Description
Bill McKibben's first book, the bestselling The End of Nature, offered a devastating portrait of the harm human civilization has done to the planet. Hope, Human and Wild sets out on a dramatically different journey to provide examples and hope for a sustainable future, one in which our society's wealth is measured less by its material productivity and more by its spiritual richness; less by its consumption of resources and more by the extent to which we live in harmony with the natural world.
From the Adirondack Mountains to Kerala, India, to Curitiba, Brazil, McKibben offers clear-eyed and profoundly compelling portraits of places where resourceful people have confronted modern problems with inventive solutions, and thrived in the process.
With an afterword by the author updating developments over the decade since the book was first published, this edition provides a badly needed vision of optimism for the future of our planet.
Author: Bill McKibben
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 01/12/2007
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 6.34w x 0.64d
ISBN13: 9781571313003
ISBN10: 1571313001
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection | General
- Nature | Essays