A Voice for Earth

by Corcoran, Peter Blaze

• ISBN13: 9780820332116
• ISBN10: 0820332119
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-15
• Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr

Summary

A Voice for Earthis a collection of poems, essays, and stories that together give a voice to the ethical principles outlined in the Earth Charter. The Earth Charter was adopted in the year 2000 with the mission of addressing the economic, social, political, spiritual, and environmental problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century.Part 1 of the book, "Imagination into Principle," comprises Steven C. Rockefeller's behind-the-scenes summary of how the language for the Earth Charter was drafted. In part 2, "Principle into Imagination," ten writers breathe life into its concepts with their own original work. Contributors include Rick Bass, Alison Hawthorne Deming, John Lane, Robert Michael Pyle, Janisse Ray, Scott Russell Sanders, Lauret Savoy, and Mary Evelyn Tucker. In part 3, "Imagination and Principle into a New Ethic," Leonardo Boff offers a new paradigm created through reflecting on the concept of care in the Earth Charter.

Author Biography

Peter Blaze Corcoran is a professor of environmental studies and environmental education and director of the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is editor of The Earth Charter in Action: Toward a Sustainable World. A. James Wohlpart is associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of English at Florida Gulf Coast University; he serves as the associate director of the center.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword: The Rights of Nature	p. xi
Foreword: Taking the Globe to Our Bosom	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xix
Imagination into Principle
Crafting Principles for the Earth Charter	p. 3
The Earth Charter	p. 24
Principle into Imagination: Literary Responses to the Earth Charter
Owning the Imperatives: A Poem for the Earth Charter	p. 37
Learning to See the Stars: The Earth Charter as a Compass for the New Century	p. 40
Remembering the Ancient Path: The Original Instructions and the Earth Charter	p. 54
Lake Conestee	p. 61
Restoration: A Plan	p. 68
Wilderness as a Sabbath for the Land	p. 80
Who	p. 90
Broad Water, Distant Land	p. 92
Possibility Begins Here	p. 107
Hope for Democracy	p. 113
Imagination and Principle into a New Ethic
The Ethic of Care	p. 129
Afterword	p. 146
Contributors	p. 149
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