Contents

“Axe Handles,” Gary Snyder

Introduction: Why Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality?

Back to Basics

Music and Story

Habitat for a Sustainable Culture

Functional Cultures and Structural Cultures

Subsistence

Exploring Subsistence

Education for Subsistence

Sustainability

Education for Sustainability

Imagining Sustainability

Defining Sustainability

Stories for Sustainability

Spirituality

The Power and Pragmatism of Language

Rectifying the Names

A Spirituality for Our Time

Conclusion: Creating a Sustainable Culture

“For Those Who Love Nature,” in collaboration with C. J. Taylor

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index