Common Ground: Encounters with Nature at the Edges of Life Wandering its meadows, woods, hedges, and fields, Cowen. He found himself drawn to a square-mile patch of waste ground at the edge of town. Scrappy, weed-filled, this heart-shaped tangle of land was the very definition of overlooked—
| TITLE | : | Common Ground: Encounters with Nature at the Edges of Life |
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| RATING | : | 4.72 (652 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 022642426X |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 352 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2016-10-28 |
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All too often, we think of nature as something distinct from ourselves, something to go and see, a place that’s separate from the ordinary modern world in which we live and work. But if we take the time to look, we soon find that’s not how nature works. Even in our parceled-out, paved-over urban environs, nature is all around us; it is in us. It is us. That’s what Rob Cowen discovered after moving to a new home in northern England. After ten years in London he was suddenly adrift, searching for a sense of connection. He found himself drawn to a square-mile patch of waste ground at the edge of town. Scrappy, weed-filled, this heart-shaped tangle of land was the very definition of overlooked—a thoroughly in-between place that capitalism no longer had any use for, leaving nature to take its course. Wandering its meadows, woods, hedges, and fields, Cowen
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