No matter your thoughts on if humans affect the environment or not, this book gets you at least thinking about it. Maybe a little heavy handed at times, the book is informative.

I read this right after seeing An Inconvenient Truth because I was curious to see what Gore had done in this format, and also to see how his perception of the environment had changed in the years between the two works.

The problem with this book, and the reason I don't recommend it, is that it's short on science and long on spiritual/religious/newage (rhymes with sewage) malarkey. A book on environmentalism should persuade the reader with facts and explanations, and it should let scientists speak (as it were) to the reader as much as possible. But instead of taking that more serious approach, Gore wastes the better part of his book waxing poetic on mankind's God-given duty to shepherd the Earth, and lamenting the loss of the mystical connection that (he believes) our ancestors had with the planet. Reading that fluff, I had to wonder whether Gore really believed it or whether he was trying to appear "spiritually enlightened" for political appeal.

At one point, Gore recalls Reagan's Interior Secretary Watt, who had famously remarked that there was no need to husband the environment because the Second Coming was imminent. Gore claims that Watt was being untrue to scripture, since the "true" faith holds that man's charge is to nurture the planet. Gore doesn't realize that there is no "true" interpretation when it comes to faith, and that that is (one reason) why it's better to stick with science.

I read one of the older versions of this book. It was published in the 1990s.

It is still a great book. It would be interesting to compare the book's predictions to what actually happened in the last 30 years. People should have listened to him back then. And we definitely need to listen to him now!

I found a lot of environmentaly sound practices that I could try to look into implementing in my daily life. the book was full of information that I found astounding and not too unbelievable esp when it came to the Bush administration. It got a little preachy with the "God" and spirtual aspects. But all in all a recommended read if you are seriously interested in the environment, and by the way if you want to cut down on CO2 emissions, eat less meat and drink almond milk, raising cows for meat and milk increase the release of CFC's. A gallon of milk has a carbon footprint of 17 lbs of CO2 per gallon just shy of gasolines 20!

WOW !

required reading for an environmental science class. i remember liking parts of it, but also thinking it was far too long.

This book is a great book to read before reading "An Inconvenient Truth." Although the writing tends to be a bit dry as it focuses on much of Al Gore's science studies during his college years, it's amazing to see the correlation between what he predicted at that time and how many of those predictions have come to fruition.

Saya baca awal tahun 2008.
Buku yang sangat bagus dan memberi inspirasi kepada masyarakat dunia untuk lebih peduli terhadap bumi.

Buku ini salah satu faktor, mengapa pengarangnya Al Gore mendapat hadiah nobel perdamaian

No better than his other book, An Inconvenient Truth.

I really want to get into this book, but it's too heavy on the philosophy and too light on actionable items. Maybe that came up later, but I just didn't have the heart to get that far.

I read this way back in the early 1990s when it came out. I recall being impressed but of course that was eons ago now...

Al Gore provides an insight to how religion, politics and ecology all interconnect with each other. I found the insight from a book published in 1992 accurate in small details when comparing the environmental impacts of today.

Anyone reading this book must take into consideration that some information will be dated.

While I found the format of the book to be good, this is a slow and unengaging read. I needed a break between chapters (often days in between chapters) to let me process what I was reading. The final chapter I found to be the hardest to read due to the length of the chapter. There were times where I felt like some points were repetitive and took focus away from the point of a chapter.

At the end of it all, I felt like Gore emphasized all governments should consider ecology in its policies more to ensure Earth will still be around for many generations to come. Gore does highlight what the U.S. in particular could do to help make an impact from his proposed solutions. As always, policies often consider a lot of factors, and I felt like some of Gore's solutions overlooked other factors to make ecology a priority.

Regardless of what your viewpoint is on ecology and its relationship with politics, you will find it informative.