Gray world, green heart
technology, nature, and sustainable landscape
by Robert L. Thayer
In Gray World, Green Heart, Robert Thayer identifies three conflicting forces - topophilia (love of land and nature), technophilia (affection for and dependence upon technology), and technophobia (fear of the negative side-effects of technology) - which he believes are at the heart of the current environmental crisis. These forces, he contends, coexist yet often compete within each of us, giving rise to "an oppressive sense of connection between our lifestyles, the immediate surroundings in which we live, play, and work, and the environmental and social problems looming in the...world at large." Paradoxically, according to Thayer, we compound the problem, appeasing our guilty consciences by hiding air conditioners behind redwood fences and using consumptive technologies to build fake waterfalls, volcanoes, and other superficial simulations of nature.
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Environmental degradation, Sustainable development, Social aspects, Social aspects of Technology, Human ecology, Technology, Landscapes, Green technology, Technology, social aspects, Social & cultural aspects of technology, Social sciences - general & miscellaneous, Ecology & environmental sciences, Environmental conservation & protection, Development, Ecology, Landscape & environment - social| Edition | Availability |
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Gray World, Green Heart: Technology, Nature and the Sustainable Landscape (Wiley Professional)
September 1996, John Wiley & Sons Inc
Paperback
in English
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Gray world, green heart: technology, nature, and sustainable landscape
1994, Wiley
in English
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Gray World, Green Heart: Technology, Nature, and the Sustainable Landscape
December 10, 1993, John Wiley & Sons
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-342) and index.
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