Conservation Is Not Enough: Rethinking Relationships with Water in the Arid Southwest - Hardcover

Schipper, Janine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1646426703 ISBN 13: 9781646426706

Publisher: University Press of Colorado, 2025

Synopsis

Conservation Is Not Enough reconsiders the most basic assumptions about water issues in the Southwest, revealing why conservation alone will not lead to a sustainable water future. The book undertakes a thorough examination of the prevailing “conservation ethos” deeply ingrained in the culture, critically analyzing its historical roots and shedding light on the problems and limitations inherent within it. Additionally, it introduces an Indigenous water ethos that offers a radically different way of understanding and experiencing water

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About the Author

Janine Schipper is professor of sociology at Northern Arizona University. She is the coauthor of Teaching with Compassion: An Educator's Oath for Teaching from the Heart and author of Disappearing Desert: The Growth of Phoenix and the Culture of Sprawl.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1646426703
• ISBN 13: 9781646426706
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 214