Making Nature: Six Walks in the Bush
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Author: Peter Timms
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
Every weekend Peter Timms drives away from his inner Melbourne life and head for the tranquillity of a little mud-brick cottage nestled in the eucalpyt forests of the Tallarook ranges. In Making Nature, he takes the reader on six walks around this bushland property. Blending personal memoir with natural and cultural history, he beautifully evokes the environment as a starting point for exploring what we mean when we talk about nature. He discovers that the way we perceive the world is never based on logic alone but is a blend of received opinion, personal prejudice and cultural conditioning. Nature, he argues, is something we all make in our own image. Timms investigates why we like looking at views and asks whether our reliance on eyesight might, in fact, restrict our understanding. He considers the way commerce determines our treatment of the natural environment, and uncovers some surprising confluences between the farmer's 'practical' view of land and the romantic ideals of many environmentalists. After looking at the lives of hermits, he reveals the importance of solitude to any proper understanding of the world and ourselves. Written from the view of a self-confessed amateur, Making Nature is, above all, a book to prompt curiosity and a sense of wonder, not just about environmental issues but about who we are and how we should live.
Author: Peter Timms
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
Every weekend Peter Timms drives away from his inner Melbourne life and head for the tranquillity of a little mud-brick cottage nestled in the eucalpyt forests of the Tallarook ranges. In Making Nature, he takes the reader on six walks around this bushland property. Blending personal memoir with natural and cultural history, he beautifully evokes the environment as a starting point for exploring what we mean when we talk about nature. He discovers that the way we perceive the world is never based on logic alone but is a blend of received opinion, personal prejudice and cultural conditioning. Nature, he argues, is something we all make in our own image. Timms investigates why we like looking at views and asks whether our reliance on eyesight might, in fact, restrict our understanding. He considers the way commerce determines our treatment of the natural environment, and uncovers some surprising confluences between the farmer's 'practical' view of land and the romantic ideals of many environmentalists. After looking at the lives of hermits, he reveals the importance of solitude to any proper understanding of the world and ourselves. Written from the view of a self-confessed amateur, Making Nature is, above all, a book to prompt curiosity and a sense of wonder, not just about environmental issues but about who we are and how we should live.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Peter Timms
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
Every weekend Peter Timms drives away from his inner Melbourne life and head for the tranquillity of a little mud-brick cottage nestled in the eucalpyt forests of the Tallarook ranges. In Making Nature, he takes the reader on six walks around this bushland property. Blending personal memoir with natural and cultural history, he beautifully evokes the environment as a starting point for exploring what we mean when we talk about nature. He discovers that the way we perceive the world is never based on logic alone but is a blend of received opinion, personal prejudice and cultural conditioning. Nature, he argues, is something we all make in our own image. Timms investigates why we like looking at views and asks whether our reliance on eyesight might, in fact, restrict our understanding. He considers the way commerce determines our treatment of the natural environment, and uncovers some surprising confluences between the farmer's 'practical' view of land and the romantic ideals of many environmentalists. After looking at the lives of hermits, he reveals the importance of solitude to any proper understanding of the world and ourselves. Written from the view of a self-confessed amateur, Making Nature is, above all, a book to prompt curiosity and a sense of wonder, not just about environmental issues but about who we are and how we should live.
Author: Peter Timms
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
Every weekend Peter Timms drives away from his inner Melbourne life and head for the tranquillity of a little mud-brick cottage nestled in the eucalpyt forests of the Tallarook ranges. In Making Nature, he takes the reader on six walks around this bushland property. Blending personal memoir with natural and cultural history, he beautifully evokes the environment as a starting point for exploring what we mean when we talk about nature. He discovers that the way we perceive the world is never based on logic alone but is a blend of received opinion, personal prejudice and cultural conditioning. Nature, he argues, is something we all make in our own image. Timms investigates why we like looking at views and asks whether our reliance on eyesight might, in fact, restrict our understanding. He considers the way commerce determines our treatment of the natural environment, and uncovers some surprising confluences between the farmer's 'practical' view of land and the romantic ideals of many environmentalists. After looking at the lives of hermits, he reveals the importance of solitude to any proper understanding of the world and ourselves. Written from the view of a self-confessed amateur, Making Nature is, above all, a book to prompt curiosity and a sense of wonder, not just about environmental issues but about who we are and how we should live.
Making Nature: Six Walks in the Bush