The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in NatureInspiring and uplifting, David Suzuki explains our biological needs, which include dependence on air, water, soil, and the sun's energy--and a fifth vital need, the diversity of life itself. Suzuki shows how these elements connect us to each other and to the Earth and how human beings have a genetically programmed need to live with other species. THE SACRED BALANCE offers the seeds of a new direction for us all. Illustrated. |
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Contents
Chapter Two The Breath of All Green Things | 29 |
Chapter Three The Oceans Flowing through Our Veins | 52 |
Chapter Four Made from the Soil | 76 |
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| Title | The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature |
| Author | David T. Suzuki |
| Contributor | Amanda McConnell |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books, 1998 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Jul 15, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1573921998, 9781573921992 |
| Length | 259 pages |
| Subjects | › Nature / Ecology Social Science / Human Geography |
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