The new wild : why invasive species will be nature's salvation

Summary: In an era of climate change and widespread ecological damage, it is absolutely crucial that we find ways to help nature regenerate. Embracing the new ecology, Pearce shows us, is our best chance. To be an environmentalist in the twenty-first century means celebrating nature's wildness and capacity for change.

Record details

ISBN: 9780807033685 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780807033692 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 245 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:december.18
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Pt. 1. Alien empires -- On Green Mountain -- New worlds -- All at sea -- Welcome to America -- Britain : a nation tied in knot weed -- Pt. 2. Myths and demons -- Ecological cleansing -- Myths of the aliens -- Myths of the pristine -- Nativism in the Garden of Eden -- Pt. 3. The new wild -- Novel ecosystems -- Rebooting conservation in the urban badlands -- Call of the new wild.