The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature - Softcover

David Suzuki; Amanda McConnell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898866456 ISBN 13: 9780898866452

Publisher: Mountaineers Books, 1999

Synopsis

A new paradigm for a way of life that is ecologically sustainable, fulfilling and just, by one of the world's leading environmentalists.

Every day we are bombarded with the message that the bottom line for society and governments must be the economy and global competitiveness. But in this seminal work, David Suzuki argues that the real bottom line, and our true challenge today, is not debts and deficits but the need to find a way to live full and meaningful lives without destroying the earth's biosphere, which supports all life.

Suzuki explores the physical, social and spiritual needs that should form the basis of any society that aspires to a sustainable future and a high quality of life for its citizens. "Those fundamental requirements are rooted in the Earth and its life-support systems. They are worthy of reverence and respect; that is, they are sacred."

About this title

About the Author:

David Suzuki has written numerous books, including Genethics, Wisdom of the Elders, Metamorphosis and The Japan We Never Knew, and is the founder and chair of the David Suzuki Foundation. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. A writer for more than 100 documentary films, Amanda McConnell lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Review:

"...the most complete expression to date of an environmental ethic from one of the world's leading conservation writers, combining science, theology, poetry and philosophy to express a world view towards which the human species must shift in the twenty-first century." -- E.O. Wilson, author of "The Diversity of Life"

About this edition

• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0898866456
• ISBN 13: 9780898866452
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 259