Larson, Brendon.

Metaphors for environmental sustainability : redefining our relationship with nature / Brendon Larson. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2011. - xvi, 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-293) and index.

Metaphor and sustainability -- Progress: a Web of science and society -- Competitive facts and capitalist values -- Engaging the metaphoric Web -- When scientists promote: DNA Barcoding and consumerism -- Advocating with fear: at war against invasive species -- Seeking sustainable metaphors -- Wisdom and metaphor.

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Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Sustainability.
Metaphor.
Communication in the environmental sciences.

304.2 LAR