Mother Earth

Mother Earth
Author: Nancy Luenn
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780689801648

Describes the gifts that the earth gives to us and the gifts that we can give back to her.

Rural Renaissance

Rural Renaissance
Author: John D. Ivanko
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2009-05-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1550923382

In the ’60s it was called the "back to the land" movement, and in Helen and Scott Nearings’ day, it was "living the good life." Whatever the term, North Americans have always yearned for a simpler way. But how do you accomplish that today? Blending inspiration with practical how-to’s, Rural Renaissance captures the American dream of country living for contemporary times. Journey with the authors and experience their lessons, laughter and love for the land as they trade the urban concrete maze for a five-acre organic farm and bed and breakfast in southwestern Wisconsin. Rural living today is a lot more than farming. It’s about a creative, nature-based and more self-sufficient lifestyle that combines a love of squash, solar energy, skinny-dipping and serendipity . . . The many topics explored in Rural Renaissance include: "right livelihood" and the good life organic gardening and permaculture renewable energy and energy conservation wholesome organic food, safe water and a natural home simplicity, frugality and freedom green design and recycled materials community, friends and raising a family independence and interdependence wildlife conservation and land stewardship. An authentic tale of a couple whose pioneering spirit and connection to the land reaches out to both the local and global community to make their dream come true, Rural Renaissance will appeal to a wide range of Cultural Creatives, free agents, conservation entrepreneurs and both arm-chair and real-life homesteaders regardless of where they live. Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko are innkeepers, organic growers, copartners in a marketing consulting company, and have previously published books. John is also a photographer. Former advertising agency fast-trackers, they are nationally recognized for their contemporary approach to homesteading, conservation and more sustainable living. They share their farm with their son, two llamas, and a flock of free-range chickens. Rural Renaissance also offers a foreword by Bill McKibben.

Talking with Mother Earth / Hablando Con Madre Tierra

Talking with Mother Earth / Hablando Con Madre Tierra
Author: Jorge Argueta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2025-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781779460196

This illustrated book for children presents poems which explore a Pipil Nahua Indian boy's connection to Mother Earth and how it heals the wounds of racism.

Mother Earth

Mother Earth
Author: Sam D. Gill
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1991-09-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780226293721

Attributed to Tecumseh in the early 1800s, this statement is frequently cited to uphold the view, long and widely proclaimed in scholarly and popular literature, that Mother Earth is an ancient and central Native American Figure. In this radical and comprehensive rethinking, Sam D. Gill traces the evolution of female earth imagery in North America from the sixteenth century to the present and reveals how the evolution of the current Mother Earth figure was influenced by prevailing European-American imagery of Americaand the Indians as well as by the rapidly changing Indian identity.

Lessons from Mother Earth

Lessons from Mother Earth
Author: Elaine McLeod
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780888998323

With the help of her beloved grandmother, Tess learns some valuable lessons about plants and discover the wonders and joys of nature.

Mother Earth News Almanac

Mother Earth News Almanac
Author: Mother Earth News
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2016-02-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0760349851

Mother Earth News Almanac is back! Grab this timeless reference for homesteaders, DIYers, and anyone looking to be more self-sufficient.

Earth Mother

Earth Mother
Author: Ellen Jackson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2005-10-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0802789927

Portrays a day in the life of Earth Mother who, as she tends plants and animals around the world, meets three of her creations with advice on how to make the world more perfect.

Mother Earth and Her Children

Mother Earth and Her Children
Author: Sibylle Von Olfers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2015-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781933308500

Intricate illustrations depict details of a modern quilt inspired by Sibylle von Olfers' classic storybook Mother Earth and Her Children This vibrant new translation, in turn inspired by the quilt, explores the changing of the seasons and delicately touches upon the circle of life. When Mother Earth calls her children to prepare for spring, the earthly children yawn and stretch before they busy themselves with beautification. They dust off the bumblebees, scrub the beetles, paint bright new coats on the ladybugs, and rouse the caterpillars from their cocoons. Bedecked with new blossoms, the children emerge from the earth and become spring flowers that frolic through the summer and autumn, until the leaves begin to fall and they return to Mother Earth, bringing the weary bugs and beetles back to their winter refuge.

Mother/nature

Mother/nature
Author: Catherine M. Roach
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2003
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

This brief but ambitious book explores our relationship with nature through the imagery we use when we talk about Mother Nature. Employing the critical tools of religious studies, psychology, and gender studies, Catherine M. Roach examines the various manifestations of nature as "mother" and what that idea implies for the way we approach the natural world. Part One, "Nature as Good Mother," discusses the notion that nature is, or is like, a beneficent and nurturing mother who provides and maintains life. In studying the "green" slogan "Love Your Mother," Roach questions the effects-for women and for the environment-of imputing female gender to nature. She asks us to look at the associations "motherhood" and "mothering" carry within a culture still shaped by patriarchy. She notes the danger of such an apparently pro-environmental slogan if "mother" evokes the bountiful, self-sacrificing provider who herself requires no care.Part Two, "Nature as Bad Mother," looks at the contrary notion of nature as a violent, threatening, and wrathful mother. This image arises most often when humans and technology are depicted as masters of unruly nature. Here Roach draws on theological reflection to analyze this ambivalence toward nature manifested in a fantasy that casts humans as gods. She explores the contributions of eco-theology and eco-psychology to a "heart of darkness" perspective. Finally, Part Three, "Nature as Hurt Mother," looks at possibilities and pitfalls of environmental healing inherent in the image of nature as a mother we have wounded and now seek to heal.ALSO OF INTEREST ECOFEMINISMWomen, Culture, NatureEdited by Karen J. Warren0-253-33031-9 HB £37.950-253-21057-7 PB £18.95