{"product_id":"whole-earth-discipline-isbn-9780143118282","title":"Whole Earth Discipline","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Incredible book . . . Best I’ve read this year.” —Jack Dorsey, via Twitter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This eye-opening book by the legendary author of the National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e persuasively details a new approach to our stewardship of the planet. Lifelong ecologist and futurist Stewart Brand relies on scientific rigor to shatter myths concerning nuclear energy, urbanization, genetic engineering, and other controversial subjects, showing exactly where the sources of our dilemmas lie and offering a bold, inventive set of policies and design- based solutions for shaping a more sustainable society. Thought- provoking and passionately argued, this is a pioneering book on one of the hottest issues facing humanity today.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the most important Green tracts since \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eFortune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I believe the world must have, and soon, a series of debates on the many inconvenient challenges facing us, employing a small number of intelligent, provocative texts at the core, and this should be one of them.” —Edward O. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A lucid and provocative polemic, focusing on large scale fixes for a planet in jeopardy.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Likely one of the most original and important books of the century.” —Paul Hawken, author of \u003ci\u003eBlessed Unrest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This book is truly important and a joy to read.” —James Lovelock, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Revenge of Gaia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A brilliant, elegant treatise by a veteran defender of the Earth’s health.” —Ian McEwan, author of \u003ci\u003eSolar\u003c\/i\u003eThough honored as a writer—with the National Book Award for the \u003cb\u003eWhole Earth Catalog\u003c\/b\u003e, Eliot Montroll Award for \u003cb\u003eThe Media Lab\u003c\/b\u003e, Golden Gadfly Award for his years as editor of \u003cb\u003eCoEvolution Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSteward Brand\u003c\/b\u003e is primarily an inventor\/designer.  Trained as a biologist and army officer, he was an early multimedia artist.  He has created a number of lasting institutions, including New Games Tournaments, the Hackers Conference, and The WELL, a bellwether computer conference system.  He is co-founder of Global Business Network, a futurist research organization fostering \"the art of the long view.\"","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303961612517,"sku":"NP9780143118282","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143118282.jpg?v=1767744239","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/whole-earth-discipline-isbn-9780143118282","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}