Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run

by Brower, David Ross; Chapple, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780062514301
• ISBN10: 006251430X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: Harper San Francisco

Summary

Credited with galvanizing an entire generation of environmentalists in the 60's, David Brower, the highly respected "archdruid" of the modern environmental movement, recalls with wit and wisdom his 50 years of controversial activism and offers an inspired strategy for the next generation of "those who would save the Earth".

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
CPR for the Earth: An Invitation	p. 1
Opportunities
Seeing and Remembering	p. 11
Climbing Mountains	p. 20
The Bristlecone Pine	p. 28
Visions of a Wild Century	p. 31
Solutions
Havens	p. 41
Cities With Boundaries	p. 47
Eco-Preserves	p. 51
Forest Revolution	p. 61
More Monks	p. 77
Hypercars	p. 80
Restoration
A World Restored	p. 91
Making a Difference	p. 99
The CPR Service	p. 108
What Will It Cost?	p. 117
The Cure for What Ails Us	p. 122
Wildness
Where the Wilderness Is	p. 131
Listening to Mountains	p. 135
Rachael Carson's Pelicans	p. 142
Neat Tricks	p. 148
Saving the Earth
The Third Planet: Operating Instructions	p. 155
Unwise Misuse	p. 160
Rule Number 6 Revisited	p. 167
Let Heaven and Nature Sing	p. 173
For Those Who Would Save the Earth	p. 177
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