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xv, 278 pages ; 22 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Powers (Blue Clay People) refers to wildcrafters, people who shape their inner and outer worlds to the flow of nature, as heroes. Among these wildcrafters is Dr. Jackie Benton, a physician who lives in a 12'₇12' dwelling in the midst of 30 acres on No Name Creek in rural North Carolina. Benton lives a sustainable life off the grid by raising honeybees, growing her own vegetables and preserving them, and harvesting what she might need from the woods around her. As Powers points out, Benton seems to have achieved self-mastery in these confusing times, and his initial meeting with her is a search for clues to this self-mastery. After the two meet, Benton's sobering and often hilarious (taking showers in rain water warmed by the sun, learning that in order to eat chicken for dinner, he himself would have to kill a chicken given to him by his neighbors) narrative of his life in the 12'₇12' offers precious insights into the ways that all individuals living in a fast-paced consumer culture might incorporate different ways of thinking about the natural world into their lives--Publisher's Weekly. |
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Sustainable living -- United States.
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Alternative lifestyles -- United States.
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Self-reliant living.
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Green movement -- United States.
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Environmentalism -- United States.
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Conservation of natural resources -- United States.
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Powers, William, 1971-
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| ISBN |
9781577318972 paperback alkaline paper |
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1577318978 paperback alkaline paper |
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