The Revenge of Gaia :

Why the Earth is Fighting

Back and How We Can
Still Save Humanity
 By
James Lovelock
Penguin Books Ltd
James Lovelock's bestselling The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth
is Fighting Back - and How we can Still Save Humanity is a dire
warning against the unchecked growth of civilization.

'Despite all our efforts to retreat sustainably, we may be unable to

prevent a global decline into a chaotic world ruled by brutal
warlords on a devastated Earth...'

For thousands of years, humans have exploited the planet without

counting the cost. Now Gaia, the living Earth, is fighting back. As
the polar icecaps shrink and the global temperature rises, we
approach the point of no return. Sustainable development, Lovelock
argues, is no longer possible, and the only open to us may be a
'sustainable retreat'. This is the one book you must read to find out
what is happening, how bad it will get - and how we can survive.

'The most important book for decades'

Andrew Marr

'The most important book ever to be published on the environmental

crisis ... Lovelock will go down in history as the scientist who
changed our view of the Earth'
John Gray, Independent

'Truly terrifying ... Lovelock's arguments carry more conviction than

anyone else's now writing'
Peter Forbes, Daily Mail

James Lovelock is the author of more than 200 scientific papers and
the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (now Gaia Theory). He has
written several books on the subject, including Gaia: A New Look at
Life on Earth, The Ages of Gaia and The Vanishing Face of Gaia as
well as an autobiography, Homage to Gaia. In September 2005
Prospect magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global
public intellectuals.

Penguin Books Ltd

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