Book description
A journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet, by the New York Times bestselling author Paul Hawken
Carbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth's composition, our planet is lifeless without it.…
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1 author picked Carbon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I like the way Paul Hawken focuses on the marvellous richness of the world that carbon made, effectively reversing the title and subtitle.
The book is a celebration of the cornucopia of riches that carbon’s astonishing fertility and diverse scope allow, when left to itself. Of the microbes, Hawken writes: “If the little things run the world, the littlest things of all may hold the greatest influence.”
On a human scale, Hawken is a champion of the wisdom of traditional culture that lives as part of nature rather than apart from it, as industrial man does. Rewilding will be an…
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