IIUM Library
Image from Google Jackets

Encountering nature : toward an environmental culture / Thomas Heyd.

By: Publication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2007Description: xii, 190 p. ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 0754654230 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780754654230 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GF13
Contents:
Introduction -- The case for environmental morality -- Environmental ethics in the workplace : a call to action -- Environment and culture in Latin America : community, autonomy and resistance -- Aesthetic appreciation and the many stories about nature -- Bashمo and wandering aesthetics : recuperating space, recognizing place, following the ways of the universe -- Rock art and the aesthetic appreciation of natural landscapes -- After mining : reflections on reclamation through art -- Nature, culture, and natural heritage : toward a culture of nature -- Northern Plains boulder structures : art and heterotopias -- Nature restoration without dissimulation : learning from Japanese gardens and earthworks -- Botanic gardens as collaboration between humans and nature -- Afterword : enabling an environmental culture.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Cover image Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Vol info URL Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds Item hold queue priority Course reserves
Book - General Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library General Collection Open Shelf GF13H615E 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00011081364

Includes index.

Introduction -- The case for environmental morality -- Environmental ethics in the workplace : a call to action -- Environment and culture in Latin America : community, autonomy and resistance -- Aesthetic appreciation and the many stories about nature -- Bashمo and wandering aesthetics : recuperating space, recognizing place, following the ways of the universe -- Rock art and the aesthetic appreciation of natural landscapes -- After mining : reflections on reclamation through art -- Nature, culture, and natural heritage : toward a culture of nature -- Northern Plains boulder structures : art and heterotopias -- Nature restoration without dissimulation : learning from Japanese gardens and earthworks -- Botanic gardens as collaboration between humans and nature -- Afterword : enabling an environmental culture.

Share
© Dar al-Hikmah Library, IIUM. All Rights Reserved.