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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
OUR PRICE: $94.05  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2022
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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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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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