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Carbon

The Book of Life

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Carbon

By: Paul Hawken
Narrated by: Peter Coyote
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 A journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet, by the New York Times bestselling author Paul Hawken

Carbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth’s composition, our planet is lifeless without it. Yet it is maligned as the driver of climate change, scorned as an errant element blamed for the possible demise of civilization.

Here, Paul Hawken looks at the flow of life through the lens of carbon. Embracing a panoramic view of carbon’s omnipresence, he explores how this ubiquitous and essential element extends into every aperture of existence and shapes the entire fabric of life. Hawken charts a course across our planetary history, guiding us into the realms of plants, animals, insects, fungi, food, and farms to offer a new narrative for embracing carbon’s life-giving power and its possibilities for the future of human endeavor.

In this stirring, hopeful, and deeply humane book, Hawken illuminates the subtle connections between carbon and our collective human experience and asks us to see nature, carbon, and ourselves as exquisitely intertwined—inseparably connected. Environment Nature & Ecology Politics & Government Science
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Everything, everywhere,now; he tells a complex subject of carbon in simple logical sequence. Subjects of Science told like stories like your grandfather or grandmother would tell you. Before you know it, linking these details to larger concepts and ideas. Weaving Science and indigenous wisdom together into a potent mix!

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A fascinating book, a must read benefit for everyone!

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Loved this book for its broad perspective - a call to action that gives you the evidence to let you decide your own actions. Not selling, not prescriptive but empowering. I’m going to get this book for everyone that I know.

Finally a fantastic, accessible overview of our world

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This is a life changing book. It would be impossible for your way of thinking to not be changed for the better after reading this book.

Fantastic detail and amazing journey through life.

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Profound deeply moving and beautifully researched- giving hope and a way forward out of the destruction of our world

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terrifying, mind blowing, awe inspiring and full of hope.
this should be compulsory reading for everyone

a great book

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