Carbon : the book of life / Paul Hawken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawken, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbon--Physiological effect.

Carbon.

Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry).

Carbon--Environmental aspects.

Chemistry, Organic.

Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on.

Climatic changes.

Green movement--Philosophy.

Green movement.

organic chemistry.

Physical Description:

243 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Viking, [2025]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Carbon

Elements

Firmament

Cell mates

Eating starlight

Sugar salad

Bucky and bing

Green beings

Kindom

Parlance

Paper eyes

Primeval

Dark earth

Untranslated world

Conscious

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Altemus Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Hawken, Paul. Carbon

ISBN:

9780525427445

0525427449

OCLC:

1492586559