- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Ltd; illustrated edition edition (30 Nov 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906093008
- ISBN-13: 978-1906093006
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,446,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An inspiring collection of people making a difference...a refreshing antidote to apathy and the hopelessness that nothing can be done with the environmental challenge so overwhelming and huge Thomas E. Lovejoy, President, The Heinz Center for Science Economics and the Environment --The Heinz Center for Science Economics and the Environment
This is a book that should not just be read to entertain, but to challenge all its readers into action. It is my hope that you too will join this distinguished list of people who care about the future of the planet upon which we live. Professor Sir Ghillean Prance --The Eden Project
There has never been a more urgent need for environmental leadership. This fascinating compendium of the good and great, the famous and the unjustly forgotten, shows that individuals can change the world for the better. This is a book to inspire, a potent record of heroes from all cultures and backgrounds, and above all it is a petition, galvanizing us to greater action Mike Maunder PhD Executive Director, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida --Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida
This is a book that should not just be read to entertain, but to challenge all its readers into action. It is my hope that you too will join this distinguished list of people who care about the future of the planet upon which we live. Professor Sir Ghillean Prance --The Eden Project
There has never been a more urgent need for environmental leadership. This fascinating compendium of the good and great, the famous and the unjustly forgotten, shows that individuals can change the world for the better. This is a book to inspire, a potent record of heroes from all cultures and backgrounds, and above all it is a petition, galvanizing us to greater action Mike Maunder PhD Executive Director, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida --Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida
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Protecting the planet is everyone's work. But we all have our own heroes in whatever area we are working. "Planet Savers" brings together the varied stories of the hundreds of movers and shakers that have spoken up throughout history and taken action to defend the world from pollution, deforestation, species loss and climate change. From Theodore Roosevelt to Al Gore; from Francis of Assisi to David Attenborough - and from hundreds more men and women that you will know little, if anything, about. Scientists, artists, business people, priests, lawyers, poets, politicians, activists and more, from every continent of the world. Their work has enthused us about the natural world and warned us that we must do much more to preserve it. The Indian woman who became the world's first environmental martyr; the Baptist Reverend who asked "What Would Jesus Drive?"; the Quaker big game hunter who set up the first conservation organisation; the Shakespearian actor who revolutionised organic gardening; and the housewife whose campaign against toxic waste forced a President to act. The book is a cornucopia of people who from time immemorial have put their careers, reputations and lives on the line to protect our planet from its governing inhabitants - the human race. Today, as thousands of species of animals and plants are faced with extinction, thousands of years of indigenous knowledge is lost in the face of technological advance, and we become more and more aware of the potential doomsday scenario of global warming, we need "planet savers" more than ever. Our inspiration can be the 301 environmental lives portrayed in this book. These people cared enough to do something about it. "Planet Savers" is both a tribute and a catalyst: a tribute to the people that loved the planet enough to want to act to save it, and a catalyst for the people that will be inspired to act after reading it. New planet savers are at work right now in rainforests and megacities; in community centres and boardrooms; at road protests and in courtrooms, all over the world. If this book has one great aim it is to inspire you, the reader, to join them. It is a book that every home should own.
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