Author : Robert W. Sandford
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781771601801
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis North America in the Anthropocene by : Robert W. Sandford
Download or read book North America in the Anthropocene written by Robert W. Sandford and published by Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated. This book was released on 2016 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North America in the Anthropocene maintains that human beings have entered a new historical epoch--the Anthropocene--in which our own economic activity has reached such planetary scale and power that we can no longer count on Earth's natural systems and functions to absorb negative human impacts on landscape and biodiversity. Whether we like it or not, we have to assume responsibility for staying within Earth-system boundaries. Climate stability is only one of those boundaries, but it is a critical one. This book attempts to address the question of why, when we clearly know the enormous risks we face, we are still not doing what is necessary to prevent climate disaster. The author introduces contemporary thinking by leading philosophers, ethicists and social scientists who do not believe that more information and greater individual thoughtfulness are necessarily going to be adequate to penetrate the thick skin of the status quo when it comes to addressing the climate threat.