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DESCRIPTION:In his bestselling book The World without Us, Alan Weisman considered how 
 the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of 
 humanity’s constant pressures.  Behind that groundbreaking thought 
 experiment was his hope that we would be inspired to find a way to add 
 humans back to his vision of a restored healthy planet -- only in harmony, 
 not mortal combat, with the rest of nature. \n\nBut with a million more of 
 us every 4 ½ days on a planet that’s not getting any bigger, and with 
 our exhaust overheating the atmosphere and altering the chemistry of the 
 oceans, prospects for a sustainable human future seem ever more in doubt.  
 For this long awaited follow-up book, Weisman traveled to 21 countries to 
 ask four questions that experts agreed were probably the most important on 
 Earth -- and also the hardest.  Yet, he figured, we must try to answer 
 them, if we want to have a world with us.  \n\nIn Countdown, Weisman 
 explores the complexity of calculating how many humans this planet can hold 
 without capsizing. He visits an extraordinary range of the world’s 
 cultures, religions, nationalities, tribes, and political systems to learn 
 what in their beliefs, histories, liturgies, or current circumstances might 
 suggest that sometimes it’s in their own best interest to limit their 
 growth. He asks if we can determine how robust the Earth’s ecosystem must 
 be to assure our continued existence, and whether we can know which other 
 species are essential to our survival. And, he inquires how we might design 
 an economy for a shrinking and finally stable population, to have genuine 
 prosperity without endless growth. The result is a landmark work of 
 reporting: devastating, urgent, and, ultimately, deeply hopeful. \n\nBy 
 vividly detailing the burgeoning effects of our cumulative presence, 
 Countdown reveals what may be the fastest, most acceptable, practical, and 
 affordable way of returning our planet and our presence on it to balance.  
 Alan Weisman again shows that he is one of the most provocative journalists 
 at work today, with a book whose message is so compelling that it will 
 change how we see our lives and our destiny.  \n\nAlan Weisman is an 
 award-winning journalist whose reports from around the world have appeared 
 in Harper’s, New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Mother 
 Jones, Discover, and on NPR.\n7:30 PM at the Hillside Club (2286 Cedar 
 Street, Berkeley)\nTickets: $15 general, $8 students; $20 at the 
 door\nBrown Paper Tickets online or 800-838-3006\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/08/18742929.php
SUMMARY:ALAN WEISMAN / Countdown: Our Last Best Hope for a Future on Earth
LOCATION:Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley CA 94709
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/08/18742929.php
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