{"product_id":"down-to-the-wire-confronting-climate-collapse-9780199829361","title":"Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo writes David Orr in \u003cem\u003eDown to the Wire\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 of trivial goods, and a disdain for the well-being of future generations have\u003cbr\u003ebrought us to the tipping point that biologist Edward O. Wilson calls the bottleneck. Due to our refusal to live within natural limits, we now face a long emergency of rising temperatures, rising sea-levels, and a host of other related problems that will increasingly undermine human civilization.\u003cbr\u003eClimate destabilization to which we are already committed will change everything, and to those betting on quick technological fixes or minor adjustments to the way we live now, \u003cem\u003eDown to the Wire\u003c\/em\u003e is a major wake-up call. But this is not a doomsday book. Orr offers a wide range of pragmatic, \u003cbr\u003efar-reaching proposals--some of which have already been adopted by the Obama administration--for how we might reconnect public policy with rigorous science, bring our economy into alignment with ecological realities, and begin to regard ourselves as planetary trustees for future generations. He\u003cbr\u003eoffers inspiring real-life examples of people already responding to the major threat to our future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn exacting analysis of where we are in terms of climate change, how we got here, and what we must now do, \u003cem\u003eDown to the Wire\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for those wanting to join in the Great Work of our generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David W. Orr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199829361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid W. Orr\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Special Advisor to the President of Oberlin College. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Nature of Design\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Ecological Literacy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39937661960307,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9799d5b8-6d87-4bbf-ae11-74b05bb8155a.jpg?v=1647995218","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/down-to-the-wire-confronting-climate-collapse-9780199829361","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}