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Eaarth Bill McKibben

Eaarth By Bill McKibben

Eaarth by Bill McKibben


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Summary

States that our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human has ever seen. This title also states that we've created, in very short order, a new planet, still recognizable but fundamentally different; we may as well call it Eaarth, which is filled with different binds and traps.

Eaarth Summary

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben

Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we've waited too long, and that massive change is not only unavoidable but already under way. Our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human has ever seen. We've created, in very short order, a new planet, still recognizable but fundamentally different. We may as well call it Eaarth. That new planet is filled with new binds and traps. A changing world costs large sums to defend - think of the money that went to repair New Orleans, or the trillions it will take to transform energy systems. But the endless economic growth that could underwrite such largesse depends on the stable planet we've managed to damage and degrade. We can't rely on old habits any longer. Our hope depends, McKibben argues, on scaling back - on building the kind of societies and economics that can hunker down, concentrate on essentials, and create the type of community (in the neighbourhood, but also on the Internet) that will allow us to weather trouble on an unprecedented scale. Change - fundamental change - is our best hope on a planet suddenly and violently out of balance.

Eaarth Reviews

Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important. Barbara Kingsolver

Additional information

GOR003972746
9780805090567
0805090568
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Henry Holt & Company Inc
20100413
272
Winner of Books for a Better Life (Green) 2010
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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