As we prepare for the arrival of the next millennium, the need to find a truly sustainable way of living is urgent. In this seminal work, David Suzuki presents his vision of how to achieve that goal.
Who are we? How did we get here? What is most important in life? In order to answer these questions and to define a new vision for life on Earth, David Suzuki explores the non-negotiable needs that must be met for humans to achieve full, healthy, productive lives.
Inspiring and uplifting, Suzuki explains our biological needs, which include our dependence on air, water, soil, and the sun's energy - as well as a fifth vital need, the diversity of life itself. He then shows us how these elements connect us to each other and the Earth and how human beings have a genetically programmed need to live with other species.
This powerful, deeply felt book clarifies these important issues and explains why we must pay attention to what happens to our air and our water when' we are often more concerned with work, retirement, and our children's education and with governments are preoccupied with economic advance and global competitiveness.
Suzuki provides concrete suggestions on how we can meet our basic heeds and create a way of life that is ecologically sustainable:, fulfilling, and just. He also tells the stories of people who have put their beliefs into action and are helping to create such a way of life.
"Nature is the ultimate source of our inspiration, :of our sense of belonging, of our hope that life will survive long after we are gone" Suzuki states. "In order to realize this hope, we must learn to regard the planet as sacred."
The Sacred Balance offers the seeds of a new direction for us all, one in which we can rediscover our place in nature and live in balance with our surroundings.
David Suzuki (Vancouver, British Columbia) is an acclaimed geneticist and the host of the popular science television program The Nature of Things. He has written numerous books, including Genethics: The Ethics of Engineering Life and Wisdom of Elders (both co-authored with Peter Knudtson), and is founder and chair of the David Suzuki Foundation.
Amanda McConnell (Toronto, Ontario) is a writer for The Nature of Things.
Est 254 pages ISBN 1-57392-199-8 Cloth - Not available outside the United States and Canada.
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