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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAnthropocene Boosters and the Attack on Wilderness Conservation Wuerthner, George Article 2015 A number of academics, commentators, and groups argue that humans have so completely modified the Earth that concepts such as 'wilderness' or 'nature' have become meaningless, and that therefore there... Connexions Digest: Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Connexions Library: Environment Focus  Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on environment, ecology, climate change, pollution, and land use. Connexions Library: Nature Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on nature. Divine ecstasy of Nature: Selected Writings by John Muir Williams, Terry Tempest Article 2017 A new collection of John Muir's (1838-1914) writings promises to inspire another generation to fall in love with wild nature, to care for it, to know that wilderness is not optional but central to our... Divine wilderness: John Muir's spiritual and political journey Flinders, Tim Article 2016 For John Muir, founder of America's national parks, immersion in nature was a blessing providing direct communion with divinity,and the cause of a spiritual awakening that inspired his life's work: to... Green Cities: Ecologically Sound Approaches to Urban Space Gordon, David (ed.) Book 1990 Visions from around the world for an ecological urban model. Argues that putting wilderness in cities is good for conservation of wildlife.
Human Nature Dowie, Mark Article 2009 Dowie sympathizes with the view that 'wildenress' is a human creation. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - June 5, 2015: Residential schools Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This issue of Other Voices focuses on residential schools. As documented by the just-released report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, residential schools were set up to forcibly 'assim... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - August 27, 2017: Official Enemies Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Why and how do some countries become 'enemies'? How and why do governments and media work in tandem to demonize official enemies? Who are the people who live in those countries, what are their lives l... Protecting Canada's Endangered Spaces: An Owner's Manual Hummel, Monte Book 1995 Conservationist Hummel explains what needs to be done by whom and when to protect wilderness in Canada. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesCanadian Environmental Network The Canadian Environmental Network is a neutral conduit for communications between 1500+ environmental groups in Canada. Nine regional networks also provide more regionally based networking services. Nature Canada To promote the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of nature and the conservation of the environment so that the integrity of natural systems is maintained. Western Canada Wilderness Committee Education of the public, business and political leaders on the value and necessity of preserving Western Canada's remaining wilderness. Support groups working to preserve areas. Sources LibraryA Field Guide to Eastern Forests Kricher, John C.; Morrison, Gordon 1988 A "second-generation" field guide to the ecology of the forests and fields of eastern North America. |
