pub. Random House, 2006
First published in 1989 by Random House in the United States and then in the UK in 1990 by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, this is a disturbing and essential book. How much damage do we have to do to our environment before we realize the world can't take it? In the first edition of the book, the author set out the facts of the damage being done, and predicted what would happen if we continued the practices creating the problems, or if those practices spread to previously 'undeveloped' parts of the world. In the introduction to the new edition, Bill McKibben says he spent the intervening 17 years praying that his book would be proved wrong. Sadly, he states, those prayers have not been answered. This is a book urging change in our attitudes and lifestyle habits. Anyone who cares about the future of the world should read it. VG.
pub. Random House, 2006
First published in 1989 by Random House in the United States and then in the UK in 1990 by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, this is a disturbing and essential book. How much damage do we have to do to our environment before we realize the world can't take it? In the first edition of the book, the author set out the facts of the damage being done, and predicted what would happen if we continued the practices creating the problems, or if those practices spread to previously 'undeveloped' parts of the world. In the introduction to the new edition, Bill McKibben says he spent the intervening 17 years praying that his book would be proved wrong. Sadly, he states, those prayers have not been answered. This is a book urging change in our attitudes and lifestyle habits. Anyone who cares about the future of the world should read it. VG.