02849nam 2200577Ia 450 991045554260332120200520144314.01-282-32900-697866123290050-19-973683-9(CKB)1000000000808071(EBL)472339(OCoLC)502285991(SSID)ssj0000336863(PQKBManifestationID)11304048(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336863(PQKBWorkID)10288041(PQKB)11703367(MiAaPQ)EBC472339(Au-PeEL)EBL472339(CaPaEBR)ebr10346407(CaONFJC)MIL232900(EXLCZ)99100000000080807120090206d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDown to the wire[electronic resource] confronting climate collapse /David W. OrrOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20091 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-539353-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE; CHAPTER 1 Governance; CHAPTER 2 Late-Night Thoughts about Democracy in the Long Emergency; CHAPTER 3 Leadership in the Long Emergency; PART II: CONNECTIONS; CHAPTER 4 The Carbon Connection; CHAPTER 5 The Spirit of Connection; PART III: FARTHER HORIZONS; CHAPTER 6 Millennial Hope; CHAPTER 7 Hope at the End of Our Tether; CHAPTER 8 The Upshot: What Is to Be Done?; Postscript: A Disclosure; Notes; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W""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 of trivial goods, and a disdain for the well-being of future generations have brought us to the tipping point that biologist Edward O. Wilson calls "Climatic changesClimatic changesEnvironmental aspectsElectronic books.Climatic changes.Climatic changesEnvironmental aspects.363.73874Orr David W.1944-930940MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455542603321Down to the wire2094123UNINA