Bill McKibben twenty years ago wrote a book called The End of Nature, which predicted some of the earliest signs of global warming. Years later McKibben has written Eaarth; Making A Life On A Tough New Planet which expands on the previous book in more depth about global warming and the effects it is having on our world today. The novel was published by Alfred. A Knopf Canada in Toronto 2010. McKibben has previously written other books on this topic which ensures he is a reliable and relevant source. The following review of McKibben’s Eaarth; Making A Life On A Tough New Planet will include a summary of the book’s content, the relevance it holds to the Future of Work course along with a survey of strengths and weaknesses.
In this book, McKibben mentioned that we have waited too long to recognize the fact that global warming is progressively present. The Earth we live in is undertaking enormous changes which are unavoidable and already under way. Melting, acidifying, flooding, drying and burning, in the short time that humans have occupied Earth we have created a new planet that is distinguishable but fundamentally different. McKibben calls it Eaarth; similar to our Earth but different. To try and fix or repair the planet would cost large sums of money; looking back at a few moments such as the Haiti …show more content…
Eaarth; Making A Life On A Tough New Planet has been given outstanding reviews from authors, commenting that it is a monumental book that may potentially restore faith in the future and a practical approach to solving crisis facing humanity. As an environmentalist himself McKibben has done a wonderful job of executing his knowledge about Earth and Eaarth to the general public. In the end it is up to the general public to take matters into their own
In this book, McKibben mentioned that we have waited too long to recognize the fact that global warming is progressively present. The Earth we live in is undertaking enormous changes which are unavoidable and already under way. Melting, acidifying, flooding, drying and burning, in the short time that humans have occupied Earth we have created a new planet that is distinguishable but fundamentally different. McKibben calls it Eaarth; similar to our Earth but different. To try and fix or repair the planet would cost large sums of money; looking back at a few moments such as the Haiti …show more content…
Eaarth; Making A Life On A Tough New Planet has been given outstanding reviews from authors, commenting that it is a monumental book that may potentially restore faith in the future and a practical approach to solving crisis facing humanity. As an environmentalist himself McKibben has done a wonderful job of executing his knowledge about Earth and Eaarth to the general public. In the end it is up to the general public to take matters into their own