This Borrowed Earth - Couverture souple

Hernan, Robert Emmet

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0230619835 ISBN 13 : 9780230619838

Editeur : Griffin, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Hernan Robert Emmet

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

For thousands of years, humanity has considered itself the earth's custodian. With our vast potential we are capable of preserving the earth for future generations or causing irreparable harm. For the first time here, environmental lawyer and activist Robert Emmet Hernan provides a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of what happened at fifteen environmental disasters in ten countries across the globe.  This Borrowed Earth is a remarkable collection of stories that cover nuclear explosions, oil spills and fires, chemical spills, polluted air, toxic substances causing awful injuries to children, destruction of rainforest and entire ecosytems. The names associated with these disasters  - e.g., Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez, Minamata, Love Canal, Seveso, Bhopal and others  - will haunt future generations.

At the same time, the stories provide a moving tribute to the courage and persistence of ordinary people who struggled to understand what was happening to them and to protect their families and their environment against these onslaughts.  Poignant, moving, and inspirational, the events narrated here show how individuals can counterbalance the negligence and criminality of narrow economic interests that threaten our planet. Their stories will provide inspiration for a new generation committed to protecting the environment, and humanity.

Biographie de l'auteur :

ROBERT EMMET HERNAN is senior counsel at the New York State Deptartment of Environmental Conservation, USA. He was the trial counsel for New York State in the infamous Love Canal Case. He lives in New York City.
 
 
BILL MCKIBBEN is the author of more than a dozen books, including The End of Nature, Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age, and Deep Economy. A former staff writer for The New Yorker, he writes regularly for Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Review of Books, among other publications. He is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College and lives in Vermont with his wife, the writer Sue Halpern, and their daughter.

GRAHAM NASH is the founding member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, a published photographer, and an environmental activist.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Griffin
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230619835
• ISBN 13: 9780230619838
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 235