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020 $a9781741765199 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
037 $bOverDrive, Inc.$nhttp://www.overdrive.com
100 1 $aSuzuki, David $q(David Suzuki).
245 14 $aThe Sacred Balance$h[electronic resource].
260 $aSydney :$bAllen & Unwin Pty Ltd,$c2010.
500 $aTitle from eBook information screen.
520 $aThis special 10th anniversary edition of the David Suzuki classic, re-examines our place in the natural world in light of sweeping environmental changes and recent advances in scientific knowledge.In the ten years since The Sacred Balance was first published, global warming has become a major issue as glaciers and polar ice caps have begun to melt at an alarming rate, populations of polar bears have dwindled, the intensity of hurricanes and tsunamis has drastically increased, coral bleaching is occurring globally, and the earth has experienced its hottest years in over four centuries. In this new and extensively revised and amplified edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on these changes and examines what they mean for our place in the world.The basic message of this seminal, best-selling work remains the same: We are creatures of the earth, and as such, we are utterly dependent on its gifts of air, water, soil, and the energy of the sun. These elements are not just external factors; we take them into our bodies, where they are incorporated into our very essence. What replenishes the air, water, and soil and captures sunlight to vitalize the biosphere is the diverse web of all beings. The recently completed human genome project has revealed that all species are our biological kin, related to us through our evolutionary history. And it appears that our need for their company is programmed into our genome.The cataclysmic events of the last decade require that we rethink our behaviour and find a new way to live in balance with our surroundings. This book offers just such a new direction for us all.
533 $aElectronic reproduction.$bSydney :$cAllen & Unwin Pty Ltd,$d2010.$nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 10421 KB).
538 $aRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 10421 KB).
653 #0 $aNature
653 #0 $aNonfiction
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