The Last Tree on Easter Island
Author: Diamond, Jared
ISBN: 9780141997063
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 96
Dimensions: 179mm x 110mm x 5mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental works
Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their words have endured, becoming the classics that define the environmental movement today.
This is his haunting account of visiting the mysterious stone statues of Easter Island, showing how a remote civilization destroyed itself by exploiting its own natural resources - and why we must heed this warning.
ISBN: 9780141997063
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 96
Dimensions: 179mm x 110mm x 5mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental works
Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their words have endured, becoming the classics that define the environmental movement today.
This is his haunting account of visiting the mysterious stone statues of Easter Island, showing how a remote civilization destroyed itself by exploiting its own natural resources - and why we must heed this warning.
