Ecology on the Ground and in the Clouds: Aimé Bonpland and Alexander Von Humboldt Contributor(s): Nye, Andrea (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438487010 ISBN-13: 9781438487014 Publisher: State University of New York Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2022 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - History | Expeditions & Discoveries |
Dewey: 304.2 |
LCCN: 2021040873 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.57 lbs) 372 pages |
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Publisher Description: In Ecology on the Ground and in the Clouds, Andrea Nye raises a question: In a time of climate change and environmental crisis, where should we look for inspiration? Is it to Alexander von Humboldt, the inventor of nature who viewed the cosmos from the lofty peak of Mount Chimborazo? Or is it to Humboldt's travel partner, the botanist Aimé Bonpland, who left Europe behind for forty years of conservation, agroforestry, and cooperative farming in the newly independent Republic of Argentina? For Bonpland, order and harmony are not unveiled with European reason and insight; they are made on the ground by intelligent, honorable, and diverse working men and women. Cosmos is not a hidden balance of nature; it is order in thought and action that ensures what we do is coherent and for the common good. It is fair and efficient government, just adjudication of disputes, and good management. It is loving attention to intricate cogs and wheels of natural processes at the same time as imagining new forms of beauty and stability in human communities and working landscapes. |
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