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Aging baby boomers won’t just fade away, says Pevny: they’ve saved their best act for last. As founder and director of the Colorado-based Center for Conscious Eldering, Pevny has spent a lot of time helping the generation of “cultural creatives” to bring that same focus, passion, and spirit to their final decades on Earth. He offers advice and stories drawn from his workshops and retreats that illustrate the deep emotional and psychological work he recommends for seniors. Suggested transformative activities range from the familiar (journaling about dreams) to more unusual (participating in a rite-of-passage ritual called the Death Lodge). It takes a while to get used to Pevny’s particular vocabulary—he uses some seldom-heard words, such as “elderhood”—but it makes sense to use new words for a new way of looking at aging. There’s a lot of personal development work to be done after reading, but the book itself moves quickly, with a conversational tone, as though the reader is being spoken to directly by Pevny. Specific exercises, recommendations for further reading, and chapter notes lend valuable authority to Pevny’s visionary work. (Oct.)
The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World
Palila v Hawaii. New Zealand's Te Urewera Act. Sierra Club v Disney. These legal phrases hardly sound like the makings of a revolution, but beyond the headlines portending environmental catastrophes, a movement of immense import has been buildingamp;mdash;in courtrooms, legislatures, and communities across the globe. Cultures and laws are transforming to provide a powerful new approach to protecting the planet and the species with whom we share it.
Lawyers from California to New York are fighting to gain legal rights for chimpanzees and killer whales, and lawmakers are ending the era of keeping these intelligent animals in captivity. In Hawaii and India, judges have recognized that endangered speciesamp;mdash;from birds to lionsamp;mdash;have the legal right to exist. Around the world, more and more laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystemsamp;mdash;rivers, forests, mountains, and moreamp;mdash;have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities.
In The Rights of Nature, noted environmental lawyer David Boyd tells this remarkable story, which is, at its heart, one of humans as a species finally growing up. Listen to this book and your world view will be altered forever.
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Lawyers from California to New York are fighting to gain legal rights for chimpanzees and killer whales, and lawmakers are ending the era of keeping these intelligent animals in captivity. In Hawaii and India, judges have recognized that endangered speciesamp;mdash;from birds to lionsamp;mdash;have the legal right to exist. Around the world, more and more laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystemsamp;mdash;rivers, forests, mountains, and moreamp;mdash;have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities.
In The Rights of Nature, noted environmental lawyer David Boyd tells this remarkable story, which is, at its heart, one of humans as a species finally growing up. Listen to this book and your world view will be altered forever.
The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World
Palila v Hawaii. New Zealand's Te Urewera Act. Sierra Club v Disney. These legal phrases hardly sound like the makings of a revolution, but beyond the headlines portending environmental catastrophes, a movement of immense import has been buildingamp;mdash;in courtrooms, legislatures, and communities across the globe. Cultures and laws are transforming to provide a powerful new approach to protecting the planet and the species with whom we share it.
Lawyers from California to New York are fighting to gain legal rights for chimpanzees and killer whales, and lawmakers are ending the era of keeping these intelligent animals in captivity. In Hawaii and India, judges have recognized that endangered speciesamp;mdash;from birds to lionsamp;mdash;have the legal right to exist. Around the world, more and more laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystemsamp;mdash;rivers, forests, mountains, and moreamp;mdash;have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities.
In The Rights of Nature, noted environmental lawyer David Boyd tells this remarkable story, which is, at its heart, one of humans as a species finally growing up. Listen to this book and your world view will be altered forever.
Lawyers from California to New York are fighting to gain legal rights for chimpanzees and killer whales, and lawmakers are ending the era of keeping these intelligent animals in captivity. In Hawaii and India, judges have recognized that endangered speciesamp;mdash;from birds to lionsamp;mdash;have the legal right to exist. Around the world, more and more laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystemsamp;mdash;rivers, forests, mountains, and moreamp;mdash;have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities.
In The Rights of Nature, noted environmental lawyer David Boyd tells this remarkable story, which is, at its heart, one of humans as a species finally growing up. Listen to this book and your world view will be altered forever.
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| BN ID: | 2940170661190 |
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| Publisher: | Tantor Audio |
| Publication date: | 09/05/2017 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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