Body and Earth: An Experiential Guide (Middlebury Bicentennial

Body and Earth: An Experiential Guide (Middlebury Bicentennial Series in Environmental Studies)
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â€œBody is our first environment,â€ writes Andrea Olsen. â€œIt is the medium through which we know the earth.â€ In a remarkable integration of environmental science, biology, meditation, and creative expression, Olsen, a dancer who teaches in the environmental studies program at Middlebury College, offers a guide to a holistic understanding of person and place. Part workbook, part exploration, Body and Earth considers the question of how we can best, most responsibly inhabit both our bodies and our planet.

Olsen displays an easy command of fields as diverse as geology, biochemistry, ecology, and anatomy as she explores the ways in which our bodies are derived from and connected to the natural world. But Body and Earth is not just a lesson, it is also an investigation. Arranged as a 31-day program, the book offers not only a wealth of scientific information, but also exercises for both exploring the body and connecting with place; illustrations and works of art that illuminate each chapterâ€™s themes; and Olsenâ€™s own meditations and reflections, connecting the topics to her personal history and experience.

Olsen insists that neither body nor landscape are separate from our fundamental selves, but in a culture which views the body as a mechanism to be trained and the landscape as a resource to be exploited, we need to learn to see again their fundamental wholeness and interconnection. Through hard data, reflection, exercises, and inspiration, Body and Earth offers a guide to responsible stewardship of both our planet and our persons.
Country USA
Brand University Press of New England
Manufacturer University Press of New England
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781584650102
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781584650102
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of New England
Manufacturer	University Press of New England
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781584650102
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781584650102
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Body and Earth: An Experiential Guide (Middlebury Bicentennial Series in Environmental Studies)

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