Ernest Callenbach Boeken

"The Complete Ecotopia presents, for the first time, an early classic of environmental science fiction in its entirety"-- Provided by publisher

Explains more than sixty basic ecological concepts. This work features the story of the interconnectivity of life on Earth and along the way provides the ecological understanding necessary for fighting environmental degradation. It features five essays on the topics of biotechnology, global warming, migration, smell, and tourism.

The 40th anniversary edition of the first breakout work of environmental speculative fiction now containing Callenbach'z final work, Epistle to the Ecotopians

A novel both timely and prophetic, Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia is a hopeful antidote to the environmental concerns of today, set in an ecologically sound future society. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as the “newest name after Wells, Verne, Huxley, and Orwell,” Callenbach offers a visionary blueprint for the survival of our planet . . . and our future. Ecotopia was founded when northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the Union to create a “stable-state” ecosystem: the perfect balance between human beings and the environment. Now, twenty years later, this isolated, mysterious nation is welcoming its first officially sanctioned American visitor: New York Times-Post reporter Will Weston. Skeptical yet curious about this green new world, Weston is determined to report his findings objectively. But from the start, he’s alternately impressed and unsettled by the laws governing Ecotopia’s earth-friendly agenda: energy-efficient “mini-cities” to eliminate urban sprawl, zero-tolerance pollution control, tree worship, ritual war games, and a woman-dominated government that has instituted such peaceful revolutions as the twenty-hour workweek and employee ownership of farms and businesses. His old beliefs challenged, his cynicism replaced by hope, Weston meets a sexually forthright Ecotopian woman and undertakes a relationship whose intensity will lead him to a critical choice between two worlds.

Das Dauerbombardement durch die Werbung hat die meisten von uns zu 'Konsumzombies' gemacht. Wir kaufen, kaufen, kaufen - und meinen, daß dies das Glück auf Erden sei. Je mehr Geld einer ausgeben kann, desto bedeutender ist er.§Wie der Volksmund weiß, macht Geld allein jedoch nicht glücklich. Und darum ist es das Ziel dieses Buches, viele Möglichkeiten für ein Leben zu zeigen, das entspannter, selbstbewußter, rücksichtsvoller und von Grund auf befriedigender ist, als es selbst mit viel Geld zu erreichen wäre. Wenn wir lernen, intelligenter und unabhängiger von der Welt des Geldes zu leben, mehr auf unsere Grundbedürfnisse achten, erschließt sich ein reiches Potential, das uns hilft, ein gesundes, schöpferisches und glücklicheres Leben zu führen - ein Leben mit einem wirklich persönlichen Stil.§