Elizabeth mcanally, phd is the newsletter editor and website manager for the forum on religion and ecology at yale university. The politics of the environment library of congress. The global water crisis why water politics matter for business security if the global community is to adequately address water challenges and associated risks, cooperation is. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Water politics and spiritual ecology custom, e, palmer, for sale online. I know this because i have witnessed how damaging human impact is on natural ecosystem function and how little time we have left to change this. Deep ecology, environmental philosophy and social movement based in the belief that humans must radically change their relationship to nature from one that values nature solely for its usefulness to human beings to one that recognizes that nature has an inherent value. New concepts of the divine, holiness, spiritual life, and sin are being forged.
Ecology and the politics of survival united nations university. Just water explores the necessity and availability of a supply of fresh water from the perspective of christian ethics. Our present ecological crisis is the greatest manmade disaster this planet has ever faced its accelerating climate change, species depletion, pollution and acidification of the oceans. This is the first comprehensive survey of the critical connections between religion, nature and the environment. The first use of the term, hydropolitics, came in the book hydropolitics of the nile valley. Queer ecology disrupts heterosexist notions of nature, drawing from a diverse array of disciplines, including science studies, ecofeminism, environmental justice, and queer geography. Waters political control rests on a complex of alliances and rivalries that are often unseen by the public. In the last two decades, the connections between religion and ecology have been manifest by explosive growth in theological writings, scholarship, institutional commitment, and public action. Water and politics finds that middleclass and industrial elites play an important role in generating pressure for public service reforms.
Products loving water across religions orbis books. Barry lopez, author, arctic dreams winner national book award, of wolves and men, crossing open ground, about this life. Ecofeminist thinkers draw on the concept of gender to analyse the relationships between humans and the natural world. Aug 30, 20 the global water crisis why water politics matter for business security if the global community is to adequately address water challenges and associated risks, cooperation is imperative.
Water politics and spiritual ecology custom, environmental governance and new for sale online. The book captures, from a variety of cultural perspectives, the importance of embracing nature awareness in our individual and collective consciousness. Earth in the balance by al gore is a very revealing look at what is truly behind the modern spiritual ecology. Globalization and transboundary water management elizabeth a. Environmental politics designate both the politics about the environment see also environmental policy and an academic field of study focused on three core components the study of political theories and ideas related to the environment the examination of the environmental stances of both mainstream political parties and environmental social movements. Introduction i had been thinking about how to begin this yearlong research project when i asked one of my 17yearold students in khayelitsha, a township outside of cape town, how do you think pollution can harm people. He is a follower of roger revelle 19091991 one of the creators of the manmade global warming. Ecofeminism is a branch of feminism that sees environmentalism, and the relationship between women and the earth, as foundational to its analysis and practice. Building on but distinct from the foundation laid by christiana zenners just water, this book is a welcome addition to the growing field of concern surrounding global water crises. Nasrs environmentalist critique of western modernity began with a series of lectures at the university of chicago in 1966, which were published the following year as man and nature. This provocative new book is for every person who turns on their tap, and takes a drink of water, without saying a prayer of thanksin other words, you. The politicalecology of water and the urban process it is, of course, commonplace to argue that the urbanization process is predicated upon a myriad of socioecological transformations that affect the geographies of places both nearby and far away cronon, 1991.
Religions of the world and ecology series islam and ecology volume. Nutrient pollution from agricultural runoff has led to coastal dead zones measuring thousands of square miles. Her 2015 book, water politics and spiritual ecology. The political ecology of dambo soil and water resources in zimbabwe. Custom, environmental governance and development show all authors. Often keyed in dramatic terms, water politics thrives on local identities and longterm legacies. Water politics, sometimes called hydropolitics, is politics affected by the availability of water and water resources, a necessity for all life forms and human development. An estimated 12% of bird species, 25% of mammals and more than. The cry of the earth carries urgently needed messages for everyone on the planet. Based upon intensive and extensive fieldwork, complemented by widelyranging sources, water politics and spiritual ecology is a major addition to the published ethnography of timor leste and will appeal to scholars and policymakers interested in the social, ritual, and mythological ramifications of water in that postcolonial nationstate. Dear colleagues, water governance refers to the range of political, organizational and administrative processes through which communities articulate their interests, their input is absorbed, decisions are made and implemented, and decision makers are held accountable in the development and management of water resources and delivery. Custom, environmental governance and development routledge explorations in environmental studies, is the culmination of a decade of ethnographic research in timor leste.
Other resources topical bibliography of books on spiritual ecology. The political ecology scholarship in this area focuses on the ways in which powerladen economic, political, and sociocultural processes shape the dynamics. Routledge handbook of religion and ecology edited by willis jenkins, mary evelyn tucker, and john grim routledge books, 2017. The cry of the earth, second edition only 2 left in stock. In the case of aquifer water, this led to either a problem of widespread. By 2025, more than half of the nations in the world will face freshwater stress or shortages and, by 2050, as much as 75 percent of the worlds population could face freshwater scarcity. That would be the conclusion of anyone who reads the wise new book spiritual ecology. Ii roots and branches the roots of political ecology in ecological. Popular political ecology books meet your next favorite book. Elhances definition of hydropolitics is the systematic study of. Theologians from every religious traditionalong with dozens of nondenominational spiritual writershave confronted religions attitudes toward nature and complicity in the environmental. The cry of the earth, a beautiful collection of interfaith essays by some of our greatest thinkers about the. Islam introduction religions of the world and ecology book.
The university of newcastle, australia see all articles by this author. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading water politics and spiritual ecology. Custom, environmental governance and development lisa palmer as water resources diminish with increasing population and economic pressures as well as global climate change, this book addresses a subject of ever increasing local and global importance. Spiritual ecology restoring nature awareness suzuki elders. International alert has identified 46 countries, home to 2. The political ecology scholarship in this area focuses on the ways in which powerladen economic, political, and sociocultural processes shape the dynamics of water meanings, knowledge, use and. Evidently it is used to point up some kind of connection between politics, or the.
Historical and contemporary selections from key authors and a multicultural range of sources make this sacred earth an invaluable teaching resource and a unique introduction to. Either new untapped water reserves had to be incorporated in the urban water cycle or existing water supplies were tapped more intensely. Islam introduction religions of the world and ecology. The essays in this book show that this process is underway. The meaning of political ecology tim hayward political ecology is an expression which has become quite familiar in recent years, but does not appear to have acquired a clear and settled meaning.
Dear colleagues, water governance refers to the range of political, organizational and administrative processes through which communities articulate their interests, their input is absorbed, decisions are made and implemented, and decision makers are held accountable in the development and management. Read the introduction by mary evelyn tucker and john grim. The term queer ecology refers to a series of practices that reimagine nature, biology, and sexuality in light of queer theory. It addresses a critical need for a sustained geographical and anthropological inquiry into the social issues of water. Queer ecology disrupts heterosexist notions of nature, drawing from a diverse array of disciplines, including science studie s, ecofeminism, environmental justice, and queer geography. Custom, environmental governance and development sarah wright progress in human geography 2017 41. A critical introduction by paul robbins, global political ecology by richard peet, black faces, wh. Gores book was published in 1992 while he was still a senator from tennessee. Among imperial valley farmers, some are descendants of white settlers who first established water rights a century ago. Book provides interfaith spiritual perspective on our. Justice, sustainability, and peace, and stolen harvest. Custom, environmental governance and development routledge explorations in environmental studies kindle edition by palmer, lisa. It is the place where you can understand most intimately and immediately that spirit and nature are one, and that what affects one thing ultimately affects everything.
And modern environmentalism was a political and activist mass movement which demanded a radical transformation in the values and structures of society. Theologies have been created which stress the spiritual value of nature, our kinship with the nonhuman, and our ethical responsibilities to the earth. Spiritual ecology is a superb collection of thoughtful pieces by people who have gone deep to understand our relations with the earth. The quran is replete with references to the precious resources of water, air, and land, and proscribes wastefulness. The moral values and interpretive systems of religions are crucially involved in how people imagine the challenges of sustainability and how societies mobilize to enhance ecosystem. Political ecology readings evergreenstatecollegehome. The recent book spiritual ecology edited by llewellyn vaughanlee, addresses the shortcomings of ecosystem science in a collection of thoughtful and inspiring essays. It is a book for nonacademic religious professionals or lay people interested in an interfaith perspective on religion and ecology. Jan 01, 20 spiritual ecology is the fire by which you can sit, to hear the stories of our human legacy and responsibility told once again in clear voices. Contemporary environmental politics was driven by the idea of a global ecological crisis that threatened the very existence of humanity. Jul 09, 20 that would be the conclusion of anyone who reads the wise new book spiritual ecology. Veronica herrera is a political scientist and assistant professor at uclas luskin school of public affairs, urban planning. This perspective breaks apart various dualisms that exist within human.
See all books authored by vandana shiva, including earth democracy. Spiritual ecology is the fire by which you can sit, to hear the stories of our human legacy and responsibility told once again in clear voices. The global water crisis why water politics matter for. Sometimes called an ecosophy, deep ecology offers a definition of the self that differs from traditional. The recent book spiritual ecology, edited by llewellyn vaughanlee, addresses the shortcomings of ecosystem science in a collection of thoughtful and inspiring essays. It includes writings from sacred texts and a broad spectrum of new ecotheological selections.
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