The Green Thoreau

America's First Environmentalist on Technology, Possessions, Livelihood, and More

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Home & Garden, The Home
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Author: Carol Spenard LaRusso ISBN: 9781608681440
Publisher: New World Library Publication: August 10, 2012
Imprint: New World Library Language: English
Author: Carol Spenard LaRusso
ISBN: 9781608681440
Publisher: New World Library
Publication: August 10, 2012
Imprint: New World Library
Language: English

Henry David Thoreaus countercultural voice was not popular in his lifetime, and his ideas remain provocative today. Walden anticipated todays interest in simplicity and sustainability, and what he wrote about possessions and technology is fresh and powerful. He saw nature as teacher and companion, and his in wildness is the preservation of the world insight could be the motto of contemporary green movements. His essay On the Duty of Civil Disobedience inspired Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., and his journals have aided contemporary climate scientists studying alterations near Thoreaus Massachusetts home. At turns passionate, funny, and profound, this collection serves as a compelling introduction or vivid reminder of why Thoreau is one of Americas iconoclastic greats.

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Henry David Thoreaus countercultural voice was not popular in his lifetime, and his ideas remain provocative today. Walden anticipated todays interest in simplicity and sustainability, and what he wrote about possessions and technology is fresh and powerful. He saw nature as teacher and companion, and his in wildness is the preservation of the world insight could be the motto of contemporary green movements. His essay On the Duty of Civil Disobedience inspired Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., and his journals have aided contemporary climate scientists studying alterations near Thoreaus Massachusetts home. At turns passionate, funny, and profound, this collection serves as a compelling introduction or vivid reminder of why Thoreau is one of Americas iconoclastic greats.

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