Swimming lessons : keeping afloat in the age of technology /

Main Author: Ehrenfeld, David.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=120976
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300 |a 1 online resource (xvi, 249 pages) 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231). 
505 0 |a 1. Lies we live -- Brainstorming ; Pretending ; Magic of the Internet ; Nothing simple ; Sherlock, Nero, and us -- 2. Wrecking our civilization : a manual -- Rejecting gifts ; Adaptation ; Forecast : chilly, overcast, light drizzle, no people left ; Pseudocommunities ; Obsolescence ; Social evolution versus sudden change ; Writing -- 3. Deadly economics -- Affluence and austerity ; Durable goods ; Spending our capital ; Saving by selling ; Hot spots and the globalization of conservation ; Gingko and the stump ; Death penalty -- 4. Relating to nature in a manmade world -- Vine cleaners ; Connoisseur of nature ; Death of a plastic palm ; Scientific discoveries and nature's mysteries ; I reinvent agriculture ; Thinking about breeds and species ; Teaching field ecology ; More field ecology : Rightofway Island ; Walk in the woods ; Degrees of intimacy -- 5. Restoring the community -- Utopia fallacy ; Traditions ; Jane Austen and the world of the community ; Universities and their communities ; Invalid's guide ; Swimming lessons. 
650 0 |a Human ecology. 
650 0 |a Environmental degradation. 
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