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A passion for this earth

Benjamin, Michelle. (Added Author). "David Suzuki Foundation". (Added Author).

Summary: "Personal, practical, political, full of wonder and rage, this collection of original essays by some of the world's most influential writers, scientists, and activists continues the conversation that the inimitable David Suzuki began more than fifty years ago."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9781926685052 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1926685059 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (x, 230 p.)
Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre Pub. Group, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"David Suzuki Foundation". "Greystone Books".
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / Bill McKibben -- Falling in love with the wild -- Saved by the sea / David Helvarg -- The question / Rick Bass -- The old man on his back / Sharon Butala -- Web around a tree / Adrian Forsyth -- The real stuff / Richard Mabey -- Rise up and reclaim -- My credo / Helen Caldicott -- The ecologist / Paul Hawken -- Three ships / Sherilyn MacGregor -- Confessions of a former environmental skeptic / Michael Shermer -- The mechanical savior: nature and the illusion of technology / Wayne Grady -- Building backwards / Alan Weisman -- Uncompromising dedication -- Toward a real Kyoto protocol / Ross Gelbspan -- Why we should care about the ocean / Heike K. Lotze & Boris Worm -- Save the environment: take back the media / Doug Moss -- Fools' paradise / Ronald Wright -- Making a difference / Jim Peacock & Shelly Peers -- Let every tongue speak and each heart feel / Carl Safina -- Travels with David Suzuki -- The geography of hope / Thomas Berger -- Early years with David Suzuki / John Lucchesi -- The wonder of the natural world / Robyn Williams.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.