Walking The Forest With Chico Mendes
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Walking The Forest With Chico Mendes
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Author : Gomercindo Rodrigues
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2009-03-06
Walking The Forest With Chico Mendes written by Gomercindo Rodrigues and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-06 with Nature categories.
A close associate of Chico Mendes, Gomercindo Rodrigues witnessed the struggle between Brazil's rubber tappers and local ranchers—a struggle that led to the murder of Mendes. Rodrigues's memoir of his years with Mendes has never before been translated into English from the Portuguese. Now, Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes makes this important work available to new audiences, capturing the events and trends that shaped the lives of both men and the fragile system of public security and justice within which they lived and worked. In a rare primary account of the celebrated labor organizer, Rodrigues chronicles Mendes's innovative proposals as the Amazon faced wholesale deforestation. As a labor unionist and an environmentalist, Mendes believed that rain forests could be preserved without ruining the lives of workers, and that destroying forests to make way for cattle pastures threatened humanity in the long run. Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes also brings to light the unexplained and uninvestigated events surrounding Mendes's murder. Although many historians have written about the plantation systems of nineteenth-century Brazil, few eyewitnesses have captured the rich rural history of the twentieth century with such an intricate knowledge of history and folklore as Rodrigues.
A History Of Environmentalism
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Author : Marco Armiero
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-07-31
A History Of Environmentalism written by Marco Armiero and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-31 with History categories.
'Think globally, act locally' has become a call to environmentalist mobilization, proposing a closer connection between global concerns, local issues and individual responsibility. A History of Environmentalism explores this dialectic relationship, with ten contributors from a range of disciplines providing a history of environmentalism which frames global themes and narrates local stories. Each of the chapters in this volume addresses specific struggles in the history of environmental movements, for example over national parks, species protection, forests, waste, contamination, nuclear energy and expropriation. A diverse range of environments and environmental actors are covered, including the communities in the Amazonian Forest, the antelope in Tibet, atomic power plants in Europe and oil and politics in the Niger Delta. The chapters demonstrate how these conflicts make visible the intricate connections between local and global, the body and the environment, and power and nature. A History of Environmentalism tells us much about transformations of cultural perceptions and ways of production and consuming, as well as ecological and social changes. More than offering an exhaustive picture of the entire environmentalist movement, A History of Environmentalism highlights the importance of the experience of environmentalism within local communities. It offers a worldwide and polyphonic perspective, making it key reading for students and scholars of global and environmental history and political ecology.
Chico Mendes
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Author : Alexa Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Learning
Release Date : 2013
Chico Mendes written by Alexa Murphy and has been published by Infobase Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Biography categories.
The life of Chico Mendes is the story of a humble rubber tapper who became an international hero because of his work to save the rain forest and improve the lives of those who have made a living caring for and working on it for.
Schools In The Forest
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Author : Denis Lynn Daly Heyck
language : en
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Release Date : 2010
Schools In The Forest written by Denis Lynn Daly Heyck and has been published by Kumarian Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Drawing on the experience of Projecto Seringueiro (Project Rubber Tapper), Denis Heyck reveals how a radical education experiment designed simply to bring literacy to rubber tappers in the Amazon rainforests helped the members of a threatened community to claim their political rights and preserve their cultural heritage in the face of ferocious opposition. The rubber tappers¿ story shows that grassroots communities can organize, form alliances, and advocate on their own behalf¿and that in the trajectory of empowerment, no tool is more important than that of education.
Nature S Allies
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Author : Larry Nielsen
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2017-02-02
Nature S Allies written by Larry Nielsen and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
It's easy to feel powerless in the face of big environmental challenges--but we need inspiration now more than ever. In Nature's Allies, Larry Nielsen presents the inspiring stories of eight conservation pioneers who show that through passion and perseverance we can each make a difference, even in the face of political opposition. Nielsen's vivid biographies of John Muir, Ding Darling, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Chico Mendes, Billy Frank Jr., Wangari Maathai, and Gro Harlem Brundtland are meant to rally a new generation of conservationists to follow in their footsteps and inspire students, conservationists, and nature lovers to speak up for nature and prove that individuals can affect positive change in the world.
Forging Latin America
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Author : Russell Crandall
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-08-29
Forging Latin America written by Russell Crandall and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A sweeping yet intimate exploration of Latin America’s political history, Forging Latin America profiles fifty-two of the region’s most influential figures—from dictators and reformers to artists and priests—who, for better or worse, have shaped its character and destiny from the Spanish Conquest to the present day.
Earth Stewardship
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Author : Ricardo Rozzi
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-03-26
Earth Stewardship written by Ricardo Rozzi and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-26 with Science categories.
This book advances Earth Stewardship toward a planetary scale, presenting a range of ecological worldviews, practices, and institutions in different parts of the world and to use them as the basis for considering what we could learn from one another, and what we could do together. Today, inter-hemispheric, intercultural, and transdisciplinary collaborations for Earth Stewardship are an imperative. Chapters document pathways that are being forged by socio-ecological research networks, religious alliances, policy actions, environmental citizenship and participation, and new forms of conservation, based on both traditional and contemporary ecological knowledge and values. “The Earth Stewardship Initiative of the Ecological Society of America fosters practices to provide a stable basis for civilization in the future. Biocultural ethic emphasizes that we are co-inhabitants in the natural world; no matter how complex our inventions may become” (Peter Raven).
Key Thinkers On The Environment
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Author : Joy A. Palmer Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-14
Key Thinkers On The Environment written by Joy A. Palmer Cooper and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-14 with Political Science categories.
Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer Cooper and David E. Cooper, themselves distinguished authors on environmental matters, have assembled a team of expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of diverse and stimulating figures from around the world and from ancient times to the present day. Among those included are: philosophers such as Rousseau, Kant, Spinoza and Heidegger activists such as Chico Mendes and Wangari Maathai literary giants such as Virgil, Goethe and Wordsworth major religious and spiritual figures such as Buddha and St Francis of Assissi eminent scientists such as Darwin, Lovelock and E.O. Wilson. Lucid, scholarly and informative, the essays contained within this volume offer a fascinating overview of humankind’s view and understanding of the natural world.
Green Heroes
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Author : László Erdős
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-01-14
Green Heroes written by László Erdős and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-14 with Nature categories.
This book provides an introduction into the diversity of the environmental movement through great characters in the green sector. The book describes inspiring personal achievements, and at the same time it provides readers with information regarding the history, the main directions and the ethical principles of the environmental movement. Some of the most important characters of the movement from all around the world, are included in the book. As well as the title characters, Buddha and Leonardo DiCaprio, other famous environmentalists like Albert Schweitzer, David Attenborough and Jane Goodall are discussed. Some of the less well-known but equally important environmentalists such as Chico Mendes, Bruno Manser, Henry Spira, Tom Regan or Rossano Ercolini are highlighted in the various chapters. The selection of characters represents all major branches within the green sector, ranging from medieval saints to Hollywood celebrities, from university professors to field activists, from politicians to philosophers, from ecofeminists to radicals.
Fight For The Forest
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Author : Chico Mendes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Fight For The Forest written by Chico Mendes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
In Fight for the Forest, Chico Mendes talks of his life's work in his last major interview.