Song of the Meadowlark: Exploring Values for a Sustainable Future

By Jim Eggert and James Eggert

Economist Eggert argues that the meadowlarks's survival is a metaphor for our own, and that our well-being is ultimately linked to technology, economics, nature, and our own evolutionary histories. He identifies crucial holistic values in relation to topsoil and the consequences of erosion, the scar

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580080340
• ISBN13: 9781580080347
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent combination of economics and environmentalism!

Jim Eggert weaves a simple yet compelling story of why we should highly value our environment in determining the economic well-being of our society. He highlights how the GDP (gross domestic product) does not account for the value of the wonderful song of the meadowlark when a change in farm crop harvesting (which does positively increase our GDP) wipes out the meadowlarks brooding habitat. This example, along with many other delightful essays, make this book a fantastic read.