Ecological restoration is the process of repairing human damage to ecosystems. It involves reintroducing missing plants and animals, rebuilding soils, eliminating hazardous substances, ripping up roads, and returning natural processes such as fire and flooding to places that thrive on their regular occurrence. Thousands of restoration projects take place in North America every year. In Nature by Design, Eric Higgs argues that profound philosophical and cultural shifts accompany these projects. He explores the ethical and philosophical bases of restoration and the question of what constitutes good ecological restoration.
Higgs explains how and why the restoration movement came about, where it fits into the array of approaches to human relationships with the land, and how it might be used to secure a sustainable future. Some environmental philosophers and activists worry that restoration will dilute preservation and conservation efforts and lead to an even deeper technological attitude toward nature. They ask whether even well-conceived restoration projects are in fact just expressions of human will. Higgs prefaces his responses to such concerns by distinguishing among several types of ecological restoration. He also describes a growing gulf between professionals and amateurs. Higgs finds much merit in criticism about technological restoration projects, which can cause more damage than they undo. These projects often ignore the fact that changing one thing in a complex system can change the whole system. For restoration projects to be successful, Higgs argues, people at the community level must be engaged. These focal restorations bring communities together, helping volunteers develop a dedication to place and encouraging democracy.

Nature by Design: People, Natural Process, and Ecological Restoration (Mit Press)

Business & Money

Higgs, Eric

Economics

The MIT Press

Marvin Moy, a gas station attendant who lives in a dream world, gradually realizes that his doppelganger, or double, has been enacting revenge on those who have mistreated him

Doppelganger

Literature & Fiction

St Martins Pr

Marvin Moy, a gas station attendant who lives in a dream world, gradually realizes that his doppelganger, or double, has been enacting revenge on those who have mistreated him

Genre Fiction

The Happy Man

Paperjacks

Pt Commander

Kensington Pub. Corp

Waltham Abbey

Pitkin Unichrome

Canadian Mountain Assessment: Walking Together to Enhance Understanding of Mountains in Canada

MacKinnon, Lachlan

Marsh, Christopher

Kraus, Daniel

Johnston, Stephen

Gagné, Karine

Stevens, Madison

Johnson, Linda

Waldron, John

Patterson, Tim

Springer, Chris

McIlwraith, Thomas

Mitchell, Charlotte

Schuster, Richard

Wiseman, Matthew

Reichwein, PearlAnn

McDowell, Graham

Marshall, Shawn

Jacob, Aerin

Johnson, Gùdia Mary Jane

Dicker, Megan

Inkpen, Dani

Koppes, Michele

Lightning, Keara

Parlee, Brenda

Pascal, Wanda

Shea, Joseph

Sims, Daniel

Smiles, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre

Andrew, Leon

Aubry-Wake, Caroline

Borish, David

Churchill, Ashley-Anne

Saunders Dahl, Dawn

Desmarais, Goota

Gavenus, Erika

Gruber, Stephan

Guo, Jiaao

Hanly, Katherine

Hewitt, Nina

Humphries, Murray

Hunter, Rod

Ignace, Lawrence

Jerome, Pnnal Bernard

Joe, Patricia

Kitching, Knut

Melting Tallow, Hayden

Pheasant, Sophie

Pheasant, Karen

Quesnelle, Melissa

Reimer, Rachel

Rethoret, Lauren

Richardson, Gabriella

Rushton, Brooklyn

Sánchez, María Elisa

Smith, Tonya

Somers, Lauren

St. Pierre, Kyra

Sudlow, Karson

Tapp, Yan

Thériault, Julie M.

Trant, Andrew

Vionnet, Vincent

Weasel Head, Gabrielle

Wesche, Sonia

Wilson, Nicole J.

Wray, Kristine

Chignell, Stephen

Vamosi, Steven M.

Mayes, Brandy

Kootenay, Douglas

Langford, Rosemary

Lancaster, Sydney

Reference

University of Calgary Press

The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains in Canada, while also respecting and maintaining the integrity of different knowledge systems. 
The Canadian Mountain Assessment is a text-based document, but also includes a variety of visual materials as well as access to video recordings of oral knowledges shared by Indigenous individuals from mountain areas in Canada. The assessment is the result of over three years of work, during which time the initiative played an important role in connecting and cultivating relationships between mountain knowledge holders from across Canada. It is the outcome of contributions from more than 80 Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals and contains six chapters: Introduction Mountain Environments Mountains as Homelands Gifts of the Mountains Mountains Under Pressure Desirable Mountain Futures 
By way of these chapters, the Canadian Mountain Assessment aims to enhance appreciation for the diversity and significance of mountains in Canada, to clarify challenges and opportunities for mountain systems in the country, and to motivate and inform new research, relationships, and actions that support the realization of desirable mountain futures. More broadly, the Canadian Mountain Assessment provides insights into applied reconciliation efforts in a knowledge assessment context and seeks to inspire similar knowledge co-creation efforts in and beyond Canada.

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