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An Ecopragmatist Manifesto
Atlantic Books
January 2010
On Sale: January 1, 2010
336 pages ISBN: 1843548151 EAN: 9781843548157 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
'Being Green' is no longer enough. "Whole Earth Discipline"
is Stewart Brand's wake up call for the environmental
movement, and his message is hard-hitting: unless
environmentalists keep up with new science, they will become
part of the problem. It is an exhilarating piece of writing
and bang-on zeitgeist. Three profound transformations are
underway on Earth: climate change, urbanization and
biotechnology. In response to these seismic changes - and
challenges - Steward Brand argues that the environmental
movement must reverse some long-held opinions, and embrace
tools and disciplines that it has traditionally distrusted -
such as science and engineering - in order to forestall the
cataclysmic deterioration of the earth's resources. "Whole
Earth Discipline" shatters a number of environmental myths,
and presents radical, counterintuitive observations - cities
are actually greener than the countryside, nuclear power is
the future of energy, and genetic engineering is the key to
crop and land management. With a combination of scientific
rigor and blazing advocacy, Brand shows us exactly where the
sources of our dilemmas lie and offers a bold and creative
set of policies and solutions for producing a more
sustainable society.
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