Back to Earth
Tomorrow's Environmentalism

In the face of our receding connection to nature and the loss of our direct experience of the world, this book proposes a different kind of environmentalism. It argues that we must restore our link with the 'more-than-human' world, bringing wilderness, animals, and the Earth closer to individuals and into daily life.

To do so, one essential effort is to restore our connection to Earth: affirming our participation in this world through a rediscovery of touch and smell; noticing the details of nature; restoring the great annual celebrations that remind us of the turn of the seasons and the migrations of birds; building houses in new Earth-friendly ways; and planning neighborhoods that allow for other-than-human beings and wild areas as well as ourselves. Author note: Anthony Weston teaches Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies at Elon College, North Carolina, and is the author of "Toward Better Problems: New Perspectives on Abortion, Animal Rights, the Environment, and Justice" (Temple).

Acknowledgments
1. Has Environmentalism Forgotten the Earth?
2. Animals Next to Us
3. Animals on the Borderlines
4. The Land Sings
5. Desolation
6. Coming to Our Senses
7. Transhuman Etiquettes
8. Is It Too Late?
Notes
Index