Ecocultures [electronic resource] : blueprints for sustainable communities / edited by Steffen Böhm, Zareen Pervez Bharucha and Jules Pretty.

"This book demonstrates how communities in both developed and developing countries are already taking action to maintain or build resilient and sustainable lifestyles. These communities, here designated as 'Ecocultures', are exemplars of the art and science of sustainable living"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Böhm, Steffen, 1973- (Editor of compilation)
Pervez Bharucha, Zareen (Editor of compilation)
Pretty, Jules N. (Editor of compilation)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
Subjects:
Sustainable living > Case studies.
Community life > Case studies.
Human ecology > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2015 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2015 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Ecocultures: Blueprints for Sustainable Communities
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Ecocultures : Towards Sustainable Ways of Living / Steffen Böhm, Zareen Pervez Bharucha and Jules Pretty
  • Maritime Ecocultures : Bajau Communities of Eastern Indonesia / Julian Clifton
  • Ice Fishing Cultures of North Karelia, Finland : The Case of Puruvesi Winter Seining / Tero Mustonen
  • Environmental Knowledge in Motion : Ingenuity and Perseverance of Hunters among North Greenland / Naotaka Hayashi
  • Resilience and Returning to Country : Rainforest Aboriginal People of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia / Leanne Cullen-Unsworth and Marilyn Wallace
  • Changing with the Seasons : How Himalayan Communities Cope with Climate Change / Chicu Lokgariwar
  • "Distant Music of the Future" : Lessons from Lynedoch EcoVillage, Stellenbosch, South Africa / Eve Annecke
  • Social-ecological Resilience at São José Ecovillage, South Brazil / Leopoldo Cavaleri Gerhardinger, Gustavo C.M. Martins, Alexandre Paulo Teixeira Moreira, Cristian Curti and Cristiana Simão Seixas
  • The Evolution of Eco Detroit / Jacob Corvidae
  • Promoting Home Energy Retrofitting to Combat Climate Change : The Case of Bristol Green Doors / Jane Hindley
  • Living Ecocultures of the Great Transition / Larch Maxey
  • Ecocultures of Transition : New, Traditional and Alternative Ways of Living in the "Adjacent Possible" / Steve Quilley
  • Ecocultural Assemblages in the Urbanizing Global South / Mark Swilling
  • Ecocultures: Lesson Learnt and Paths into the Future / Steffen Böhm, Zareen Pervez Bharucha and Jules Pretty.