Time's Up!: An Uncivilized Solution To A Global Crisis

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This is not an environmental book even though it is concerned with the environment It is not a book to save the world even though the world is clearly in trouble Ultimately Time's Up! is a book about survival; about ensuring that every individual human has the means to save herself or himself from the global crisis that is unfolding People know that the climate is changing that species are being removed from the Earth at a rapidly increasing rate that entire ecosystems are becoming shadows of their former richness; they know but they do not understand The global environmental crisis is closing in on humanity from all directions yet the crisis barely registers on this culture's list of problems As we stand humanity is doomed to a collapse that will leave only a few nomads & a toxic barely survivable Earth in its wake So why is nothing being done beyond changing light bulbs recycling & buying organic food? It's certainly not for a lack of good reasons Humans have no motivation stronger than survival yet the culture that dominates the culture we call Industrial Civilization has created a set of priorities that value financial wealth the possession of superfluous goods & short cheap thrills above that most basic need In short we are prepared to die in order to live a life that is killing us Time's Up! is all about changing this It describes what our actions are doing to the very things on Earth that we depend on for survival at scales that we rarely contemplate It arms us with the tools to free us from the culture that has blinded us for centuries & which will allow us to live lives that will give the Earth & ourselves a future Time's Up! proposes something radical fundamental & frightening; something longterm exhilarating & absolutely necessary; something totally uncivilized