Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia: Bioregionalism, Permaculture, and Ecovillages (Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology Book 17)

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. List of Tables, Figures, and MapsAcknowledgementsContributors PrologueE. N. Anderson Introduction: Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia: An IntroductionJoshua Lockyer and James R. Veteto PART I: BIOREGIONALISM Chapter 1. Growing a Life-Place PoliticsPeter Berg Chapter 2. On Bioregionalism and Watershed ConsciousnessJames J. Parsons Chapter 3. Growing an Oak: An Ethnography of Ozark BioregionalismBrian C. Campbell Chapter 4. The Adirondack Semester: An Integrated Approach to Cultivating Bioregional Knowledge & ConsciousnessSteve Alexander and Baylor Johnson Further Readings on Bioregionalism PART II: PERMACULTURE Chapter 5. Environmental Anthropology Engaging Permaculture: Moving Theory and Practice Toward SustainabilityJames R. Veteto and Joshua Lockyer Chapter 6. Weeds or Wisdom? Permaculture in the Eye of the Beholder on Latvian Eco-Health FarmsGuntra Aistara Chapter 7. Permaculture in the City: Ecological Habitus and the Distributed EcovillageRandolph Haluza-Delay and Ron Berezan Chapter 8. Culture, Permaculture and Experimental Anthropology in the Houston FoodshedBob Randall Chapter 9. Putting Permaculture Ethics to Work: Commons Thinking, Progress and HopeKaty Fox Chapter 10. Permaculture in Practice: Low Impact Development in BritainJenny Pickerill Chapter 11. In Search of Global Sustainability and Justice: How Permaculture Can Contribute to Development PolicyAili Pyhala Further Readings on Permaculture PART III: ECOVILLAGES Chapter 12. From Islands to Networks: The History and Future of the Ecovillage MovementJonathan Dawson Chapter 13. Creating Alternative Political Ecologies through the Construction of Ecovillages and Ecovillagers in ColombiaBrian Burke and Beatriz Arjona Chapter 14. Globalizing the Ecovillage Ideal: Networks of Neighborliness, Seeds of HopeTodd LeVasseur Chapter 15. Academia's .. Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Foreword Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia: An Introduction I Bioregionalism Chapter One. Growing a Life-Place Politics Chapter Two. On Bioregionalism and Watershed Consciousness Chapter Three. Growing an Oak An Ethnography of Ozark Bioregionalism Chapter Four. The Adirondack Semester: An Integrated Approach to Cultivating Bioregional Knowledge and Consciousness Further Readings on Bioregionalism II Permaculture Chapter Five. Environmental Anthropology Engaging Permaculture: Moving Theory and Practice Toward Sustainability Chapter Six. Weeds or Wisdom? Permaculture in the Eye of the Beholder on Latvian Eco-Health Farms Chapter Seven. Permaculture in the City: Ecological Habitus and the Distributed Ecovillage Chapter Eight. Culture, Permaculture, and Experimental Anthropology in the Houston Foodshed Chapter Nine. Putting Permaculture Ethics to Work: Commons Thinking, Progress, and Hope Chapter Ten. Permaculture in Practice: Low Impact Development in Britain Chapter Eleven. In Search of Global Sustainability and Justice: How Permaculture Can Contribute to Development Policy Further Readings on Permaculture III Ecovillages Chapter Twelve. From Islands to Networks: The History and Future of the Ecovillage Movement Chapter Thirteen. Creating Alternative Political Ecologies through the Construction of Ecovillages and Ecovillagers in Colombia Chapter Fourteen. Globalizing the Ecovillage Ideal: Networks of Empowerment, Seeds of Hope Chapter Fifteen. Academia’s Hidden Curriculum and Ecovillages as Campuses for Sustainability Education Chapter Sixteen. Ecovillages and Capitalism: Creating Sustainable Communities within an Unsustainable Context Further Readings on Ecovillages Notes on Contributors Index " ... 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 ... 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."--Back cover Hidden Curriculum and Ecovillages as Campuses for Sustainability EducationDaniel Greenberg Chapter 16. Ecovillages and Capitalism: Building Sustainable Communities within an Unsustainable ContextTed Baker Further Readings on Ecovillages