Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia: Bioregionalism, Permaculture, and Ecovillages

By Joshua Lockyer

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857458795
• ISBN13: 9780857458797
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"