Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run: A Call to Those Who Would Save the Earth (New Society Classics)
Description:
This is the testament of one of the few authentic sages of our time. Brower's voice is passionate, perfectly cadenced, humorous, and very wise. And original: while most writers point to where we are, this one draws the map.?Edward O. Wilson, author, The Diversity of Life and Naturalist
Credited with galvanizing an entire generation of environmentalists in the 60's, David Brower, the highly respected "archdruid" of the modern environmental movement, recalls with wit and wisdom his 50 years of controversial activism and offers an inspired strategy for the next generation of "those who would save the Earth."
In this intelligent and engaging chronicle of his years as an agitatator for the planet, Brower points out the irony that since the first Earth Day 25 years ago, we've lost one-seventh of the world's productive land to pollution, clearcutting, and pavement-and our population has doubled! From the politics of preserving the environment and how to use New York-style PR to save tigers and dolphins, to reengineering cities, the future of hypercars, and his vision for the Earth Corps, Brower takes us on a sweeping journey of what has been and what could be if we apply CPR (Conservation, Preservation, Restoration) to our wounded world. Printed on entirely tree-free kenaf paper, Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run follows its own prescription for saving the world's forests.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CPR for the Earth: An Invitation
PART I: OPPORTUNITIES
1. Seeing and Remembering
2. Climbing Mountains
3. The Bristlecone Pine
4. Visions of a Wild Century
PART II: SOLUTIONS
5. Havens
6. Cities with Boundaries
7. Eco-Preserves
8. Forest Revolution
9. More Monks
10. Hypercars
PART III: RESTORATION
11. A World Restored
12. Making a Difference
13. The CPR Service
14. What will it Cost?
15. The Cure for What Ails Us
PART IV: WILDNESS
16. Where the Wilderness Is
17. Listening to Mountains
18. Rachel Carson's Pelicans
19. Neat Tricks
PART V: SAVING THE EARTH
20. The Third Planet: Operating Instructions
21. Unwise Misuse
22. Rule Number 6 Revisited
23. Let Heaven and Nature Sing
24. For Those Who Would Save the Earth