Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse - Couverture rigide

Orr, David W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195393538 ISBN 13 : 9780195393538

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Down to the Wire "The real fault line in American politics is not between liberals and conservatives...It is, rather, in how we orient ourselves to the generations to come who will bear the consequences, for better and for worse, of our actions." So writes David Orr in Down to the Wire, a sober and eloquent assessment of climate destabilization and an urgent call to action. Orr describes how political negligence, an economy based on the insatiable consumption of trivial goods, and a disdain for the well-being of future generations have brought us to the tipping point that biologist Edward O. Wilson calls "the bottleneck." Due to our refusal to live within natural limits, we ...

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Special Advisor to the President of Oberlin College. He is a trustee of the Bioneers, of the Rocky Mountain Institute, of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, among others. His numerous books include The Nature of Design (OUP, 2002), Ecological Literacy, The Last Refuge, and Earth in Mind.

Revue de presse :

passionate and accessible (Jeremy Spoon, Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0195393538
• ISBN 13: 9780195393538
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 288