Whole Earth Index

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.”

Sections:
  1. Celebrating Fire
  2. Homeplate
  3. Books & Resources
  4. Fire Access
  5. Other Access
  6. Backmatter
Whole Earth, Winter 1999
  1. Celebrating Fire
      1. Vital Fire: Introduction by Peter Warshall
        4
      2. The Long Burn by Stephen J. Pyne. A two-billion-year history of fire on our planet.
        6
      3. Stephen J. Pyne by Peter Warshall
        14
      4. Burning Mirrors by John Perlin
        16
      5. Biospheric Fire, Fire-Loving Species. Animals that need fire.
        17
      6. Enlightenment in Burnt Forests. Mark Kaib on tree rings as libraries.
        20
      7. 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
      8. Soul Fire by Peter Warshall
        26
      9. Need-Fire: Kindling New Fire; the Basic Rite of Community Renewal by Stephen J. Pyne
        27
      10. The Art of Burning Man by Kevin Kelly
        28
      11. 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
      12. 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
      13. Domestic Fire by Peter Warshall
        40
      14. Fire-Starters: A History of Ignition. From carrying hot coals to the disposable Bic.
        41
      15. Can Waste Charcoal Powder Save Forests? by Elsen L. Karstad. In Kenya, recycling waste charcoal may save virgin trees.
        42
      16. Hands-On Fire-Crafting
        45
      17. Tapping the Sun by Joe Schwartz. The latest in solar tech.
        48
      18. Cooking with Fire by Daphne Dervin
        50
      19. The Hysteria Fire: New York, 1741 by John V. Morris. The cruel entanglement of fire and witchcraft.
        53
      20. Burning Libraries by Stewart Brand
        56
      21. Bright and Warming Flames. Letters to the victims of burnt churches, from the Anti-Defamation League.
        57
      22. Wildlands: The Firefight by Stephen J. Pyne. Fire Suppression versus fire prescription.
        59
      23. Restorative Fire Is Local Fire Robert B. Hansen on restoring fire’s creativity the San Joaquin grasslands.
        61
      24. Mixing Fires, Mixing Stories by Stephen J. Pyne
        66
      25. Nude Ranching by J.D. Smith
        68
      26. To Burn or Not To Burnby Peter Warshall and Michael K. Stone. Should we incinerate our garbage?
        69
      27. Green Chemistry by Bradley Pine. The new alchemy desires chemistry without harm.
        71
      28. Fighting Fire with Fire
        76
      29. The Hierarchy of Vital Fires: From Inner Heat to Cosmos
        77
  2. HOMEPLATE
      1. The Wild Rice Moon by Winona LaDuke. Native-American rice, people, and life confront the commodity markets.
        78
      2. Wow! The Earth! E-Mail from MIR by David A. Wolf. Astronaut Wolf’s journal of domestic life in outer space.
        88
      3. The Vermont Guide to Computer Terms
        101
      4. Choose Your Sperm
        103
      5. Outbursts of Creativity: The Nine-Dot Problem
        107
  3. BOOKS & RESOURCES
    1. FIRE
      1. BioCycle
        70
      2. The Deep Hot Biosphere
        25
      3. Dubé Catalog of Juggling Equipment
        39
      4. The Ecology of Fire
        64
      5. Fire Cookbooks
        52
      6. La Parilla
        52
      7. Know Your Fire
        52
      8. License to Grill
        52
      9. The Complete Meat Cookbook
        52
      10. Smokehouse Ham, Spoon
        52
      11. Bread, & Scuppernong Wine
        52
      12. Sticks & Stones
        52
      13. Home Smoking and Curing
        52
      14. The Bread Builders
        52
      15. Microwave Gourmet
        52
      16. Fire Management Notes
        65
      17. Firesetting Children
        33
      18. From Space to Earth
        47
      19. Home Power
        49
      20. Keepers of the Flame
        40
      21. The Psychoanalysis of Fire
        37
      22. Stephen J. Pyne Books
      23. America’s Fires
        64
      24. Burning Bush
        14
      25. Fire in America
        14
      26. Fire on the Rim
        67
      27. Vestal Fire
        14
      28. World Fire
        14
      29. Recycling & Incineration
        70
      30. Rites and Symbols of Initiation
        37
      31. WILDFIRE
        65
      32. Wildland Firefighter
        65
    2. COEVOLUTION
      1. Ag Biotech: Thanks, But No Thanks?
        102
      2. The Clock of the Long Now
        95
      3. Conceptual Blockbusting
        109
      4. Farmageddon
        103
      5. Natural Capitalism
        96
      6. Our Dumb Century
        94
      7. Seven Wonders
        106
      8. The Story of Colors
        104
      9. Tech Reviews
        98
      10. Information Ecologies
        98
      11. The End of Patience
        98
      12. Questioning Technology
        98
      13. The Pattern on the Stone
        98
      14. Close to the Machine
        98
      15. Technology Forecast 1999
        98
      16. E-Business Technology Forecast
        98
      17. Wild Duck Review
        102
      18. Zapatista Social Netwar in Mexico
        104
    3. HOMEPLATE
      1. All Our Relations
        81
      2. 4 Steps to Financial Security for Lesbian and Gay Couples
      3. Full Moon
        86
      4. Green Teacher
        85
      5. How to Create and Nurture a Nature Center in Your Community
        85
      6. In the Company of Mushrooms
        84
      7. Medicine for the Outdoors
        92
      8. The Moon Book
        87
      9. Plant Propagation
        82
      10. The Rose’s Kiss
        83
      11. Sheep Shears for Harvesting & Pruning
        83
      12. The Whole Parenting Guide
        92
  4. FIRE ACCESS
      1. Access to Ashes
        70
      2. Book and Church Burning Access
        58
      3. Charcoal Access
        44
      4. Classic Fire-Crafts
        46
      5. Fire Books and Map Access
        15
      6. Fire Cooking Access
        51
      7. Firefight Greats
        67
      8. Green Chemistry Access
        75
      9. Ignition Access
        42
      10. Incendiary Access
        76
      11. Juggling Access
        39
      12. Metabolic Access
        24
      13. Pyrotechnical Access
        38
      14. Solar Access
        49
      15. Tree-Ring Research Access
        21
      16. Wildland Fire Access
        64
  5. OTHER ACCESS
      1. Wild Rice Access
        81
  6. BACKMATTER
      1. Gossip
        110
      2. Book Brawl III and Other Letters
        111
      3. Thanks and Corrections
        113
      4. Giving to Whole Earth
        115
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