The Fate of Nature Rediscovering Our Ability to Rescue the Earth [Paperback]

The Fate of Natureis a profoundly relevant call to action from journalist Charles Wohlforth, whose award-winning reportage addressed the infamous 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. In the wake of the tragic 2010 BP disaster, Wohlforth's voice has never been more necessary. Using as a stage coastal Alaska, populated by an array of odd and inspiring characters, he presents both an insightful assessment of our present state and a hopeful vision for our planet in his thoughtful and felicitous new book . . . an inspired view of humankind's future (Anchorage Daily News).

Intellectual, philosophical and packed with feeling, Wohlforth's hopeful arguments for preserving our natural world are also practical and ring true as a bell, a gentle pause in the noise that often takes the place of civilized debate on the topic. Book Page

A terrific if somewhat polemical book. Knight Science Journalism Tracker

An immense book that confronts the biggest question we'll ever face: Do we humans have it in us to square with nature before it's too late? ALAN WEISMAN, author of The World Without Us

TheFate of Natureis an important and compelling read. Wohlforth develops critical, unexamined issues about our relationship to nature through the vivid characters and magnificent landscapes of coastal Alaska. You'll be intrigued, and you may be changed. ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.

The great question--to be settled in the next few decades--is whether 'human nature' will force us to wreck our planet, or whether it will turn out to be the saving grace. Charles Wohlforth doesn't make assumptions--he makes sense. And hopeful sense at that! BILL MCKIBBEN, author of Deep Economy

An ambitious and big-hearted book,The Fate of Naturecontains lessons we all need to learn. It should be read by everyone who cares about the oceans and the many lives--human or otherwise--that depend on them. ELIZABETH l3-