Reviews for Our land, ourselves

The average rating for Our land, ourselves based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-08-14 00:00:00 Frank Zabaly Our Land, Ourselves is a collection of diverse readings on the many themes of people and place -- themes such as the protection of wilderness and the idea of the wild, the nature of home, the purpose of work, and the meaning of community. These voices suggest a new way of viewing land conservation as the process of building values and positively shaping human lives. ~~from the back cover I don't think the book succeeded in getting me to view land conservation in any different way than I already did. The book is composed of short (and some not-so-short) snippets of prose from a variety of environmental or nature writers. It was definitely "preaching to the choir", and none of the prose was lyrical, or drew the reader into the silence of wilderness, or the beauty of a mountain lake. I was disappointed.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-05-12 00:00:00 Tina Robinson I read the 7th edition of this for a university course in Environmental Health and just finished it. While it had some interesting topics and insightful information it felt slightly disorganized. Each chapter covered a separate topic but sometimes the paragraphs within each would feel repetitive. You would read through, get a few paragraphs further, but then feel like you just read the same information two sections ago. At times the information seemed wordier than necessary as well. But there are small nuggets of surprising detail mixed within. And I can't help but feel that, in many of the environmental dilemmas presented, there is little to be accomplished from the recommended changes. It seems, rather, that any solution taken will lead to more complex or new environmental issues to combat.