Going to Seed: Essays on Idleness, Nature, and Sustainable Work by Neville, Kate J.

Going to Seed: Essays on Idleness, Nature, and Sustainable Work

An abandoned place, a disheveled person, a shabby or deteriorating state: we describe such ruin colloquially as...
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Going to Seed: Essays on Idleness, Nature, and Sustainable Work by Neville, Kate J.

Going to Seed: Essays on Idleness, Nature, and Sustainable Work

Dhs. 153.01

Going to Seed: Essays on Idleness, Nature, and Sustainable Work

Dhs. 153.01
Author: Kate J. Neville
Format: Paperback
Language: English
An abandoned place, a disheveled person, a shabby or deteriorating state: we describe such ruin colloquially as "going to seed."

But gardeners will protest: going to seed as idle? No, plants are sending out compressed packets filled with the energy needed to sow new life. A pause from flowering gives a chance for the seeds to form.

In a time of urgent environmental change, of pressing social injustice, and of ever-advancing technologies and global connections, we often respond with acceleration--a speeding up and scaling up of our strategies to counter the damage and destruction around us.

But what if we take the seeds as a starting point: what might we learn about work, sustainability, and relationships on this beleaguered planet if we slowed down, stepped back, and held off?

Going to Seed explores questions of idleness, considering the labour both of humans and of the myriad other inhabitants of the world. Drawing on science, literature, poetry, and personal observation, these winding and sometimes playful essays pay attention to the exertions and activities of the other-than-human lives that are usually excluded from our built and settled spaces, asking whose work and what kinds of work might be needed for a more just future for all.

Author: Kate J. Neville
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 05/15/2024
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.04w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9781682832035

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