Explains how civilization must heal itself in order to save the environment. Presents a comprehensive plan for action addressing population trends, technology, and environmental education.

"The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out to answer by examining the drivers of global change, connecting the dots among the social, economic, and political forces shaping our present and future. A rising global consciousness is forcing people around the world, but especially Americans, to rethink...

Former vice president Al Gore helps children understand the underlying causes of the climate crisis that are threatening the global environment at the start of the twenty-first century and explains what children can do to help reverse the damage.

The former vice president and author of such best-sellers as "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Earth in the Balance" presents a follow-up work to address key environmental issues while profiling and evaluating possible solutions.

As America and the world grapple with the consequences of global environmental change, writer and activist, Bill McKibben offers this unprecedented, inspiring and timely anthology gathering the best and most significant American environmental writng from the last two centuries.

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