02064cam a2200289 i 4500 344884686 TxAuBib 20180425120000.0 180330s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780300234602 18.00 0300234600 18.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Orr, David W., 1944- Dangerous years [BOOK] : climate change, the long emergency, and the way forward / David W. Orr. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2016. xix, 300 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographic notes and index. This gripping, deeply thoughtful book considers future of civilization in the light of what we know about climate change and related threats. David Orr, an award-winning, internationally recognized leader in the field of sustainability and environmental education, pulls no punches: even with the Paris Agreement of 2015, Earth systems will not reach a new equilibrium for centuries. Earth is becoming a different planet-more threadbare and less biologically diverse, with more acidic oceans and a hotter, more capricious climate. Furthermore, technology will not solve complex problems of sustainability. Yet we are not fated to destroy the Earth, Orr insists. He imagines sustainability as a quest and a transition built upon robust and durable democratic and economic institutions, as well as changes in heart and mindset. The transition, he writes, is beginning from the bottom up in communities and neighborhoods. He lays out specific principles and priorities to guide us toward enduring harmony between human and natural systems. Provided by publisher. 20180425. Environmental responsibility. Sustainability. Environmental policy Citizen participation. Climatic changes.