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出版社周刊评论
At last, an optimistic view of environmental progress! On the 25th anniversary of Earth Day there is cause for celebration, argues the author; we have achieved solutions for many problems. There has been vast improvement in air and water quality, industrial pollution has lessened and we have virtually stopped ocean dumping. A contributing editor for Newsweek and the Atlantic, Easterbrook offers a comprehensive survey of ecological progress since 1970; he suggests that pollution in the West has already peaked and will be satisfactorily ameliorated within decades. He first looks at earth history, noting that the planet has always recovered from cataclysm. Part two analzyes the major issues: acid rain, toxic waste, radiation, global warming, air, water, land, economics, population and politics. Easterbrook finds some problems less severe than predicted, with corrective measures less expensive than expected owing to unanticipated technical discoveries and free-market innovation. He chides doomsayers of the environmental movement for their scare tactics and calls for activists to move from toxin-ringing to rationality. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus评论
Nature is not the wimp that environmentalists would have us suppose, and hysterics regarding the state of the planet will only undercut the advances made over the last 25 years, claims Easterbrook in a voluminous study marred by contradictory moments and petty jibes. Easterbrook, a contributing editor to both Newsweek and the Atlantic, urges the environmental movement to get upbeat regarding improvements in our dealings with nature: cuts in air pollution, prospects for diminishing acid rain, citizens challenging toxic-waste situations, better water quality -- all the result, he notes generously, of an ecological consciousness brought to us by the environmental movement. But, he continues, that movement is jeopardized by doomsayers and firebrands in its mainstream who throw credibility to the wind. He believes in the Earth's ability to mend its wounds -- both those we wreak and the self-inflicted variety (e.g., by vulcanism and disease) -- and that those little vexations of capitalism (greed, shortsightedness, gross inequalities in distribution) can be nipped. Easterbrook speaks confidently of a future when herbivorism will replace violence between sentient creatures (clearly, he doesn't talk to his plants); when cooperation will replace competition; when a rationalist ethic will prevail. Nice thought, though that train may never pull into the station. Techno-fixes are not the answer, he says, then blithely states that, when fossil fuels run out, ""humankind will have moved on to other energy sources."" He admonishes that raw nature is nasty and brutish, then speaks of a time, not far off, when Earth ""will have become once again pure and pacific."" And his endless sniping at the eco-narcissism of Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, et al. is so sour, it's rancid. Easterbrook's sensible, infectious glad tidings are a balm to our environmental concerns, but he needs more editorial red ink, and he needs to remember that all movements must shower some sparks if they hope to start a prairie fire and fan it to keep it going. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Another environmental four-alarm? Hardly. Easterbrook, a Newsweek reporter, discusses with unabashed optimism virtually every environmental issue, from water pollution to the World Bank. His contention is that technology, or nature itself given sufficient time, will negate any environmental calamity--only extinctions are irreversible, and they are part of nature's design. Despite a relentlessly upbeat perspective, his endless tweaking of "enviros" grows tiresome and is often gratuitous. For example, he derisively recounts the predictions of Silent Spring, yet acknowledges that such prophecies have remained unfulfilled because "society heeded Carson's warning." References are inadequate (generally, merely titles), and odd inaccuracies, such as claiming that the insect-eating "robin remains as ubiquitous as backyard feeders," or crediting the principle of uniformitarianism to Lyell rather than Hutton, suggest a nonrigorous inquiry and questionable qualifications. Easterbrook's "ecorealism" will appeal to predisposed "ecorealists" of all stripes, but environmentalists may conclude that Easterbrook just doesn't get it. --Brenda Grazis
Choice 评论
Easterbrook presents a very different kind of environmental perspective in this book. His basic premise is that there have been significant gains in environmental health in the past decades and it is time to recognize these gains in the midst of the more pessimistic views that seem to dominate the media and the modern psyche. This will prove to be a very controversial book, which will open a new dialogue in environmental and political discourse. Take, for example, his theses that world pollution will end within our lifetimes or that there exists no fundamental conflict between the artificial and the natural. It will be easy for readers to take material out of context to ridicule its content; whatever one's predisposition, it is important that this not happen. Easterbrook coins the term "ecorealist" and develops his notions in three parts: "The Long View--Thinking Like Nature"; "The Short View--Thinking Like People"; and "The Green Future--People and Nature Learning to Think Together." Most environmental issues and problems are addressed in detail in some portion of the book. A well-referenced work with an extensive index. All levels. S. A. Carlson; Humboldt State University
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
A contributing editor to Newsweek and The Atlantic, Easterbrook offers a new approach to environmental thinking characterized by confidence in the ability of human reason and technology to work with nature to create a healthy habitat for humans, plants, and animals. He contrasts his optimistic approach, termed "eco-realism," with the pessimism and doomsaying he finds in current environmentalism. In the first part, Easterbrook attempts to look at the condition of the modern earth from the perspective of a personified nature, reassuringly resilient and resourceful through eons of time. The second part assesses in separate alphabetized chapters the current status of various environmental problems, while the brief third section explores a me'lange of visionary futures for life on Earth and in space. Although Easterbrook supports valid criticisms of alarmist environmentalist tactics, particularly in cases of radiation dangers and chemical safety, his book is likely to provoke controversy because, especially in Part 1, his stance is polemic, his language often satiric, and the viewpoints of environmental spokespersons oversimplified and sometimes distorted. The journalistic practice that omits complete documentation of sources also undercuts the effectiveness of Easterbrook's arguments. Still, this may prove to be an influential book that libraries with environmental collections should consider acquiring.-Joan S. Elbers, formerly with Montgomery Coll., Rockville, Md. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.