Dijo Gorgias en su Elogio de Helena que: "La palabra es un poderoso soberano; que con un pequentilde;iacute;simo y muy invisible cuerpo realiza empresas absolutamente divinas". En efecto; este "poderoso soberano"; ha repartido maacute;s inmortalidad entre los mortales que el propio Zeus. Hombres y mujeres; reales o no; que viviraacute;n eternamente conformados por un imperecedero ADN de palabras. iquest;Y si las palabras que dan forma a estos seres no son de su agrado? Todos sabemos que la historia depende de quieacute;n la cuente. Juicio a una zorra juega a cambiar el punto de vista: Helena de Troya; una de las mujeres maacute;s famosas de la historia y; posiblemente; una de las maacute;s vilipendiadas; reclama el derecho a elegir las palabras que narren su historia en este monoacute;logo dramaacute;tico que Miguel del Arco escribioacute; para la actriz Carmen Machi.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. sweet; and nails home the very basic and fundamental ...By QuercusIt sort of gets me that a lot of permaculture designers and other ecological designers whether that be in hydrology; LA; whatever; dont know of this work or just sort of pass over it. Its short; sweet; and nails home the very basic and fundamental principles that inform an ecological design process and practice. This book deserves a lot more attention; especially from permaculturists who seems to believe Bill Mollison invented all of the thoughts he popularized.I come back to this almost annually. This is one of those works that has little details that only come out after multiple passes.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy JasonFor someone who questions green design; this book has opened my eyes.21 of 22 people found the following review helpful. What is sustainable design?By James FergusonA new benchmark in ecological awareness. Sym van der Ryn has long been practicing ecological design; and draws on his wealth of experience to give readers many valuable insights into this growing practice. Van der Ryn warns readers to separate the wheat from the chaff as there are many persons claiming to be toeing the line when it comes to sustainable design; but few are actually doing it. What is needed is a whole new approach to eco-friendly architecture and planning development; not just more band-aids.The book takes a fairly general approach but there are numerous references for those really interested in pursuing the subject in more depth. He outlines his principles of ecological design which begins with gaining a better awareness of your locality; by looking into the ecological history of your community. Who knows your street may be where a stream once flowed; and that your storm drain in all likelihood flows into your water source; so be careful what you dump into it!Van der Ryn avoids the cliches and pieces together a compelling set of anecdotes and observations which will open you up the broad field of possibilities. The book is well researched and written; with the valuable assistance of Stuart Cowan; a former student of van der Ryn. It is imperative that we gain a better appreciation of our natural environment before adding any more to our built environment. Sustainable design is our only future.
