An ecology of happiness / Eric Lambin ; translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan.
2012
304.2 L224e 2012
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Title
An ecology of happiness / Eric Lambin ; translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan.
Author
Uniform Title
Écologie du bonheur. English
ISBN
9780226466675 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0226466671 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780226466699 (ebook)
0226466698 (ebook)
0226466671 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780226466699 (ebook)
0226466698 (ebook)
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
174 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
304.2 L224e 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)758099215
(OCoLC)758099215
(OCoLC)758099215
Summary
Overview: We know that our gas-guzzling cars are warming the planet, the pesticides and fertilizers from farms are turning rivers toxic, and the earth has run out of space for the mountains of unrecycled waste our daily consumption has left in its wake. We've heard copious accounts of our impact-as humans, as a society-on the natural world. But this is not a one-sided relationship. Lost in these dire and scolding accounts has been the impact on us and our well-being. You sense it while walking on a sandy beach, or in a wild, woody forest, or when you catch sight of wildlife, or even while gardening in your backyard. Could it be that the natural environment is an essential part of our happiness? Yes, says Eric Lambin emphatically in An Ecology of Happiness. Using a very different strategy in addressing environmental concerns, he asks us to consider that there may be no better reason to value and protect the health of the planet than for our own personal well-being. In this clever and wide-ranging work, Lambin draws on new scientific evidence in the fields of geography, political ecology, environmental psychology, urban studies, and disease ecology, among others, to answer such questions as: To what extent do we need nature for our well-being? How does environmental degradation affect our happiness? What can be done to protect the environment and increase our well-being at the same time? Drawing on case studies from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America, Lambin makes a persuasive case for the strong link between healthy ecosystems and happy humans. Unique in its scope and evenhanded synthesis of research from many fields, An Ecology of Happiness offers a compelling human-centered argument that is impossible to overlook when we marvel at murmurations of starlings or seek out the most brilliant fall foliage: nature makes our steps a little lighter and our eyes a little brighter. What better reason to protect an ecosystem or save a species than for our own pleasure?.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction:
Degradation of the environment, improvement of well-being
Important question
Problem of "free riders"
Positive-not alarmist-discourse
Well-being and the natural environment
Separation
Experience Of Nature:
Disappointing materialism
Let the statistics speak
Virtuous quartet
Biophilia
Nine perspectives on nature
Psychology of the environment
Explicative theories
Applications
Exploitation Of Animals:
Healing through animals
Cows, chickens, pigs
Eating less meat
Healthy eating
Giant hecatomb
Animal rights
Advances in animal well-being
Our leisure, not that of animals
Which is happier, the horse or the zebra?
Less unilateral relationship with animals
Infectious Environment:
Emerging diseases
Neolithic revolution
Infectious diseases
Zoonoses
Gifts from Asia
Vulnerability
Threat Of Arthropods:
Vector-borne diseases
Malaria and climate change
Attack of the ticks
Asian tiger in Europe
Sometimes it really is the climate
Disturbing a complex system
Bill Gates Or Microbes:
Pandemics
From monkey to human
From the pleasure of transcontinental travel
SARS, super-Asian rapid surge
Globalization of microbes
Paradoxical Cities:
Urbanized world
Cesspool of the first cities
Subtraction or addition
Unbreathable air
Dying of heat in cities
Healthy places
New alliance
Environmental Conflicts:
Return of Malthus
Environmental security
Theory tested by facts
Role of institutions
Too many or too few resources
First climate conflict?
Shadow of the military
Politics rather than the environment
Environmental Refugees:
Natural disasters
Millions of displaced
Waves of refugees
Demographic studies
Politics of asylum, political asylum
Another advantage for the rich
When Poor Countries Set An Example:
Liberalization and intervention in Vietnam
Ecotourism in Costa Rica
Middle road in Bhutan
Several paths
Conclusion:
Debriefing
Happiness of some creates the unhappiness of others
Five choices for the future
Five situations with dual advantages
Happiness and the environment
Acknowledgments
Bibliography.
Degradation of the environment, improvement of well-being
Important question
Problem of "free riders"
Positive-not alarmist-discourse
Well-being and the natural environment
Separation
Experience Of Nature:
Disappointing materialism
Let the statistics speak
Virtuous quartet
Biophilia
Nine perspectives on nature
Psychology of the environment
Explicative theories
Applications
Exploitation Of Animals:
Healing through animals
Cows, chickens, pigs
Eating less meat
Healthy eating
Giant hecatomb
Animal rights
Advances in animal well-being
Our leisure, not that of animals
Which is happier, the horse or the zebra?
Less unilateral relationship with animals
Infectious Environment:
Emerging diseases
Neolithic revolution
Infectious diseases
Zoonoses
Gifts from Asia
Vulnerability
Threat Of Arthropods:
Vector-borne diseases
Malaria and climate change
Attack of the ticks
Asian tiger in Europe
Sometimes it really is the climate
Disturbing a complex system
Bill Gates Or Microbes:
Pandemics
From monkey to human
From the pleasure of transcontinental travel
SARS, super-Asian rapid surge
Globalization of microbes
Paradoxical Cities:
Urbanized world
Cesspool of the first cities
Subtraction or addition
Unbreathable air
Dying of heat in cities
Healthy places
New alliance
Environmental Conflicts:
Return of Malthus
Environmental security
Theory tested by facts
Role of institutions
Too many or too few resources
First climate conflict?
Shadow of the military
Politics rather than the environment
Environmental Refugees:
Natural disasters
Millions of displaced
Waves of refugees
Demographic studies
Politics of asylum, political asylum
Another advantage for the rich
When Poor Countries Set An Example:
Liberalization and intervention in Vietnam
Ecotourism in Costa Rica
Middle road in Bhutan
Several paths
Conclusion:
Debriefing
Happiness of some creates the unhappiness of others
Five choices for the future
Five situations with dual advantages
Happiness and the environment
Acknowledgments
Bibliography.
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