false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172521099m/183829.jpg 183829 11 The eminent Harvard naturalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Wilson marshals all the prodigious powers of his intellect and imagination in this impassioned call to ensure the future of life. Opening with an imagined conversation with Henry David Thoreau at Walden Pond, he writes that he has come "to explain to you, and in reality to others and not least to myself, what has happened to the world we both have loved." Based on a love affair with the natural world that spans 70 years, Wilson combines lyrical descriptions with dire warnings and remarkable stories of flora and fauna on the edge of extinction with hard economics. How many species are we really losing? Is environmentalism truly contrary to economic development? And how can we save the planet? Wilson has penned an eloquent plea for the need for a global land ethic and offers the strategies necessary to ensure life on earth based on foresight, moral courage, and the best tools that science and technology can provide. <I>-- Lesley Reed</I> 1757283 2002 The Future of Life total:338|5:124|4:140|3:59|2:14|1:1| 338 1386 594 41 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 10:23:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:31:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 14:56:21 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 10:49:07 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 21 05:42:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 11:24:25 -0800 2009
While I expected this book to be great, I was let down by the author's writing style a...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jan 15 08:00:56 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 16 13:45:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 19:50:05 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 20:09:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 25 13:34:37 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 13:56:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 21:47:14 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 21:53:55 -0800 2008
I am not what anyone would call a liberal. Neither am I a conservative.

I live outside those labels and live in the land of the spiritual, being aware of the connectedness of all things. (Without being Buddhist.)

It was to that part of my mind...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 24 10:02:52 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 10:04:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 19:24:50 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 15:27:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 19:25:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 21:20:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Feb 17 20:12:26 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 20:13:11 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 20:13:14 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 20:22:05 -0700 2007
It is also very pragmatic in explaining why we can...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 12 12:20:56 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 12:25:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Dec 30 16:17:44 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 16:17:59 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Aug 23 17:22:40 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 17:23:03 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 06 16:32:24 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 16:52:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 03 12:05:13 -0800 2008 Thu May 15 10:59:49 -0700 2008 This book was a bit like taking an ecology class at university, but one that focuses on the societal effects and how we can help save the world.
He explains the basics of biodiversity, why it is necessary and how we have screwed it up. It is not a negative book, rath...more...]]> 3 0 true false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 17:47:35 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 17:50:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 24 17:06:59 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 23 04:19:08 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 04:23:51 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Wed Jul 16 04:13:50 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 04:17:37 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=183829