I am trying to find an article (or book chapter?) I read once. It was about how essential ecological knowledge for every citizen should include knowing the ecology of where you live (or your bioregion), its geology and soils, its vegetation types and common fauna and the signs of the seasons, the source of your water and where your waste goes, where your electricity comes from and how it is generated, who the native peoples of your region where and how they used the land, etc. I think the author was someone like David Orr or Gary Snyder, but I have checked all my books by those authors and can't find it. If anyone has a suggestion of where to look, I would appreciate. Or if you know of a similar paper by a different author that fine too. I would like to assign it to my class. You may reply off list if you like: [email protected]
Thank you! Becky Sherry University of Oklahoma
