Teachers in the Forest: New Lessons from an Old World Babcock Barry
"A rewarding and enriching fusion of traditional wisdom, science and first-hand experience." --Tristan Gooley, author of The Natural Navigator, and How to Read NatureDrawing from a similar lifestyle…
Specifikacia Teachers in the Forest: New Lessons from an Old World Babcock Barry
"A rewarding and enriching fusion of traditional wisdom, science and first-hand experience." --Tristan Gooley, author of The Natural Navigator, and How to Read NatureDrawing from a similar lifestyle and environmental ethic as Henry D. Thoreau and Aldo Leopold, Babcock has lived more than two decades off-grid deep in the forest near the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Here he has discovered a balance in the interconnectedness of all life in the woods, and derived his sustenance from hunting, fishing, gardening, gathering wild food, providing water from a hand-pump well and minimal electricity from the sun. He befriended an Ojibwe Elder, Chi-Ma'iingan (Big Wolf), from whom he learned the Seven Grandfather Teachings (Wisdom, Love,Respect, Courage, Honesty, Humility,