Gaia: An Atlas of Planet Management [Paperback]

Norman Myers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1992

For the first time since its publication in l984, a completely updated and revised edition of this best-selling atlas which brings it into the 1990s, incorporating the new events, issues, and statistics of the past decade.

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For the first time since its publication in l984, a completely updated and revised edition of this best-selling atlas which brings it into the 1990s, incorporating the new events, issues, and statistics of the past decade.

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For the first time since its publication in l984, a completely updated and revised edition of this best-selling atlas which brings it into the 1990s, incorporating the new events, issues, and statistics of the past decade.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Anchor; Rev Upd Su edition (December 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385426267
• ISBN-13: 978-0385426268
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,527,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is informative and highly important., July 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Gaia: An Atlas of Planet Management (Paperback)

This book has easy to understand diagrams that explain the ways the Earth's resources are distributed. Most importantly, it shows how we will be in serious trouble in the future if we do not change the lifestyles of all consumers.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is informative and highly important., July 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Gaia: An Atlas of Planet Management (Paperback)

This book has easy to understand diagrams that explain the ways the Earth's resources are distributed. Most importantly, it shows how we will be in serious trouble in the future if we do not change the lifestyles of all consumers.

5.0 out of 5 stars This book shows us ways we can create the future we wish for our world, August 22, 2009

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This review is from: Gaia: An Atlas of Planet Management (Paperback)

This visionary book helps us see ahead by giving us a global close-up of the past and present. It's not easy to face all the facts illustrated and explained so clearly by this book -- that the soil is disappearing; deserts are expanding; and tropical forests are being cut down. And it's not easy to read page 22 -- and learn that world hunger is caused not by scarcity, but by improper management of the world's food resources, such as animals being used for meat to feed the affluent while millions of children starve for want of a little grain.

Hopeful solutions are provided, including worldwide practices of sustainable farming methods, such as China illustrated when succeeding at feeding all of its people.

The vision enlarges and darkens. Ocean, climate, and energy problems are introduced, leading to historically pervasive problems facing our species, such as war. The world view gets pretty dark in that chapter, so move quickly through it to page 252. On that page, we are described as a "privileged generation," full of opportunities to create the future by saving our biosphere and ourselves for many generations yet privileged to come.

This book was exhausting to read, but I'm glad I did. It reminds me that we are the "transition generation." It suggests hopefully that all of us on this Earth today have a huge responsibility in forging new pathways for our species to follow towards surviving and thriving, by taking better care of the Earth and ourselves. This book shows us ways we can create the future we wish for our world.

I admit this book is pretty unsettling, but I highly recommend this book to everybody. And I highly recommend reading it with hope and realization of the positive difference each person can make in the world.