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Our only home : a climate appeal to the world / His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Franz Alt ; [English translation by Peter Reif].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 174 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9781335218469
  • 1335218467
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction / by Franz Alt -- The third World War against nature -- Save the environment: the Dalai Lama's climate appeal to the world -- Franz Alt's interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- The solar age begins: the sun wins -- The mountains here are as bald as a monk's head -- The sheltering tree of interdependence: a Buddhist monk's reflections on ecological responsibility -- For a solar age: epilogue by Franz Alt -- Ten commandments for the climate -- What can I do?
Summary: An appeal for environmental action by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and spiritual leader of Tibet urges decision-makers to fight climate change ignorance while encouraging younger readers to assert their right to a climate-friendly future.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 179.1 B916 Available 33111010476410
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"This impassioned account is ideal for readers well versed in current climate change activism, especially efforts spearheaded by Greta Thunberg."--Library JournalFrom the voice of the beloved world religious leader comes an eye-opening manifesto that empowers the generation of today to step up, take action and save our environment.

Saving the climate is our common duty. With each passing day, climate change is causing Pacific islands to disappear into the sea, accelerating the extinction of species at alarming proportions and aggravating a water shortage that has affected the entire world. In short, climate change can no longer be denied--it threatens our existence on earth.

In this new book, the Dalai Lama, one of the most influential figures of our time, calls on political decision makers to finally fight against deadlock and ignorance on this issue and to stand up for a different, more climate-friendly world and for the younger generation to assert their right to regain their future.

"First published in 2020 in Germany by Benevento Publishing, a brand of Red Bull Media House GmbH." -- Title page verso.

Introduction / by Franz Alt -- The third World War against nature -- Save the environment: the Dalai Lama's climate appeal to the world -- Franz Alt's interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- The solar age begins: the sun wins -- The mountains here are as bald as a monk's head -- The sheltering tree of interdependence: a Buddhist monk's reflections on ecological responsibility -- For a solar age: epilogue by Franz Alt -- Ten commandments for the climate -- What can I do?

An appeal for environmental action by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and spiritual leader of Tibet urges decision-makers to fight climate change ignorance while encouraging younger readers to assert their right to a climate-friendly future.

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