Encountering Nature : Toward an Environmental Culture

Contents: Foreword, Eric Katz Preface Introduction Part I Environmental Conscience: The case for environmental morality Environmental ethics in the workplace: a call to action Environment and culture in Latin America: community, autonomy and resistance. Part II Appreciating Nature: Aesthetic appreciation and the many stories about nature Basho and wandering aesthetics: recuperating space, recognizing place, following the ways of the universe Rock art and the aesthetic appreciation of natural landscapes After mining: reflections on reclamation through art. Part III Culture and Nature: Nature, culture, and natural heritage: toward a culture of nature Northern plains boulder structures: art and heterotopias Nature restoration without dissimulation: learning from Japanese gardens and earthworks Botanic gardens as collaboration between humans and nature Afterword: enabling an environmental culture Index.