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The Promise and Peril of Ecological Restoration: Why Ritual Can Make a Difference

The Promise and Peril of Ecological Restoration: Why Ritual Can Make a Difference The Promise and Peril of Ecological Restoration: Why Ritual Can Make a Difference1 nathaniel f. barrett / institute for the biocultural study of religion I. The Challenge of Restoration riting in 1992, biologist e. o. Wilson prophesied, "here is the means to end the great extinction spasm. The next century will, i believe, be the era of restoration in ecology."2 This statement has become the rallying cry for advocates of ecological restoration, an emerging international environmental movement focused on the renewal of damaged or destroyed ecosystems.3 The benefits promised by ecological restoration are manifold. in addition to its primary ecological goals of replenished biodiversity and improved ecosystem functioning, restoration fosters intimate, participatory kinds of community between practitioners and their local environments.4 moreover, the idea that we can heal our environments rather than just minimize the damage we do to them is a much-needed positive message in the midst of our ongoing environmental crisis. The many benefits of restoration do not come for free, however. Aside from the painstaking work that it entails, restoration presents profound challenges to environmental thought and to environmental culture at large.5 one way to 1. special thanks to bill Jordan for many long and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Theology & Philosophy University of Illinois Press

The Promise and Peril of Ecological Restoration: Why Ritual Can Make a Difference

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The Promise and Peril of Ecological Restoration: Why Ritual Can Make a Difference1 nathaniel f. barrett / institute for the biocultural study of religion I. The Challenge of Restoration riting in 1992, biologist e. o. Wilson prophesied, "here is the means to end the great extinction spasm. The next century will, i believe, be the era of restoration in ecology."2 This statement has become the rallying cry for advocates of ecological restoration, an emerging international environmental movement focused on the renewal of damaged or destroyed ecosystems.3 The benefits promised by ecological restoration are manifold. in addition to its primary ecological goals of replenished biodiversity and improved ecosystem functioning, restoration fosters intimate, participatory kinds of community between practitioners and their local environments.4 moreover, the idea that we can heal our environments rather than just minimize the damage we do to them is a much-needed positive message in the midst of our ongoing environmental crisis. The many benefits of restoration do not come for free, however. Aside from the painstaking work that it entails, restoration presents profound challenges to environmental thought and to environmental culture at large.5 one way to 1. special thanks to bill Jordan for many long and

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American Journal of Theology & Philosophy – University of Illinois Press

Published: Sep 21, 2011

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