Eastern Heartland Earth Institute


A project of Simply Living

DISCOVERING A SENSE OF PLACE

COURSE READINGS

  1. A SENSE OF PLACE
    • Living Where You Live by Hannah Holmes
    • The Sense of Place by Wallace Stegner
    • Everybody's Ditch by Robert Pyle
    • The Spirit of Place by Wade Davis
    • Earth Stories by Joseph Meeker
    • My Empty Lot by Joseph Kastner
  2. RESPONSIBILITY TO PLACE
    • The Land Ethic by Aldo Leopold
    • Rediscovery of North America by Barry Lopez
    • Homeplace by Scott Russell Sanders
    • Notes on Living Simply in the City by Marilyn Welker
  3. KNOWING YOUR BIOREGION
    • Initiation by Tom Jay
    • Where Currents Merge by Steve Johnson
    • Valley of Long Grasses by Peter Boag
    • Sauvie Island by Florence Riddle
    • Geology of Portland by Marshall Gannett
  4. LIVING IN PLACE
    • The Politics of Place by Daniel Coleman
    • Reinhabiting California by Peter Berg and Raymond Dasmann
    • Speaking for Douglas Fir by Gary Snyder
    • Green Cities by Peter Berg
    • Gardening at the Seam by Judith Larner Lowry
    • There's No Specialization like Home by John Bullard
    • Place-Centered Economics by Chris van Daalen
    • Reweaving Our Soul Connection with Food by Paul Conrad
  5. MAPPING YOUR BIOREGION
    • Mapping the Biosphere by Gene Marshall
    • Mapping the Sacred Places by Jan DeBlieu
    • Raise the Grates by Sabrina Merlo
  6. BUILDING LOCAL COMMUNITY
    • The Web of Life by Scott Russell Sanders
    • Back to We by Amitai Etzioni
    • To Learn the Things We Need to Know by Freeman House
    • Community-Based Restoration by Christine Schneider
    • Cohousing by Diane Meisenhelter
    • Help Groups by Steve Whitson
    • Neighborhood connections worksheet
  7. EMPOWERMENT
    • Making a Difference by Katrina Shields
    • The Power of One by Sharif Abdullah
    • Church Creek by Steve Yates
    • Push for Change by Ann Sihler
    • Leatherbacks by The Giraffe Project
    • Facts About Geese by Angeles Arrien

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