FOLLOWING NATURE’S LEAD: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World, Mark D. Usher
In the spirit of E. F. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful, a dazzling and revelatory exploration of what ancient ideas and ways of living can teach us about creating a more sustainable world How should we think and live in a world facing environmental catastrophe? In this urgent, original, and wide-ranging book, classicist and farmer M. D. […]
Usher
Mark D. Usher is a classicist, carpenter, and farmer who writes about ancient philosophy and literature from the vantage point of environmental humanities and ecology. He is author of Following Nature’s Lead: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World (Princeton University Press, May 2025), and other books for readers of all ages, including How […]
FOLLOWING NATURE’S LEAD, M.D. Usher
Lyman-Roberts Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Vermont M. D. Usher’s FOLLOWING NATURE’S LEAD, ancient ways of living in a dying world, drawing on the best lessons from antiquity: How can older ways of thinking help us to solve the modern world’s ecological and economic challenges? What can we learn from […]