Naturally
Tread Softly on the Planet
Vikram Soni
- '[Vikram
- Soni]
- has
- for
- many
- years
- been
- a
- leader
- in
- the
- fight
- against
- the
- destruction
- of
- the
- natural
- environment
- in
- his
- home
- country,
- India,
- and
- elsewhere
- throughout
- the
- planet.
- In
- this
- book
- he
- describes
- some
- of
- the
- exquisite
- balances
- which
- nature
- has
- evolved
- in
- the
- course
- of
- Earth's
- four
- billion-year
- history,
- and
- makes
- an
- eloquent
- plea
- for
- a
- kind
- of
- technology
- much
- more
- respectful
- and
- symbiotic
- with
- them
- than
- what
- we
- have
- today.'--Antony
- J.
- Leggett,
- Winner
- of
- the
- Nobel
- Prize
- for
- Physics,
- 2003'This
- book
- presents
- a
- refreshingly
- sane
- and
- practical
- path
- for
- humanity
- to
- carve
- out
- a
- modus
- vivendi
- with
- nature
- and
- design
- a
- future
- that
- is
- fulfilling
- for
- all
- and
- destructive
- for
- none.'--Ashok
- Khosla,
- Former
- President,
- International
- Union
- for
- Conservation
- of
- Nature
- and
- Natural
- Resources
- (IUCN);
- President,
- The
- Club
- of
- RomeWith
- a
- Foreword
- by
- Daniel
- Goleman,
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Emotional
- IntelligenceNaturally:
- Tread
- Softly
- on
- the
- Planet
- is
- a
- survival
- guide
- for
- life
- on
- Earth.
- It
- is
- about
- what
- we
- are
- and
- how
- we
- got
- here,
- about
- what
- we
- have
- been
- doing
- and
- where
- do
- we
- go
- from
- here.Naturally
- articulates
- a
- living
- scheme
- based
- on
- the
- way
- nature
- works
- without
- any
- waste.
- It
- sets
- the
- direction
- by
- placing
- human
- interventions
- in
- the
- matrix
- of
- life
- on
- Earth
- and
- looks
- for
- enlightened
- solutions
- on
- the
- ground
- that
- are
- not
- injurious
- to
- our
- world.
- Drawing
- examples
- from
- far
- and
- near,
- it
- gathers
- wisdom
- to
- walk
- in
- symbiosis
- with
- the
- planet.Combining
- research
- with
- engaging
- anecdotes,
- Naturally
- is
- an
- accessible
- and
- essential
- book
- on
- a
- subject
- that
- is
- urgently relevant.
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