{"product_id":"lifeplace-bioregional-thought-and-practice-paperback","title":"Lifeplace: Bioregional Thought and Practice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert L. Thayer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Thayer brings the concepts and promises of the growing bioregional movement to a wide audience in a book that passionately urges us to discover \"where we are\" as an antidote to our rootless, stressful modern lives. \u003ci\u003eLifePlace \u003c\/i\u003eis a provocative meditation on bioregionalism and what it means to live, work, eat, and play in relation to naturally, rather than politically, defined areas. In it, Thayer gives a richly textured portrait of his own home, the Putah-Cache watershed in California's Sacramento Valley, demonstrating how bioregionalism can be practiced in everyday life. Written in a lively anecdotal style and expressing a profound love of place, this book is a guide to the personal rewards and the social benefits of reinhabiting the natural world on a local scale. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLifePlace, \u003c\/i\u003eThayer shares what he has learned over the course of thirty years about the Sacramento Valley's geography, minerals, flora, and fauna; its relation to fire, agriculture, and water; and its indigenous peoples, farmers, and artists. He shows how the spirit of bioregionalism springs from learning the history of a place, from participating in its local economy, from living in housing designed in the context of the region. He asks: How can we instill a love of place and knowledge of the local into our education system? How can the economy become more responsive to the ecology of region? This valuable book is also a window onto current writing on bioregionalism, introducing the ideas of its most notable proponents in accessible and highly engaging prose. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the same time that it gives an entirely new appreciation of California's Central Valley, \u003ci\u003eLifePlace \u003c\/i\u003eshows how we can move toward a new way of being, thinking, and acting in the world that can lead to a sustainable, harmonious, and more satisfying future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA superb blend of thoughtful analysis and delightfully readable prose, \u003ci\u003eLifePlace\u003c\/i\u003e is both a major contribution to bioregional literature and an excellent guide to sustainable practice.--Daniel Kemmis, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Sovereign Land: A New Vision for Governing the West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLifePlace\u003c\/i\u003e offers an inspired approach for creating an alternative, more secure future than presently faces us. Thayer's arguments are convincing; his optimism and sense of wonder are contagious. As we finish the book, we are changed by it, and its influence lingers like a time-release capsule. \u003ci\u003eLifePlace\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound contribution to landscape architecture literature and beyond.\"--Joan Woodward, author of \u003ci\u003eWaterstained Landscapes: Seeing and Shaping Regionally Distinctive Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert L. Thayer, Jr., \u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture in the Department of Environmental Design at the University of California at Davis. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGray World, Green Heart: Technology, Nature and the Sustainable Landscape \u003c\/i\u003e(1994).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 317\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9.1 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45424690823270,"sku":"9780520236288","price":72.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RkNWTTRRWjdiUzcxamQ2V3RyT2c5dz09.webp?v=1775605798","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/lifeplace-bioregional-thought-and-practice-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}