This 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.
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