Whole Earth, Winter 1999
“Even as our ecological arguments have matured — recognizing that fire is natural and can be useful, perhaps necessary—the imagery stubbornly remains: Flame is a hostile force or, at best, an unrelenting nuisance that the world would be wise to discard.”
- Published: Winter 1999
- Collection: Whole Earth Magazine
- Links: Internet Archive, Download PDF
Sections:
- Celebrating Fire
- Homeplate
- Books & Resources
- Fire Access
- Other Access
- Backmatter
Whole Earth, Winter 1999
- Celebrating Fire
- Vital Fire: Introduction by Peter Warshall4
- The Long Burn by Stephen J. Pyne. A two-billion-year history of fire on our planet.6
- Stephen J. Pyne by Peter Warshall14
- Burning Mirrors by John Perlin16
- Biospheric Fire, Fire-Loving Species. Animals that need fire.17
- Enlightenment in Burnt Forests. Mark Kaib on tree rings as libraries.20
- The Fires of Life by Harold J. Morowitz. We are beings of cellular heat. The story of how cells burn the fuels of life.22
- Soul Fire by Peter Warshall26
- Need-Fire: Kindling New Fire; the Basic Rite of Community Renewal by Stephen J. Pyne27
- The Art of Burning Man by Kevin Kelly28
- RFK Is Gonna Burn by John Barracato with Peter Michelmore. An arsonist takes orders from the queen of space and the god of gods.31
- Uma and Shiva, or The Origin of a Young God by Sadie Hadley. Inner heat of ascetic meditation and sensual karmic love ignite a love affair to save the world.34
- Domestic Fire by Peter Warshall40
- Fire-Starters: A History of Ignition. From carrying hot coals to the disposable Bic.41
- Can Waste Charcoal Powder Save Forests? by Elsen L. Karstad. In Kenya, recycling waste charcoal may save virgin trees.42
- Hands-On Fire-Crafting45
- Tapping the Sun by Joe Schwartz. The latest in solar tech.48
- Cooking with Fire by Daphne Dervin50
- The Hysteria Fire: New York, 1741 by John V. Morris. The cruel entanglement of fire and witchcraft.53
- Burning Libraries by Stewart Brand56
- Bright and Warming Flames. Letters to the victims of burnt churches, from the Anti-Defamation League.57
- Wildlands: The Firefight by Stephen J. Pyne. Fire Suppression versus fire prescription.59
- Restorative Fire Is Local Fire Robert B. Hansen on restoring fire’s creativity the San Joaquin grasslands.61
- Mixing Fires, Mixing Stories by Stephen J. Pyne66
- Nude Ranching by J.D. Smith68
- To Burn or Not To Burnby Peter Warshall and Michael K. Stone. Should we incinerate our garbage?69
- Green Chemistry by Bradley Pine. The new alchemy desires chemistry without harm.71
- Fighting Fire with Fire76
- The Hierarchy of Vital Fires: From Inner Heat to Cosmos77
- HOMEPLATE
- The Wild Rice Moon by Winona LaDuke. Native-American rice, people, and life confront the commodity markets.78
- Wow! The Earth! E-Mail from MIR by David A. Wolf. Astronaut Wolf’s journal of domestic life in outer space.88
- The Vermont Guide to Computer Terms101
- Choose Your Sperm103
- Outbursts of Creativity: The Nine-Dot Problem107
- BOOKS & RESOURCES
- FIRE
- BioCycle70
- The Deep Hot Biosphere25
- Dubé Catalog of Juggling Equipment39
- The Ecology of Fire64
- Fire Cookbooks52
- La Parilla52
- Know Your Fire52
- License to Grill52
- The Complete Meat Cookbook52
- Smokehouse Ham, Spoon52
- Bread, & Scuppernong Wine52
- Sticks & Stones52
- Home Smoking and Curing52
- The Bread Builders52
- Microwave Gourmet52
- Fire Management Notes65
- Firesetting Children33
- From Space to Earth47
- Home Power49
- Keepers of the Flame40
- The Psychoanalysis of Fire37
- Stephen J. Pyne Books
- America’s Fires64
- Burning Bush14
- Fire in America14
- Fire on the Rim67
- Vestal Fire14
- World Fire14
- Recycling & Incineration70
- Rites and Symbols of Initiation37
- WILDFIRE65
- Wildland Firefighter65
- COEVOLUTION
- Ag Biotech: Thanks, But No Thanks?102
- The Clock of the Long Now95
- Conceptual Blockbusting109
- Farmageddon103
- Natural Capitalism96
- Our Dumb Century94
- Seven Wonders106
- The Story of Colors104
- Tech Reviews98
- Information Ecologies98
- The End of Patience98
- Questioning Technology98
- The Pattern on the Stone98
- Close to the Machine98
- Technology Forecast 199998
- E-Business Technology Forecast98
- Wild Duck Review102
- Zapatista Social Netwar in Mexico104
- HOMEPLATE
- All Our Relations81
- 4 Steps to Financial Security for Lesbian and Gay Couples
- Full Moon86
- Green Teacher85
- How to Create and Nurture a Nature Center in Your Community85
- In the Company of Mushrooms84
- Medicine for the Outdoors92
- The Moon Book87
- Plant Propagation82
- The Rose’s Kiss83
- Sheep Shears for Harvesting & Pruning83
- The Whole Parenting Guide92
- FIRE ACCESS
- Access to Ashes70
- Book and Church Burning Access58
- Charcoal Access44
- Classic Fire-Crafts46
- Fire Books and Map Access15
- Fire Cooking Access51
- Firefight Greats67
- Green Chemistry Access75
- Ignition Access42
- Incendiary Access76
- Juggling Access39
- Metabolic Access24
- Pyrotechnical Access38
- Solar Access49
- Tree-Ring Research Access21
- Wildland Fire Access64
- OTHER ACCESS
- Wild Rice Access81
- BACKMATTER
- Gossip110
- Book Brawl III and Other Letters111
- Thanks and Corrections113
- Giving to Whole Earth115
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