A new garden ethic : cultivating defiant compassion for an uncertain future

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Label

A new garden ethic : cultivating defiant compassion for an uncertain future

Title remainder

cultivating defiant compassion for an uncertain future

Statement of responsibility

Benjamin Vogt

Creator

• Vogt, Benjamin

Author

• Vogt, Benjamin

Subject

• Gardening
• Human ecology
• Endemic plants
• Environmental ethics

Language

eng

Summary

"Our landscapes push aside wildlife and in turn diminish our genetically-programmed love for wildness. How can we get ourselves back into balance through gardens, to speak life's language and learn from other species? Plenty of books tell home gardeners and professional landscape designers how to garden sustainably, what plants to use, and what resources to explore. Yet few examine why our urban wildlife gardens matter, and not just for ourselves, but for the larger human and animal communities. Author Benjamin Vogt addresses why we need a new garden ethic, and why we urgently need wildness in our daily lives -- lives sequestered in buildings surrounded by monocultures of lawn and concrete that significantly harm our physical and mental health. He examines the psychological issues around climate change and mass extinction as a way to understand how we are short circuiting our response to global crises, especially by not growing native plants in our gardens. Simply put, environmentalism is not political, it's social justice for all species marginalized today and for those facing extinction tomorrow. By thinking deeply and honestly about our built landscapes, we can create a compassionate activism that connects us more profoundly to nature and to one another."--

Assigning source

Publisher's website

Cataloging source

BKCT

Dewey number

179/.1

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult