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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 333.7316 EAN: 9781931498500 ISBN: 1931498504 Label: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Manufacturer: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 84 Publication Date: 2004-03 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Studio: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Editorial Review: Product Description: A visual and written tribute, Voices of the Land brings together a diverse community who speaks out for greater stewardship of our landscape. The authors, whether ecologist, farmer, chef, mushroom gatherer, architect, or writer, share of their own unique relationships to the land. Together with evocative photographs that detail the intricacies of nature, Voices of the Land encourages homeowners to be responsive to the existing character and ecology of the land as it becomes a home. All royalties will go to land conservation and preservation efforts. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Gorgeous, reflective pieces abound What does it mean to really know the land, or a wild space? The essays compiled and edited by Jamie Crelly Purinton for Voices Of The Land go well beyond commercial or economic values to consider the ecological and social meaning of land stewardship, from getting to know the underlying ecology of a projected building site to moving beyond concepts of land possession. Each individual chapter offers articles and reflections by builders, landowners, ecologists, students and others from different walks ... Read More |
