Ecosystems And Sustainable Development V (WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment) (Advances in Ecological Sciences)

Enzo Tiezzi

ISBN 10: 1845640136 / ISBN 13: 9781845640132

Published by WIT Press / Computational Mechanics, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ecosystems And Sustainable Development V (WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment) (Advances in Ecological Sciences)
• Publisher: WIT Press / Computational Mechanics
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845640136
• ISBN 13: 9781845640132
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Beyond the specific dimension of the individual, learning is a primary characteristic of life. Shifting our attention to local systems we can consider ecosystems and traditional communities as learning 'minds', according with Batesons thought. We call environmental wisdom the explicit knowledge that emerges from long periods of co-evolution of people and nature in local systems, cast in the same lot. Environmental wisdom rises both from trial-and-error and from more subtle kinds of knowledge, involving aesthetic and intuition. It sediments as tradition or religion and deeply contribute to landscapes creation, keeping ecosystems and humans alive together.