Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia: Bioregionalism, Permaculture, and Ecovillages
- ISBN-10
- 0857458809
- ISBN-13
- 9780857458803
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 348
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-04-30
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Authors
- Joshua Lockyer, James R. Veteto
Description
In order to move global society towards a sustainable "ecotopia," solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor. Using case studies from around the world, the contributors-scholar-activists and activist-practitioners- examine the interrelationships between three prominent environmental social movements: bioregionalism, a worldview and political ecology that grounds environmental action and experience; permaculture, a design science for putting the bioregional vision into action; and ecovillages, the ever-dynamic settings for creating sustainable local cultures.
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