Book Reference: Flannery, T 2010, Here On Earth: An Argument For Hope, Text Publishing, Victoria, Melbourne.
Another reference: York, R & Rosa, EA & Dietz, T 2003, ‘Footprints on Earth: The Environmental Consequences of Modernity’, American Sociological Association, Vol. 68, No.2, pp. 279 - 300.
Introduction
Nowadays, environmental conservation is a great and significant issue in the world. Here On Earth: An Argument For Hope, this book presents a theme to basically discuss the environmental issues. It is written by Tim Flannery. He is an Australian natural scientist, explorer and writer who devotes his intelligence on environmental sustainability and conservation. This book highlights impacts of human activity to the environment. The activity already disadvantages the earth. It advocates that people do need to change their behaviors for a healthier environment. In the following paragraphs, it will present this book summary to explain how human being affects the environment with theories; it will also present the critique (strength and weakness) to this book.
Book Summary
Here On Earth: An Argument For Hope is an informed book to advocate environmental conservation. It presents rich history to explain a progress that species’ activity impacts on environment. It provides amassing arguments that explore the relationship between human being’s survival and environment. It also explains what the sustainability is. The author expects to raise an environmental concern to people, it makes them thoughtful in dealing with environmental protection. The book begins with a series of prominent natural-scientific theories.
Charles Darwin invented his influential theory - species evolution in 1858 after the voyage of Beagle. The main idea in the theory states that human being has to change its habits, behaviors and characteristics, in any minute, it is to better off itself to a better condition and adapts the changing environment for survival. The