Afterword by John Elder
Climate change is a catalyst for assumptions about sugaring and forestry in Vermont and on a larger scale reassessment of every other aspect of country landscapes. Read the text ...
Reflections on a Goal of the United Nation 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Triglav Circle—Le Bourg, Ougny, 58110 France Goal 12 “Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns” has a target 12.8 which reads: “By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with…
Reflections on Science, Technology and the Human Spirit
Triglav Circle 2019 Chateau de Etteveaux, France Science, Technology and the Human Spirit _________________________________ Reflections on Science, Technology and the Human Spirit Arthur Lyon DahlInternational Environment ForumGeneva, Switzerland Too often in our world, science and religion are seen as in…
In Pursuit of Hope
In Pursuit of Hope takes the reader on a quest in search of a more purposeful life amidst the environmental, social, economic and spiritual challenges of the 21st century. A metaphorical journey across seven valleys and seven mountain ranges, this…
Tribe or Human: Must We Choose? By Charles Courtney
My topic is of great contemporary interest, but I want to launch our discussion with reference to two giants of modern philosophy. In Book III of his masterwork, The Ethics, Baruch Spinoza says that “Everything, as far as it…
Forgotten Hillsides by John Elder
Chapter in book PICKING UP THE FLUTE, by John Elder Leslie Marmon Silko, reflecting on the myths and chroni cles adhering to boulders, buttes, arroyos, and other stony land marks of northern New Mexico, has remarked how in an oral…
La transformation des territoires ruraux en France – Note
LA TRANSFORMATION DES TERRITOIRES RURAUX EN FRANCE : UN SIÈCLE D’HISTOIRE Par Jean-Michel Collette TABLE DES MATIÈRES Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 2 Lespopulations.......................................................................................................................... 3Population urbaine /populationrurale................................................................................. 3L’évolutiondesdensités...................................................................................................... 4La concentrationdespopulations......................................................................................... 4Lescollectivitésterritoriales........................................................................................................ 7Lemaillagecommunal......................................................................................................... 7Ledépartement.................................................................................................................. 9Lesrégions.......................................................................................................................... 9L’usagedessols........................................................................................................................ 11Lesterresagricoles............................................................................................................ 11Lesforêts.......................................................................................................................... 12Les espaces naturelsousemi-naturels................................................................................ 13La mise en valeurdesterritoires................................................................................................ 15Lesexploitationsagricoles................................................................................................. 15L’exploitationdesforêts.................................................................................................... 18La protection desespacesnaturels..................................................................................... 21La gestion des ressourceseneau........................................................................................ 24 Notes.............................................................................................................................................. 29 INTRODUCTION Le siècle qui vient de s’écouler…
La Ruralité, le Local et le Global – Note 6
Seminaire Triglav, Poussignol, 7-9 July 2017 Note 6: Summary of Integral Ecology, chapter 4 of Laudato Si’, on Care for our Common Home, Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis[i] This chapter has five sections: I Environmental, Economic and Social Ecology II Cultural Ecology…
La ruralité, leLocal et le Global – Note 5
Séminaire Triglav, Poussignol 7-9 Juillet 2017 Note 5: L’agriculture biologique et autres modes de production similaires Dans la Nièvre (2015) : 139 fermes bio (+20% en un an)11,242 hectares en bio (+18% en un an)Les fermes bio, dans la Nièvre, sont essentiellement…
La Ruralité, le Local et le Global – Note 4
Séminaire Triglav, Pouussignol, 7-9 Juillet 2017 Note 4: Rural, ruralité, ruralisme, agriculture, paysannerie…Quelques définitions, remarques, programmes… La ruralité ? « Conditions de la campagne, état rural » (Fournel, 1822)« Qu’est-ce-que la ruralité ? C’est la coutume issue des travaux des champs, de leur ordre et de…