activism that connects us more profoundly to nature and to one another.

Autor

lt;p> Benjamin Vogt has a Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His writings and photos have appeared in over 60 publications, from literary journals to magazines to anthologies, and even a permanent display at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center. He has also won several awards and fellowships over the last two decades. Benjamin writes a weekly native plant garden design column at Houzz.com, which has been read over 2.5 million times. He speaks nationally on garden design and wildlife landscapes while owning Monarch Gardens, a prairie garden design firm based in eastern Nebraska with projects the span Nebraska to New Jersey. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife.

Inhalt

1. A New Garden Ethic
2. More Than Native Plants
3. Why We Believe What We Believe
4. Urban Wildness and Social Justice
5. Speaking the Language Again
Notes
Suggested Reading
Acknowledgements
Index
About New Society Publishers

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.9.2021
• Verlagsort: Gabriola Island
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: back into balance • climate change • diminish • Evolution • flora and fauna • Flowers • Gardening • Gardens • genetically programmed • History • home gardeners • human and animal communities • Landscapes • learn from other species • love for wildness • Mass extinction • Mental Health • physical health • professional landscape designers • Psychological Issues • Realistic • Scenic • science and math • speak lifes language • Sustainable • wildlife
• ISBN-10: 1-77142-245-9 / 1771422459
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77142-245-1 / 9781771422451