This Place on Earth: Home and the Practice of Permanence

by Alan Thein Durning

Book Overview

Alan Durning spent several years traveling the world as an environmental policy analyst. When a Filipino tribeswoman asked him to describe his home, he found that he could not, answering weakly, "In... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570610401
• ISBN13: 9781570610400
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Not Acknowledged by NEW but still Thankful of Home Thunder

In retrospect, when I look back on my "hungry" journey, few pillars of existing heart and knowledge-base re-affirmed my personal hope for the future more than this very rich resource. Not surprisingly "This Place on Earth: Home and the Practice of Permanence," by Alan Thein Durning of www.NorthwestEnvironmentWatch.org, become a resource so rich for this organization that further works would expand directly from the chapters within. Infact, it is still going on today. In my opinion, Alan's Worldwatch Institute journey storied at a very local level (the Pacific Northwest) is a vital element to each individuals own learned journey in the context of their own life and view. It is heartening, as I write that this work continues. Thank you to Alan and his dedicated staff and sponsors. Sincerely, Dennis Patrick Kain

Not just for Northwesterners

Having recently moved to the Northwest, this book is great in covering the history in a way that few books do. Although I don't agree with everything he says, he's got some very valid points. Interwoven in the story of "place", is his personal story, and it fits in very well. I liked this book enough I will probably actually buy it (the one I have is from the library) so that I can loan it out to friends. Besides being specifically about the Northwest, the book's premise can be transferred to other areas as well, the idea is you relating to your part of the earth and to your community.

One of the most important books of 1996

Durning has written a fascinating book that examines the potential of the Pacific Northwest bioregion and the people that live there. This book demonstrates that the personal is political, and shows readers how his/her own impact on the planet can be lessened. It is, by far, one of the most important books written in 1996, and one of the most important books that you can read in the year ahead