{"product_id":"the-tao-of-ecology-ray-grigg-9798369460832","title":"The Tao of Ecology: Wisdom from Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching In a Time of Environmental Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tao of Ecology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWisdom from Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching\u003cbr\u003eIn a Time\u003cbr\u003eof\u003cbr\u003eEnvironmental Crisis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaoism is fundamentally ecological. Its foundational Chinese\u003cbr\u003etext, the Tao Te Ching, is essentially an instruction manual on how\u003cbr\u003eto live harmoniously with nature and ourselves. Both nature and\u003cbr\u003esociety are ecologies that deserve our special attention for we are\u003cbr\u003eso dependent on them that we can neither thrive nor survive if\u003cbr\u003etheir relationship is not sustainably integrated and balanced.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese natural and social ecologies are now under such stress\u003cbr\u003ethat the viability of our present civilization is threatened. Global\u003cbr\u003eenvironmental changes are currently disrupting the reliability of\u003cbr\u003ethe natural world that allowed us to fourish, while the onslaught\u003cbr\u003eof technological innovation is confusing and disorienting us.\u003cbr\u003eSuch disturbances have contributed to a pervasive anxiety and to\u003cbr\u003eour growing sense of impending disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chinese encountered their version of such a crisis more\u003cbr\u003ethan 2,500 years ago as the changes initiated by the Agricultural\u003cbr\u003eRevolution generated chaos in their natural and social ecologies.\u003cbr\u003eThe challenges of living peacefully with nature and themselves\u003cbr\u003ealmost destroyed their culture. Along with Confucianism, the\u003cbr\u003eother transformative model of thinking that reorganized their\u003cbr\u003eawareness and saved them was Taoism, inspired by Lao Tzu's\u003cbr\u003eTao Te Ching.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe wisdom in this old Chinese classic can be applied directly\u003cbr\u003eto the same ecological predicaments that confront humanity in\u003cbr\u003ethe 21st century. Perhaps it will instil in us enough of its attitudes\u003cbr\u003eand values to save us from becoming the victims of ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewww.raygrigg, com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray Grigg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798369460832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xlibris Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Ray Grigg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48176143302911,"sku":"9798369460832","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c744d6b7-bb4c-467f-b6d6-082654c6bcaf.jpg?v=1771336687","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tao-of-ecology-ray-grigg-9798369460832","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}