
Down to the Wire
Confronting Climate Collapse
David W. Orr(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-19-982936-1 (ISBN)
Description
Singled out as "one of the country's leading environmental thinkers" by Bill McKibben in the New York Review of Books, David W. Orr offers an exacting analysis of where we are in terms of climate change, how we got here, and what we must now do. Orr shows how political negligence, an economy based on the insatiable consumption of trivial goods, and a disdain for the well-being of future generations have brought us to the tipping point. We now face a long emergency of rising temperatures, rising sea-levels, and a host of other related problems that will increasingly undermine human civilization. Down to the Wire is a major wake-up call. But this is not a doomsday book. Orr offers a wide range of pragmatic, far-reaching proposals--some of which have already been adopted by the Obama administration--for how we might reconnect public policy with rigorous science, bring our economy into alignment with ecological realities, and begin to regard ourselves as planetary trustees for future generations.
Reviews / Votes
passionate and accessible * Jeremy Spoon, Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
General readers and students interested climate change, public policy, environmental policy, and how to make a change for an environmentally sound future. Climate scientists and those involved in climate policy at national and state levels; foundations funding climate research and action, government agencies, college courses for the growing number of college classes that deal with climate issues; and churches and religious groups engaged in the climate debate.
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
411 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-982936-1 (9780199829361)
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Book
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Person
David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Special Advisor to the President of Oberlin College. He is the author of numerous books, including The Nature of Design and Ecological Literacy.
Author
Professor of Environmental Studies and PoliticsProfessor of Environmental Studies and Politics, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Content
Preface to the Paperback Edition ; Preface ; Introduction ; Part One: Politics and Governance ; 1. Governance ; 2. Late-Night Thoughts about Democracy in the Long Emergency ; 3. Leadership in the Long Emergency ; Part Two: Connections ; 4. The Carbon Connection ; 5. The Spirit of Connection ; Part Three: Farther Horizons ; 6. Millenial Hope ; 7. Hope at the End of Our Tether ; 9. The Upshot: What Is to Be Done? ; Postscript: A Disclosure