New Genesis

by Williams, Terry Tempest; Smart, William B.; Smith, Gibbs M.

• ISBN13: 9780879058227
• ISBN10: 0879058226
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Summary

Three diverse authors have compiled essays written by distinguished LDS writers who have documented a wealth of information and experience on environmental situations affecting Utah and surrounding environs today. This material encompasses the sweep and majesty of a land of astonishing beauty that cries for understanding and respect from its inhabitants and visitors alike. Your outlook on this area of "God's Country" will never be the same.

Table of Contents

Preface ``Testaments of Divine Creation''	viii
``The Making of an Activist''	1	(6)
William B. Smart
``The Truth of Granite: A Canyon Conversion''	7	(9)
Ted L. Wilson
``Sacred Ground''	16	(10)
Lyman Hafen
``A Descant of Praise and Thanksgiving''	26	(9)
Marilyn Arnold
``The Being and Place of a Native American Mormon''	35	(7)
P. Jane Hafen
``The Mormon Village: Model for Sustainability''	42	(7)
Ron Molen
``A House of Mud: Living Lightly on the Land''	49	(6)
Ardean Watts
``Poverty, Population, and Environmental Ruin''	55	(11)
James B. Mayfield
``The First Rain''	66	(8)
Kristen Rogers
``Watermasters''	74	(8)
Dennis Smith
``Gooseberry Creek: A Narrative of Hope''	82	(8)
Eugene England
``Promised Lands''	90	(5)
Natalie Curtis McCullough
``He Did Cast Himself into the Sea''	95	(4)
Larry Clarkson
``Excerpts from a Journal in Israel''	99	(2)
Cordell Clinger
``The Virtues of Fire, Night, and Silence''	101	(5)
Paul H. Risk
``Jewel of the Universe''	106	(8)
Von Del Chamberlain
``Stewardship of the Air''	114	(13)
Hugh W. Nibley
``Embracing the Call''	127	(3)
Larry Young
``Conservation vs. Conservatives: How the Gospel Fits''	130	(8)
Donald L. Gibbon
``The Handiwork of God''	138	(5)
Vaughn J. Featherstone
``Wilderness People''	143	(9)
Ralph H. Tingey
``Spiritual Trails I Have Traveled: The Inarticulate Speech of My Heart''	152	(9)
Clayton M. White
``Messages from the Aerie''	161	(18)
Dorothy Allred Solomon
``The Natural History of a Quilt''	179	(7)
Martha Young Moench
``Bearing Witness''	186	(7)
Michael Dunn
``Thank the Creatures''	193	(1)
James Erickson
``Navigating the Environmental Crisis: Mending Policy and Mythology''	194	(10)
Sam Rushforth
``Latter-Day Saints, Utahns, and the Environment: A Personal Perspective''	204	(7)
Thomas G. Alexander
``West of Eden''	211	(6)
Terry Tempest Williams
``The Memory of Landscape''	217	(5)
Hugh W. Pinnock
``Wilderness in the Hand of God''	222	(6)
Wayne Owens
``What I Have Learned and How I Learned It''	228	(6)
Gibbs M. Smith
``Cowmen and the Environment''	234	(4)
Mackey Hedges
``Stewardship in the Backyard''	238	(4)
G. Michael Alder
``Skipping the Grand Canyon''	242	(3)
Steven E. Snow
``Communion: A Family Response''	245	(6)
Joseph
Lee Udall Bennion
Zina
Louisa
``Through the Viewer: This Is My Place''	251	(7)
Emma Lou Thayne
``Morning Walk''	258	(5)
Natalie Taylor
``Sustainability: Will the Children Return?''	263	(7)
Dan
Bonnie Judd
Biographical Profiles	270

Excerpts

As a kid growing up on the the-outskirts of Provo, I wasn't the most responsible herdsman. Because we couldn't afford pasturage, I was supposed to watch our cows as they grazed along the country lane that would become today's crowded Eighth North Street. But there were distractions. Like searching for images in the clouds boiling across Squaw Peak and up toward Mt. Timpanogos. Or adventuring with Richard Halliburton or Jack London in books from the public library. Or the many World Series game I won by swatting rocks up onto the bench that today houses Brigham Young University. Or experimenting to determine which substance--cedar bark fromthe fence posts, the seeds of a weed we called Indian tobacco, or dried cow dung--could be rolled into the least evil-tasting cigarette. Meanwhile, the cows relished the neighbors' cornfields.Simple times, with room enough for a kid or a community to grow pretty much unrestricted.