
A Voice for Earth
American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter
University of Georgia Press
Published on 15. September 2008
Book
Hardback
168 pages
978-0-8203-3172-0 (ISBN)
Description
A Voice for Earth is a collection of poems, essays, and stories that together give a voice to the ethical principles outlined in the Earth Charter. The Earth Charter was adopted in the year 2000 with the mission of addressing the economic, social, political, spiritual, and environmental problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century.Part 1 of the book, ""Imagination into Principle,"" comprises Steven C. Rockefeller's behind-the-scenes summary of how the language for the Earth Charter was drafted. In part 2, ""Principle into Imagination,"" ten writers breathe life into its concepts with their own original work. Contributors include Rick Bass, Alison Hawthorne Deming, John Lane, Robert Michael Pyle, Janisse Ray, Scott Russell Sanders, Lauret Savoy, and Mary Evelyn Tucker. In part 3, ""Imagination and Principle into a New Ethic,"" Leonardo Boff offers a new paradigm created through reflecting on the concept of care in the Earth Charter.
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A collective call for a change of heart that will carry us forward. - Terry Tempest Williams, from her forewordMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Georgia
United States
Weight
375 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8203-3172-0 (9780820331720)
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Peter Blaze Corcoran | A. James Wohlpart
A Voice for Earth
American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter
E-Book
08/2011
Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books
€21.49
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Persons
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.