Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World Bjornerud Marcia
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World Bjornerud Marcia Why an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survivalFew of us have any conception of…
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Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World Bjornerud Marcia
Why an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survivalFew of us have any conception of the enormous timescales of our planet's long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we are creating. Timefulness reveals how knowing the rhythms of Earth's deep past and conceiving of time as a geologist does can give us the perspective we need for a more sustainable future. The lifespan of Earth can seem unfathomable compared to the brevity of human existence, but this view of time denies our deep roots in Earth's history--and the magnitude of our effects on the planet.
Featuring illustrations by Haley Hagerman, this compelling book offers a new way of thinking about our place in time, showing how our everyday lives are shaped by processes that vastly predate us, and how our actions today will in turn have
Dessert Can Save the World
How You Can Save the Planet
How Can I Help
How Not to Save the World
How I Would Help the World