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Excellent, exciting new book - one of Amazon Editors' Favorite Books of the Year. I see this all around me. Sometimes people watch the movies coming out of Hollywood, or television shows showing crime and vampires and the walking dead, and start to think that is really the world out there. Apocalyptic visions - while sobering morality tales - don't begin to tell the half of the human spirit's creative ability to survive in community (the norm btw not the exception). Folk listen to the news and get scared, hear the facts and conjure up a conspiracy, endlessly placing themselves in the victim role, the disempowered position. While a lot of crazy stuff is happening, simultaneously really great stuff is a-foot: a new world is being forged through necessity, and it's not a world of competition and cut-throat survival with Mexican stand-offs with those with the most ammo and guns. Quite the reverse.

LINK: The Anthropocene: The Human Era and How It Shapes Our Planet Hardcover – November 5, 2014
by Christian Schwägerl (Author)

TEXT: "In The Anthropocene, environmental journalist Christian Schwägerl investigates our current ecological circumstances, and discovers something hopeful: that we already possess the scientific, philosophical, spiritual and governmental tools needed to correct our current trajectory toward a positive and sustainable future. According to Schwägerl, “The Anthropocene is more than the sum of the parts of environmental havoc. It can be the arena in which humanity decides to wisely integrate into the planet’s workings, enriching itself by its actions as a result. Smart cities, cultivated life-forms and landscapes with a human-induced biodiversity, are examples of how we can create a positive geological record. Human creativity, community spirit and conscious thought can lead to changes that might make our species look back at current behavior as sheer ecological barbarism. We can go from today’s crises to an enlightened planet.” Drawing on his own experiences and research as a journalist with rigorous scientific training, Schwägerl offers readers the means to envision and create realistic solutions to our current ecological crises. He shares a planetary vision of an attainable world that balances ecological sustainability, economic prosperity, political justice and cultural vibrancy."

<blockquote data-quote="Tyger" data-source="post: 207448" data-attributes="member: 6534">Excellent, exciting new book - one of Amazon Editors&#039; Favorite Books of the Year. <img src="/forum/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" /> I see this all around me. Sometimes people&nbsp; watch the movies coming out of Hollywood, or television shows showing crime and vampires and the walking dead, and start to think that is really the world out there. Apocalyptic visions - while sobering morality tales - don&#039;t begin to tell the half of the human spirit&#039;s creative ability to survive in community (the norm&nbsp; btw not the exception). Folk listen to the news and get scared, hear the facts and conjure up a conspiracy, endlessly placing themselves in the victim role, the disempowered position. While a lot of crazy stuff is happening, simultaneously really great stuff is a-foot: a new world is being forged through necessity, and it&#039;s not a world of competition and cut-throat survival with Mexican stand-offs with those with the most ammo and guns. Quite the reverse.LINK: The Anthropocene: The Human Era and How It Shapes Our Planet Hardcover – November 5, 2014by <a href="http://" target="_blank">Christian Schwägerl</a>&nbsp; (Author)TEXT: &quot;In The Anthropocene, environmental journalist Christian Schwägerl investigates our current ecological circumstances, and discovers something hopeful: that we already possess the scientific, philosophical, spiritual and governmental tools needed to correct our current trajectory toward a positive and sustainable future. According to Schwägerl, “The Anthropocene is more than the sum of the parts of environmental havoc. It can be the arena in which humanity decides to wisely integrate into the planet’s workings, enriching itself by its actions as a result. Smart cities, cultivated life-forms and landscapes with a human-induced biodiversity, are examples of how we can create a positive geological record. Human creativity, community spirit and conscious thought can lead to changes that might make our species look back at current behavior as sheer ecological barbarism. We can go from today’s crises to an enlightened planet.” Drawing on his own experiences and research as a journalist with rigorous scientific training, Schwägerl offers readers the means to envision and create realistic solutions to our current ecological crises. He shares a planetary vision of an attainable world that balances ecological sustainability, economic prosperity, political justice and cultural vibrancy.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tyger, post: 207448, member: 6534"] Excellent, exciting new book - one of [B]Amazon Editors' Favorite Books of the Year.[/B] :) I see this all around me. Sometimes people watch the movies coming out of Hollywood, or television shows showing crime and vampires and the walking dead, and start to think that is really the world out there. Apocalyptic visions - while sobering morality tales - don't begin to tell the half of the human spirit's creative ability to survive in community (the norm btw not the exception). Folk listen to the news and get scared, hear the facts and conjure up a conspiracy, endlessly placing themselves in the victim role, the disempowered position. While a lot of crazy stuff is happening, simultaneously really great stuff is a-foot: a new world is being forged through necessity, and it's not a world of competition and cut-throat survival with Mexican stand-offs with those with the most ammo and guns. Quite the reverse. LINK: [B][SIZE=4]The Anthropocene: The Human Era and How It Shapes Our Planet Hardcover – November 5, 2014[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4]by [URL='']Christian Schwägerl[/URL] (Author) TEXT:[I] "In [B]The Anthropocene[/B], environmental journalist Christian Schwägerl investigates our current ecological circumstances, and discovers something hopeful: that [B]we already possess the scientific, philosophical, spiritual and governmental tools needed to correct our current trajectory toward a positive and sustainable future.[/B] According to Schwägerl, [B]“The Anthropocene is more than the sum of the parts of environmental havoc. It can be the arena in which humanity decides to wisely integrate into the planet’s workings, enriching itself by its actions as a result. Smart cities, cultivated life-forms and landscapes with a human-induced biodiversity, are examples of how we can create a positive geological record. Human creativity, community spirit and conscious thought can lead to changes that might make our species look back at current behavior as sheer ecological barbarism. We can go from today’s crises to an enlightened planet.”[/B] Drawing on his own experiences and research as a journalist with rigorous scientific training, Schwägerl offers readers the means to envision and create realistic solutions to our current ecological crises. He shares [B]a planetary vision of an attainable world that balances ecological sustainability, economic prosperity, political justice and cultural vibrancy.[/B]"[/I][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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