Nature's Broken Clocks: Reimagining Time in the Face of the Environmental Crisis

By Paul Huebener

Book Overview

Lying hidden at the root of the environmental crisis are the cultural narratives that shape our actions, but as Paul Huebener shows, we can bring about change by developing a critical literacy of time.

The environmental crisis is, in many ways, a crisis of time. From the distress cries of birds that no longer know when to migrate, to the rapid dying of coral reefs, to the quickening pace of extreme weather events, the patterns and timekeeping of the natural world are falling apart. We have broken nature's clocks.

Lying hidden at the root of this problem are the cultural narratives that shape our actions and horizons of thought, but as Paul Huebener shows, we can bring about change by developing a critical literacy of time. Moving from circadian rhythms and the revival of ancient frozen bacteria to camping advertisements and the politics of oil pipelines, Nature's Broken Clocks turns to works of fiction and poetry, examining how cultural narratives of time are connected to the problems of ecological collapse and what we might do to fix them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889777128
• ISBN13: 9780889777125
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"