{"product_id":"9780285641259","title":"The Quest for Gaia: A Book of Changes","description":"Kit   Pedler, the scientist who co-created the 'Doomwatch' television series to   warn us of the dangers of technology, presents his vision of a totally   different way of being in the world. Mankind, Pedler believes, stands at a   critical point in history and has to reassess its relationship and the web of   interactions that make up the total life-form of the planet. Pedler calls   this life-form Gaia, after the Greek earth mother goddess, a being whose sole   concern is the survival of the planet itself. Mankind is provoking the wrath   of the life-form by its high technology, accelerating entropy and production   of planetary disorder. Can we halt the technological Behemoth and live in   harmony with the planet again? Kit Pedler says 'yes, we can, indeed, that we   have no choice but to do so'. He outlines highly practical ways every   individual can change his or her way of life to reduce our personal entropy   debt. Do we need to eat factory-farm beef rather than, the sun-product,   grain? Must be build homes from steel and concrete rather than, the renewable   earth-product, timber? Is there an alternative to expensive, and ecologically   destructive, drugs? From experiments with his own lifestyle Kit Pedler comes   to some profoundly optimistic conclusions. He demonstrates how low-entropy   living can have unexpected rewards, from restoring our respect for the   creatures with which we share the earth, greater independence and freedom   through learning abandoned skills and, above all, by the recovery of a lost   vision, once possessed by our forefathers, which enables us to see and feel   in ways forgotten by industrial man. \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for Gaia\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhilarating   and optimistic book, and a challenge to capture a rewarding and sustainable   future for ourselves and our earth. It is a blueprint for the Age of Gaia.","brand":"Souvenir Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083896570096,"sku":"9780285641259","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780285641259_p0.jpg?v=1763682842","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780285641259","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}