Dancing At The Dead Sea
Journey To The Heart Of Environmental Crisis
Published on 1. April 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-903919-63-7 (ISBN)
Description
After winning the Global Reuters IUCN media award for excellence in environmental reporting, Alanna Mitchell launches herself on an odyssey that takes her around the world, zeroing in on it's environmental hotspots. Travelling from Madagascar to the Middle East, from the Arctic to the Galapagos Islands, her goal is to explore how humanity can flourish without destroying the planet. She begins with a term of study at Oxford University where she studies Darwin's theories. Darwin challenged the idea that the earth and its species were created for man's benefit and succeeded in overturning the accepted view. Today, we are at a similar crossroads, one where we need to come to terms with the fact that all creation is not here for us, that we are but one species dependent on other species and planetary life-support systems for our own existence. As his theories of evolution changed the whole way of Victorian thinking, so Alanna sets out to persuade us that we can accept a similar seismic change and learn to treat our environment in a way that will prolong, rather than shorten its shelf life.
Reviews / Votes
'An important and uplifting read: Alanna energetically marches around the world to find out what every single one of us needs to know: what's really the state of health of our long-suffering little planet? A stirring and ultimately optimistic odyssey.' -- Benedict Allen 'Dancing at the Dead Sea is a powerful narrative on the critically important topic of the world's environmental hotspots. This is not a pessimistic tirade, but instead a factual commentary that will convince many, written by a gifted writer with an independent mind. I recommend this book without reservation.' Richard Leakey * Richard Leakey * 'Captivating...easily approachable and digestible while being seriously thought-provoking.' Chris Stewart * Chris Stewart * 'A vigorous and highly personal account...that is both illuminating and perturbing...an impressive investigative odyssey.' Penelope Lively * Penelope Lively * I was wonderfully transported to faraway lands, but also challenged to figure out how my own fits into the future of our world. (Monte Hummel, President, World Wildlife Fund Canada) -- Monte Hummel, President, World Wildlife Fund, Canada This is no polemic; rather, it takes an idiosyncratic path throught memoir, social history and science journalism ... Mitchell is a persuasive guide. * Quill & Quire *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
359 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-903919-63-7 (9781903919637)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Alanna Mitchell is the internationally recognized senior features writer for THE GLOBE AND MAIL in Canada. Winner of the prestigious Reuters-IUCN award for North America and Oceania for excellence in environmental reporting, she also won the global award presented at the World Conservation Congress 2000. Alanna currently lives with her two children in Toronto.