{"product_id":"the-ecology-of-care-peter-donovan-9780692613030","title":"The Ecology of Care: Medicine, Agriculture, Money, and the Quiet Power of Human and Microbial Communities","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat can Cuban doctors, innovative ranchers in Saskatchewan, and the microbiome teach us about how to care for people and the Earth at the same time?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this richly layered book, Didi Pershouse takes us on a fast-moving, sharp-witted journey through her own life: from growing up with the neurosurgeon who accidentally discovered the seat of memory in the brain, to working in a smoke-filled office at New York magazine, to her career as an innovative acupuncturist in Vermont, and on to a passion for close-knit communities, grazing cows, and soil restoration as solutions to much of what ails us. Along the way, she unfolds a surprising new take on the story of our time: how the germ theory of disease joined with a profit-based economy, and unwittingly led to a \"sterilization\" of medicine, agriculture, and even our social lives. This 150-year detour has brought about the near destruction of our climate as well as a great forgetting of the power of connection. By documenting a scientific understanding of the intelligence of the whole, Pershouse nudges us awake with a hopeful view and shows us how to reclaim the rich, \"fertile\" lives we are meant for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Donovan, Didi Pershouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 069261303X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692613030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mycelium Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.71d","brand":"Peter Donovan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994130022655,"sku":"9780692613030","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f480c6e5-970e-4a75-bfa1-86db5e0e60d3.jpg?v=1683328303","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ecology-of-care-peter-donovan-9780692613030","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}