Carbon : the book of life /
Paul Hawken.
- 243 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Carbon Elements Firmament Cell mates Eating starlight Sugar salad Bucky and Bing Green beings Kindom Parlance Paper eyes Primeval Dark earth Untranslated world Conscious Acknowledgments Notes Index
"Carbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth's composition, our planet is lifeless without it. Yet it is maligned as the driver of climate change, scorned as an errant element blamed for the possible demise of civilization. Here, Paul Hawken looks at the flow of life through the lens of carbon. Embracing a panoramic view of carbon's omnipresence, he explores how this ubiquitous and essential element extends into every aperture of existence and shapes the entire fabric of life. Hawken charts a course across our planetary history, guiding us into the realms of plants, animals, insects, fungi, food, and farms to offer a new narrative for embracing carbon's life-giving power and its possibilities for the future of human endeavor. In this stirring, hopeful, and deeply humane book, Hawken illuminates the subtle connections between carbon and our collective human experience and asks us to see nature, carbon, and ourselves as exquisitely intertwined--and inseparably connected." -- Publisher, page four of cover.
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Carbon--Physiological effect Carbono --Efectos fisiológicos Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry) Ciclo del carbono (Biogeoquímica) Carbon--Environmental aspects Carbono --Aspectos ambientales Chemistry, Organic Química Orgánica Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on Efectos ambientales sobre los seres humanos Green movement--Philosophy Movimiento ecologista