The Earth's Blanket: Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living

By Nancy J. Turner

Book Overview

This is a thought-provoking look at Native American stories, cultural institutions, and ways of knowing, and what they can teach us about living sustainably.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295984740
• ISBN13: 9780295984742
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A brilliant book written by a national treasure!

Anyone who has ever read Dr Turner's work will realize how thorough she is. This book is a departure from her usual style, however. Rather than being a collection of plants and in-depth analysis of their uses by North America's First Nations, The Earth's Blanket casts a much wider net, interpreting her decades of travel and research, as they apply to the concept that "we are all one...". It is an extraordinary work of a great Canadian ecological thinker.