Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World - Hardcover

Charles, Prince Of Wales

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061731315 ISBN 13: 9780061731310

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2010

Synopsis

For the first time, His Royal Highness Charles, the Prince of Wales, shares his views on how mankind’s most pressing modern challenges are rooted in our disharmony with nature. In the vein of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and Van Jones’ Green Collar Economy, Prince Charles presents the compelling case that solutions to our most dire crises—from climate change to poverty—lie in regaining a balance with the world around us.

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For the first time, HRH The Prince of Wales shares his views on how our most pressing modern challenges—from climate change to poverty—are rooted in mankind's disharmony with nature, presenting a compelling case that the solution lies in our ability to regain a balance with the world around us

With its holistic approach, this provocative and well-reasoned book takes the discussion of sustainability and climate change in a new direction. Prince Charles shows how the solutions to problems like climate change lie not only in technology but in our ability to change the way we view the modern world.

For decades, the Prince of Wales has been studying a wide array of disciplines to understand every aspect of man's impact on the natural world, and in that time he has examined everything from architecture to organic farming to sustainable economics. Now, for the first time, he speaks out about his years of research, presenting a fascinating look at how modern industrialization has led us to a state of disharmony with nature, created climate change, and pushed us to the brink of disaster.

From the rice farms of India to the prairies of America's corn belt, from the temples of Ancient Egypt to the laboratories of industrial designers, Harmony spans the globe to identify the different ways that contemporary life has abandoned the hard-earned practices of our history, a shift that has spurred a host of social problems and accelerated climate change.

Drawing on cases from farming, healthcare, transportation, and design, the Prince of Wales also offers solutions for change, creating a new vision for our world, one that incorporates the traditional wisdom of our past with the modern science of our present to avert catastrophe. In the end, Harmony paints a holistic portrait of what we as a species have lost in the modern age, while outlining the steps we can take to regain the harmony of our ancestors.

Illustrated with lush, four-color photographs and charts, this intelligent, practical, and well-reasoned guide is an indispensable weapon in the battle to save our planet.

About the Author:

Tony Juniper is an independent sustainability and environment advisor, as well as a special advisor with the Prince's International Sustainability Unit and Senior Associate with the Cambridge University Program for Sustainability Leadership. A speaker and writer on many aspects of sustainability, he is the author of several books, including the award-winning Guide to the Parrots of the World, Spix's Macaw and How Many Light Bulbs Does It Take to Change a Planet?
Ian Skelly has been helping The Prince of Wales to articulate his vision for several years. For More than twenty-five years, Ian has been a full-time professional broadcaster with the BBC. He is also a published author, an award-winning travel writer and a trustee of the Temenos Academy, which offers education in the arts and philosophy in light of sacred tradition.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061731315
• ISBN 13: 9780061731310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 329