Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse

by David W. Orr

Book Overview

"The real fault line in American politics is not between liberals and conservatives.... It is, rather, in how we orient ourselves to the generations to come who will bear the consequences, for better and for worse, of our actions."

So writes David Orr in Down to the Wire, a sober and eloquent assessment of climate destabilization and an urgent call to action. Orr describes how political negligence, an economy based on the insatiable consumption...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195393538
• ISBN13: 9780195393538
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"