The ecology of everyday things /

Nature is all around us, in the beautiful but also in the unappealing and functional, and from the awe-inspiring to the mundane. It is vital that we learn to see the agency of the natural world in all things that make our lives possible, comfortable and profitable. The Ecology of Everyday Things pul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Everard, Mark (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2021]
Temas:
Human ecology.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Biotic communities.
Écologie humaine.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature.
human ecology.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Biotic communities
Human ecology
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Endorsements
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Author
  • Selected Relevant books by Mark Everard
  • 1. The Nature of Modern Society
  • 2. Reading the Tea Leaves
  • The nature of tea
  • The culture and politics of tea
  • In hot water
  • A complex brew
  • 3. My Trendy Tee-Shirts
  • Cottoning on
  • The politics of cotton
  • Big business
  • big consequences
  • Returning to nature ... or not
  • 4. Yesterday's Papers
  • Nature in our hands
  • Reading the papers
  • The wood fibre for the trees
  • The cyclic nature of paper
  • 5. A Simple Bowl of Rice
  • A modern western staple
  • What is rice?
  • Rice as a medicine
  • Other uses of rice
  • Rice as an organising principle in cultures and livelihoods
  • Rice and spirituality
  • A simple bowl of rice?
  • 6. Bath Time
  • Plumbed into nature
  • The planetary origins of water
  • The planetary water wheel
  • Scarce water
  • Water and the evolution of civilisations
  • Hydraulic civilisations
  • Working with natural flows
  • Water worlds
  • 7. A Breath of Fresh Air
  • Embedded in the air space
  • The atmosphere and us
  • Integration with all of life
  • 8. The Wood for the Trees
  • Lessons from a fallen birch tree
  • Crack willow
  • Yew
  • Recognising the value of trees
  • Making space for trees
  • 9. Unappealing Creatures
  • What's the point of slugs?
  • What's the point of wasps?
  • What's the point of woodlice?
  • What's the point of parasites?
  • All things bright and beautiful?
  • 10. Fossilised Sunbeams
  • Fossilised sunlight
  • Fossil sunlight's 'evil twin'
  • A naturally regenerative force
  • Sustainable management of fire
  • Fire and human evolution
  • Fire in the soul
  • Firing the imagination
  • 11. Glorious Mud
  • The nature of mud
  • Living soils
  • A precious yet vulnerable resource
  • Diamonds in the dirt
  • 12. What's So Special about Fish?
  • Direct uses of fish
  • The roles of fish in regulating the environment
  • Fish enrich our lives
  • The role of fish in ecosystem balance
  • More than just things served in batter
  • 13. Grasping the Nettle
  • Knowing nettles
  • Nettles and nature
  • Eating the nettle
  • Using the nettle
  • How to grasp a nettle
  • 14. All Creatures Great But Small
  • What is an insect?
  • Loathe them or love them
  • Insects make the world go around
  • Food for free
  • Putting insects to work
  • Insect inspiration
  • Addressing the decline in insect populations
  • Multum in parvo
  • 15. Feel the Noise
  • Sound and noise
  • The ecology of sounds
  • How noise affects wildlife
  • Sound and human wellbeing
  • Sounding off
  • 16. No Place Like Home
  • A community forms
  • The powers of ecosystems
  • In a name
  • 17. 99.9% of All Known Germs
  • The role of 'germs' in the ecosystems upon which we rely
  • Ecosystems within us all
  • We are legion
  • Evolutionary origins
  • Putting germs to work
  • For the love of germs
  • 18. For the Love of Worms
  • When is a worm not a worm?

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