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A voice for Earth : American writers respond to the Earth Charter / edited by Peter Blaze Corcoran and A. James Wohlpart ; editorial assistant, Brandon P. Hollingshead.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Corcoran, Peter Blaze.
Wohlpart, James, 1964-
Hollingshead, Brandon P.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Earth Charter (1997).
Earth Charter.
Human ecology.
Environmental protection.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (188 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Peter Blaze Corcoran is a professor of environmental studies and environmental education and director of the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is editor of "The Earth Charter in Action: Toward a Sustainable World." A. James Wohlpart is associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of English at Florida Gulf Coast University; he serves as the associate director of the center.
Contents:
Imagination into principle
Crafting principles for the Earth Charter / Steven C. Rockefeller
The Earth Charter
Principle into imagination : literary responses to the Earth Charter
Owning the imperatives : a poem for the Earth Charter / Alison Hawthorne Deming
Learning to see the stars : the Earth Charter as a compass for the new century / Mary Evelyn Tucker
Remembering the ancient path : the original instructions and the Earth Charter / Chief Jake Swamp
Lake Conestee / John Lane
Restoration : a plan / Rick Bass
Wilderness as a Sabbath for the land / Scott Russell Sanders
Who / Robert Michael Pyle
Broad water, distant land / Stuart Ching
Possibility begins here / Lauret Savoy
Hope for democracy / Janisse Ray
Imagination and principle into a new ethic
The ethic of care / Leonardo Boff, translated by Philip Berryman
Afterword / Kamla Chowdhry.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
1-283-25310-0
9786613253101
0-8203-4276-9
OCLC:
759160186

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