The Resource Counterculture green : the Whole earth catalog and American environmentalism, Andrew G. Kirk
Counterculture green : the Whole earth catalog and American environmentalism, Andrew G. Kirk
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- Summary
- For many, it was more than a publication: it was a way of life. The Whole Earth Catalog billed itself as "Access to Tools," and it grew from a Bay Area blip to a national phenomenon catering to hippies, do-it-yourselfers, and anyone interested in self-sufficiency independent of mainstream America (now known as "living off the grid"). In recovering the history of the Catalog's unique brand of environmentalism, historian Kirk recounts how Stewart Brand and the Point Foundation promoted a philosophy of pragmatic environmentalism that celebrated technological achievement, human ingenuity, and sustainable living. Kirk shows us that Whole Earth was more than a mere counterculture fad. At a time when many of these ideas were seen as heretical to a predominantly wilderness-based movement, it became a critical forum for environmental alternatives and a model for how complicated ecological ideas could be presented in a hopeful and even humorous way.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 303 p.
- Contents
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- Introduction: one highly evolved tool box
- Environmental heresies
- Thing-makers, tool freaks, and prototypers
- Baling wire hippies
- On point
- The final frontier
- Free minds, free markets
- Epilogue: What happened to appropriate technology?
- Isbn
- 9780700618217
- Label
- Counterculture green : the Whole earth catalog and American environmentalism
- Title
- Counterculture green
- Title remainder
- the Whole earth catalog and American environmentalism
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew G. Kirk
- Title variation
- Whole earth catalog and American environmentalism
- Subject
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- Whole earth catalog (New York, N.Y.)
- Counterculture -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- Coevolution quarterly
- Counterculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Technology -- Environmental aspects -- United States
- Brand, Stewart
- Environmentalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Appropriate technology -- Catalogs | History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- For many, it was more than a publication: it was a way of life. The Whole Earth Catalog billed itself as "Access to Tools," and it grew from a Bay Area blip to a national phenomenon catering to hippies, do-it-yourselfers, and anyone interested in self-sufficiency independent of mainstream America (now known as "living off the grid"). In recovering the history of the Catalog's unique brand of environmentalism, historian Kirk recounts how Stewart Brand and the Point Foundation promoted a philosophy of pragmatic environmentalism that celebrated technological achievement, human ingenuity, and sustainable living. Kirk shows us that Whole Earth was more than a mere counterculture fad. At a time when many of these ideas were seen as heretical to a predominantly wilderness-based movement, it became a critical forum for environmental alternatives and a model for how complicated ecological ideas could be presented in a hopeful and even humorous way.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kirk, Andrew G.
- Dewey number
- 333.720973/0904
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GE197
- LC item number
- .K58 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- CultureAmerica
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Brand, Stewart
- Environmentalism
- Counterculture
- Counterculture
- Technology
- Appropriate technology
- Label
- Counterculture green : the Whole earth catalog and American environmentalism, Andrew G. Kirk
- Bar code
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- 31223082084162
- 31223082084295
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-291) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: one highly evolved tool box -- Environmental heresies -- Thing-makers, tool freaks, and prototypers -- Baling wire hippies -- On point -- The final frontier -- Free minds, free markets -- Epilogue: What happened to appropriate technology?
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 303 p.
- Isbn
- 9780700618217
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2007028130
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- 153580066
- (OCoLC)153580066
- Label
- Counterculture green : the Whole earth catalog and American environmentalism, Andrew G. Kirk
- Bar code
-
- 31223082084162
- 31223082084295
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-291) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: one highly evolved tool box -- Environmental heresies -- Thing-makers, tool freaks, and prototypers -- Baling wire hippies -- On point -- The final frontier -- Free minds, free markets -- Epilogue: What happened to appropriate technology?
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 303 p.
- Isbn
- 9780700618217
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2007028130
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- 153580066
- (OCoLC)153580066
Subject
- Appropriate technology -- Catalogs | History
- Brand, Stewart
- Coevolution quarterly
- Counterculture -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- Counterculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Environmentalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Technology -- Environmental aspects -- United States
- Whole earth catalog (New York, N.Y.)
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