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The Earth Remains Forever
Rob Jackson
Generations At A Crossroads
University of Texas Press
November 2002
On Sale: November 1, 2002
189 pages ISBN: 0292740557 EAN: 9780292740556 Paperback
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Non-Fiction
"The urgency to act now isn't apocalyptic. Calls for the
earth's demise have come and gone throughout history,
especially in recent decades. . . . and we're still here. It
is entirely possible, of course, that this decade will be
our last, but I'm betting that it won't be, that we and the
earth will still be here in a hundred years and in a
thousand. In consequence, the stewardship and vision that we
show today will help determine the type of world that our
descendants inherit. This book isn't about the end of the
world, it's about the middle of it, the mundane middle of
our daily lives and the choices that we consciously and
unconsciously make." --Rob Jackson Writing especially for
people who've tuned out the environmental debate, Rob
Jackson persuasively argues that we're at a crucial turning
point in environmental history, where choices we make now
will determine the quality of life into the unforeseeable
future. Laying out the scientific facts in plain language
and with flashes of humor, he shows how the escalation of
population growth and resource consumption in the twentieth
century caused problems from ozone depletion to global
warming, habitat destruction, and biodiversity loss. At the
same time, however, he highlights ongoing solutions to these
problems and ways in which we can create a sustainable
future for subsequent generations and all life on earth. His
urgent message is not that we've already failed, but that we
can succeed.
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