This book shows how to make global environmental problems more tangible,                  so that they become an integral part of everyday awareness. At its core is a simple                  assumption: that the best way to learn to perceive the biosphere is to pay close                  attention to our immediate surroundings. Through local natural history observations,                  imagination and memory, and spiritual contemplation, we develop a place-based                  environmental view that can be expanded to encompass the biosphere.Interweaving                  global change science, personal narrative, and commentary on a wide range of                  scientific and literary works, the book explores both the ecological and existential                  aspects of urgent issues such as the loss of biodiversity and global climate change.                  Written in a warm, engaging style, Bringing the Biosphere Home considers the                  perceptual connections between the local and global, how the ecological news of the                  community is of interest to the world, and how the global movement of people,                  species, and weather systems affects the local community. It shows how global                  environmental change can become the province of numerous educational initiatives --                  from the classroom to the Internet, from community forums to international                  conferences, from the backyard to the biosphere. It explains important scientific                  concepts in clear, nontechnical language and provides dozens of ideas for learning                  how to practice biospheric perception.

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