Earth Odyssey. Around The World In Search Of Our Environmental Future
Hertsgaard Mark
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Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Broadway Books
Publisher Place: United States
Publisher Year: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Description: 372 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.
Publishers Description: Like many of us, Mark Hertsgaard has long worried about the declining health of our environment. But in 1991, he decided to act on his concern and investigate the escalating crisis for himself. Traveling on his own dime, he embarked on an odyssey lasting most of the decade and spanning nineteen countries. Now, in Earth Odyssey, he reports on our environmental predicament through the eyes of the people who live it. From the gilded boardrooms of Paris to the traffic-clogged streets of Bangkok, we travel from the deep human past to our still unfolding future. Much of the story revolves around people like Zhenbing, Hertsgaards charismatic interpreter in China, whose desire to escape poverty leaves him indifferent to his countrys horrific air and water pollution. We also meet Garang, a proud Dinka tribesman whose response to Sudans famine shows the difficulty of building an environmentally sustainable future without bridging the gap between rich and poor. Drawing on interviews with Vclav Havel, Al Gore, Jacques Cousteau, and numerous other prominent figures, Hertsgaard offers fresh insight into such complex issues as humanitys growing addiction to the automobile, the insidious spread of nuclear technology, and the inevitable tension between unfettered capitalism and the health of the biosphere. Earth Odyssey is a vivid, passionate narrative about one mans journey around the world in search of the answer to the most important question of our time: Is the future of the human species at risk Combining first-rate reportage with irresistible storytelling, Mark Hertsgaard has written an essential--and ultimately hopeful--book about the uncertain fate of humankind.
ISBN: 9780767900584
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