Speaking of Earth : environmental speeches that moved the world / edited with commentary and biographies by Alon Tal.
| Other author | Tal, Alon, 1960- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006. |
| Description | xx, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The publication of Silent spring was neither the beginning nor the end of that struggle / Rachel Carson -- A land without wildflowers will be a hotel, not a homeland / Yizhar Smilansky -- If man is to survive, the ocean is not dispensable / Thor Heyerdahl -- We do not have to believe in the inevitability of environmental catastrophe to accept the possibility of such a catastrophe / Maurice Strong -- We are the first, but we are not likely to be the last / Lois Gibbs -- Nuclear weapons are morally indefensible / David Lange -- I too am one of those who cannot live without wild things / Mongosuthu G. Buthulezi -- The question now is simply whether we control science or whether science will control us / Mostafa Tolba -- The destruction of our rain forest affects not only the Brazilian people, but in fact all the people of the planet / Chico Mendes -- The prospect of climate change is a new factor in human affairs / Margaret Thatcher -- If we want to transform society in an ecological way, we must transform ourselves / Petra Kelly -- Our mother earth is teaching us a lesson in universal responsibility -- The sermon / David Brower -- A deadly ecological war in which no blood is spilled but people die all the time / Ken Saro-Wiwa -- We venture into realms that belong to God, and to God alone / Charles, Prince of Wales -- To commit a crime against the natural world is a sin / Ecumenical Patiarch Bartholomew -- It's all about taming greed / Ian Kiernan -- Sharing and exchange, the basis of our humanity and our ecological survival has been redefined as a crime / Vandana Shiva -- Problems are not enough in themselves to create a momentum for change / Karl-Henrik Robert -- The challenge is to restore the home of the tadpoles and give back to our children a world of beauty and wonder / Wangari Maathai. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2005016866 |
| ISBN | 0813537266 |
| ISBN | 9780813537269 |
| ISBN | 0813537274 |
| ISBN | 9780813537276 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GE35 .S64 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |