Save the Earth

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Time is running out. There is no longer any argument about it. It is not a
question of if, but when and how we pay for how we abuse the Earth. There is
hope, but it's up to each one of us. What are YOU going to do about it?
A CALL TO ACTION
This book is both a dramatic statement of the damage already done to the Earth and a ringing
appeal to the peoples of every nation to change their ways. For the answers lie in our hands - as voters,
as citizens, as parents, as consumers. Despair is a self-indulgence; indifference a crime.
We_have more than enough scientific and technical know-how to save the Earth.
All that is lacking is the political will.
Jonathon Porritt
Porritt - Director of Friends of the Earth UK for six years, broadcaster,
journalist and author - has joined with sixteen of the world's most eminent
scientists and an astounding cast of more than a hundred committed activists,
statesmen, artists, business people and spiritual leaders, to contribute their... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Time is running out. There is no longer any argument about it. It is not a
question of if, but when and how we pay for how we abuse the Earth. There is
hope, but it's up to each one of us. What are YOU going to do about it?
A CALL TO ACTION
This book is both a dramatic statement of the damage already done to the Earth and a ringing
appeal to the peoples of every nation to change their ways. For the answers lie in our hands - as voters,
as citizens, as parents, as consumers. Despair is a self-indulgence; indifference a crime.
We_have more than enough scientific and technical know-how to save the Earth.
All that is lacking is the political will.
Jonathon Porritt
Porritt - Director of Friends of the Earth UK for six years, broadcaster,
journalist and author - has joined with sixteen of the world's most eminent
scientists and an astounding cast of more than a hundred committed activists,
statesmen, artists, business people and spiritual leaders, to contribute their influential
voices to SAVE THE EARTH. The signed statements that pepper this book represent a mighty
consensus. That so many well-known figures have united in their condemnation of the environ-
mental inheritance that we are storing up for our children presents a powerful force for change.
To highlight the scale of the task that would have to be undertaken to ensure a healthy and
sustainable future, Jonathon Porritt has visualized "worst-case" environmental crises, including
copulation growth, the declining availability of fresh water, the increasing scale
of motor vehicle emissions, and the devastation of the rainforests. Each shows
that we are setting in place environmental "time bombs" primed to cause the
utmost harm to future generations. At every point, SAVE THE EARTH
distinguishes between irreversible environmental damage (which cannot be
undone) and the damage that the Earth will still forgive us if we act soon
enough to set things
straight. It encourages us
with realistic hope in a
future based on the actions
of those who support
change now, before it
really is too late. Vissza