Boundaries of Home: Mapping for Local Empowerment (The New Catalyst Bioregional) [Paperback]

Doug Aberley (Editor)

Book Description

Series: The New Catalyst Bioregional | Publication Date: July 1, 1998

Whether opposing a clearcut or toxic dump, participating in local planning or zoning, or trying to learn more about your own region, Boundaries of Home will help you find, use and create the maps that are right for you. Using overlays, tapestries and stories, communities can map what's crucial to them: water and air flows, commuting patterns, distribution of species, local history. Includes a step-by-step description of how to use accessible sources to compile truly empowering images of one's home.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: New Society Publishers (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865712727
• ISBN-13: 978-0865712720
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,403,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Boundaries of Home: Bioregional Mapping Power!, April 2, 2000

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This review is from: Boundaries of Home: Mapping for Local Empowerment (The New Catalyst Bioregional) (Hardcover)

Boundaries of Home: Mapping for Local Empowerment

One of New Catalyst Bioregonal Series. Includes more than a dozen examples of homegrown maps successfully used in ongoing struggles for more democratic community control. Thirty maps and illustrations total. "aims to inspire and stimulate the building of new, ecologically sustainable cultures and communities in their myriad facets through presenting a broad spectrum of concerns ranging from how we view the world and act within it, through efforts at restoring damaged ecosystems or greening the cities, to the raising of new and hopeful generation." Edited by Doug Aberly, the introduction "The Lure of Mapping", and chapter 2,"Eye Memory: The Inspiration of Aboriginal Mapping". The third section, "Mapping the Experience of Place" and "New Terrain: Current Mapping Thought" feature selections from 13 other contributors, including Kirkpatrick Sale. The book concludes with "How to Map Your Bioregion: A Primer for Community Activists" and "Evolving Maps, Evolving Selves: Access to Further Resources". Resources and bibliography, 144 pages. Paperbound.