Heyd, Thomas, 1956-

Encountering nature : toward an environmental culture / Thomas Heyd. - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2007 - xii, 190 p. ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

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Human ecology
Environmental ethics

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