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See the world. Then make it better.
I am David Attenborough. At time of writing, I am 93 years old. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.
As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity.
I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet contains my witness statement, and my vision for the future - the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.
We have the opportunity to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.
All we need is the will do so.
Forlag Ebury Press
Utgivelsesår 2020
Format Heftet
ISBN13 9781529108286
EAN 9781529108286
Genre Personlige beretninger
Omtalt person David Attenborough
Språk Engelsk
Sider 288
Utgave 1
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We have come as far as we have because we are the cleverest creatures to have ever lived on Earth. But if we are to continue to exist, we will require more than intelligence. We will require wisdom.
1937:
World population: 2.3 billion
Carbon in atmosphere: 280 parts per million
Remaining wilderness: 66%
2020:
World population: 7.8 billion
Carbon in atmosphere: 415 parts per million
Remaining wilderness: 35%
We humans, alone on Earth, are powerful enough to create worlds, and then to destroy them.
We are all people of Pripyat now. We live our comfortable lives in the shadow of a disaster of our own making. That disaster is being brought about by the very things that allow us to live our comfortable lives. And it is quite natural to carry on in this way until there is a convincing reason not to do so and a very good plan for an alternative. That is why I have written this book.
The natural world is fading. The evidence is all around. It has happened during my lifetime. I have seen it with my own eyes. It will lead to our destruction.
Yet there is still time to switch off the reactor. There is a good alternative.
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