In brave and unforgettable terms, al gore, the passionate and lifelong defender of the environment, describes how human actions and decisions can endanger or safeguard the vulnerable ecosystem that sustains us. Human civilization must heal itself, psychologically and spiritually, if we are to heal our ailing environment and savethe earth s ecology for future generations. The task that gore gave himself is one so monumental that it should surprise no one that the book falls woefully short both in its analysis and in its proposed solution to. Its a big deal, after all, that a sitting senator was willing to write, we must make the rescue. Halverson the title to vice president al gores book earth in the balance is based on an illustration used by the white house for a 1990 conference on the environment. Ecology and the human spirit albert gore pdf download free book free download earth in the balance. Twentyfive years of world travel and studies of the earth s ecological problems led gore to publish his. Ecology and the human spirit popular download, read online earth in the balance. I pray it will have the dramatic impact it deservesand must have for our collective salvation. Houghton mifflin, 1992 includes bibliographical references pages 386393 and index. Ecology and the human spirit audible audiobook abridged al gore author, narrator, phoenix books publisher 4.
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