Nested Ecology: The Place of Humans in the Ecological Hierarchy

by Edward T. Wimberley

Book Overview

Nested Ecology provides a pragmatic and functional approach to realizing a sustainable environmental ethic.

Edward T. Wimberley asserts that a practical ecological ethic must focus on human decision making within the context of larger social and environmental systems. Think of a set of mixing bowls, in which smaller bowls sit within larger ones. Wimberley sees the world in much the same way, with personal ecologies embedded in social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801892899
• ISBN13: 9780801892899
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"