The Bill McKibben Reader - Couverture souple

Mckibben, Bill

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0805076271 ISBN 13 : 9780805076271

Editeur : Griffin, 2008

Synopsis

Powerful, impassioned essays on living and being in the world, from the bestselling author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy

For a generation, Bill McKibben has been among America's most impassioned and beloved writers on our relationship to our world and our environment. His groundbreaking book on climate change, The End of Nature, is considered "as important as Rachel Carson's classic Silent Spring"* and Deep Economy, his "deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding"** exploration of globalization, helped awaken and fuel a movement to restore local economies.

Now, for the first time, the best of McKibben's essays--fiery, magical, and infused with his uniquely soulful investigations of modern life--are collected in a single volume, The Bill McKibben Reader. Whether meditating on today's golden age in radio, the natural place of biting black flies in our lives, or the patriotism of a grandmother fighting to get corporate money out of politics, McKibben inspires us to become better caretakers of the Earth--and of one another.

*The Plain Dealer (Cleveland )
**Michael Pollan

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bill McKibben is the author of more than a dozen books, including the best sellers Falter, Deep Economy, and The End of Nature, which was the first book to warn the general public about the climate crisis.

He is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College and the winner of the Gandhi Prize, the Thomas Merton Prize, and the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called "the alternate Nobel." He lives in Vermont with his wife, the writer Sue Halpern. He founded the global grassroots climate campaign 350.org; his new project, organizing people over sixty for progressive change, is called Third Act.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Griffin
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805076271
• ISBN 13: 9780805076271
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 462
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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