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Evolution’s Edge: The Coming Collapse and Transformation of Our World

by Graeme Taylor

Gabriola Island, British Columbia: New Society Publishers, 2008

The fate of the world is in our hands. While growing resource shortages threaten to destroy the world economy, runaway global warming threatens to destroy most life on Earth.  The world’s leading climate scientists warn that humanity has only a  few years in which to prevent disaster. But can we change the global  economy this quickly? Are our children and grandchildren doomed to live on a dying planet?

We live in a time of accelerating changes — both positive and negative. New holistic ideas, values and technologies are developing that have the potential to change our violent, destructive global system into a sustainable civilization. Rapid transformation is possible once we make a paradigm shift in our view of reality and our relationships to nature and each other.

Evolution’s Edge explains not only why the collapse of our violent and destructive global system is inevitable, but also why a new type of sustainable civilization has begun to emerge. Because the obstacles to human progress are cultural, not technical, we can accelerate this evolutionary process through uniting around ethical, constructive views and values. Full of transformative ideas and tools, this book is a practical guide to a better future.

Graeme Taylor is the coordinator of BEST Futures, a project developing theories and tools that support sustainable solutions.