02799nam a2200445 a 4500 EBC430808 MiAaPQ 20250821104524.0 m o d | cr cnu|||||||| 080222s2009 enk ob 001 0 eng 9780199706112 (electronic bk.) 9780195373783 (print) (MiAaPQ)EBC430808 (Au-PeEL)EBL430808 (CaPaEBR)ebr10288334 (CaONFJC)MIL205389 (OCoLC)368224345 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ GF49 .E47 2009 304.2 22 Ehrenfeld, David. 197169 Becoming good ancestors [electronic resource] : how we balance nature, community, and technology / David Ehrenfeld. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. xvi, 302 p. Rev. ed. of: Swimming lessons / David Ehrenfeld. 2002. Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-290) and index. Pretending -- Brainstorming has its limits -- Nothing simple -- The comforts of fantasy -- Rejecting gifts -- The uses and risks of adaptation -- When machines replace people -- Pseudocommunities -- Obsolescence -- Accelerating social evolution -- Writing -- Affluence and austerity -- Energy and friendly fire -- Durable goods -- Preserving our capital -- Conservation for profit -- Hot spots and the globalization of conservation -- Putting a value on nature -- The downside of corporate immortality -- Wilderness as teacher -- An opposing view of nature -- Death of a plastic palm -- Scientific discoveries and nature's mysteries -- I reinvent agriculture -- Thinking about breeds and species -- Strangers in our own land -- Teaching field ecology -- The ubiquitous right-of-way -- A walk in the woods -- Old growth -- Intimacy with nature -- The utopia fallacy -- Traditions -- Jane Austen and the world of the community -- Universities, schools, and communities -- What do we owe our children? -- Epilogue: A call for fusion and regeneration. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. Human ecology. 35100 Nature Effect of human beings on. 197170 Environmental degradation. 197171 Civilization, Modern 21st century. 197172 Technology Social aspects. 197173 Electronic books. 35142 Ehrenfeld, David. Swimming lessons. 197174 ProQuest (Firm) 197175 ProQuest (Firm) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=430808 Click to View 248651 248651