Conservation Corner by Anthony P. Mauro, Sr
Conservation Corner is a blog that focuses on conservation as the means to environmental health. Featured is the book, "Color the Green Movement Blue: A Remedy for environmental health."
Online, January 21, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Conservation Corner features the book, "Color the Green Movement Blue: A Remedy for Environmental Health"
"Color the Green Movement Blue: A Remedy for Environmental Health" is an attempt to systematically remedy environmental health by means of establishing a culture of ecology, which is founded on an understanding of ecological relationships, the precepts of conservation and a blue-collar value system. A blue-collar value system is key to establishing a culture of ecology-it includes acknowledging and studying the higher order (God or Mother Nature) inherent in the design and workings of ecosystems, participation in the hands-on activities of angling and hunting to gain a facility with the concept of conservation and unionizing conservationists into a grassroots coalition to advance common interests through political activism. I call this approach to environmental health "blue-collar conservation" and its undertaking coloring the green movement blue.
"Section One: The Philosophical Eye" unlaces the ties that bind us to the world's ecology. To engage in philosophy is to investigate a truth, and there is an element of rebellion in truth seeking. "The Philosophical Eye" is my own uprising against a "green movement" that has lost its way-a movement that labors to "preserve" a thing in the name of environmental good in spite of there being no such invention as preservation in the natural world. It is also my attempt to explain and promote "blue-collar conservation" as a viable means of attaining environmental health and to show how this practice can be used to establish core values for environmental awareness. Core values are key aspects of guiding societal conduct and can be used to develop a culture of ecology; an authentic method of environmental stewardship.
"Section Two: The Founding of the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance." This section tells the dramatic story of the NJOA. It is an organization that puts into practice that which is preached in section one. It is the chronicle of the blue-collar conservationist engaged in grassroots political activism. The New Jersey Outdoor Alliance is an endeavor that takes both philosophical and pragmatic principles of conservation and introduces them to the public and legislators by means of education. Conservation education is the basis for advancing sound environmental policy.
"Section Three: Metaphorically Speaking" is a compilation of stories that give sweet reprieve from the thinking in sections one and two, but convey the essence of why hunting and fishing are important to blue-collar conservation. Stories are a wonderful form of expressing a thing in ways that can denote another, and the academic calls this "metaphoric language." It is one thing to learn by formal education and entirely another to glean from one's experience.
"Section Four: Odds and Ends" is this middle-aged man's hodgepodge, which adds depth and relevance to the matters contained in this book. Science has proven that the courses of treatments can extend in many different ways. "Color the Green Movement Blue: A Remedy for Environmental Health" is merely one of these ways.
Q: I might be interested, where can I buy the book?
Barnes & Noble online NOTE: B&N is offering a special introductory price!!!
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=color+the+green+movement+blue&box= color%20the%20green%20movement%20blue&pos=-1
Amazon online
http://www.amazon.com/Color-Green-Movement-Blue-Environmental/dp/1440197539/ref=tmm_pap_title_0
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