ISBN |
9781742236889 |
174223688X |
Title |
Living with the anthropocene : love, loss and hope in the face of environmental crisis / edited by Cameron Muir, Kirsten Wehner and Jenny Newell. |
Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2020. |
©2020. |
Description |
xix, 356 pages ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
"Australia - and the world - is changing. On the Great Barrier Reef corals bleach white, across the inland farmers struggle with declining rainfall, birds and insects disappear from our gardens and plastic waste chokes our shores. The 2019-20 summer saw bushfires ravage the country like never before and young and old alike are rightly anxious. Human activity is transforming the places we live in and love. In this extraordinarily powerful and moving book, some of Australia's best-known writers and thinkers - as well as ecologists, walkers, farmers, historians, ornithologists, artists and community activists - come together to reflect on what it is like to be alive during an ecological crisis. They build a picture of a collective endeavour towards a culture of care, respect, and attention as the physical world changes around us. How do we hold onto hope? Personal and urgent, this is a literary anthology for our age, the age of humans" -- Back cover. |
Subjects |
Climate change |
Climatic changes |
Climatic changes -- Social aspects |
Environmental degradation -- Social aspects |
Global warming -- Social aspects |
Nature -- Effect of human beings on |
Global environmental change |
Global warming -- Australia |
Global environmental change |
Nature -- Effect of human beings on |
Climatic changes -- Social aspects |
Environmentalism -- Social aspects -- Australia |
Human ecology |
Environmental protection -- Moral and ethical aspects |
Environmental protection -- Australia -- Citizen participation |
Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Australia |
Human beings -- Effect of climate on -- Australia |
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Muir, Cameron (editor) |
Newell, Jennifer (editor) |
Wehner, Kirsten (editor) |
Call number |
2022.181 |