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Earth Odyssey : Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future by Hertsgaard, Mark is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Like Many Of Us, Mark Hertsgaard Has Long Worried About The Declining Health Of Our Environment. But In 1991, He Decided To Act On His Concern And Investigate The Escalating Crisis For Himself. Traveling On His Own Dime, He Embarked On An Odyssey Lasting Most Of The Decade And Spanning Nineteen Countries. Now, In Earth Odyssey, He Reports On Our Environmental Predicament Through The Eyes Of The People Who Live It. From The Gilded Boardrooms Of Paris To The Traffic-clogged Streets Of Bangkok, We Travel From The Deep Human Past To Our Still Unfolding Future. Much Of The Story Revolves Around People Like Zhenbing, Hertsgaard's Charismatic Interpreter In China, Whose Desire To Escape Poverty Leaves Him Indifferent To His Country's Horrific Air And Water Pollution. We Also Meet Garang, A Proud Dinka Tribesman Whose Response To Sudan's Famine Shows The Difficulty Of Building An Environmentally Sustainable Future Without Bridging The Gap Between Rich And Poor. Drawing On Interviews With Václav Havel, Al Gore, Jacques Cousteau, And Numerous Other Prominent Figures, Hertsgaard Offers Fresh Insight Into Such Complex Issues As Humanity's Growing Addiction To The Automobile, The Insidious Spre

Who reads Earth Odyssey : Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future?

Author

Hertsgaard, Mark

Publisher

Broadway Books

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780767900591

Category

science

Subjects

Social Science, Anthropology, Fiction

Rating

4.22 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14