对人类如何危害地球，但也能把地球从边缘拉回来的一次有创见的探讨，讲述者是一位**的环境保护主义者。

这本由**的肯尼亚环境保护主义者大卫·韦斯特（David Western）撰写的有创见的书籍探索了我们在全球的征服，从非洲与干旱作斗争的马赛牧民到加州的科技前沿。韦斯特利用半个世纪以来对热带草原的研究和他自己的人生历程，论证了自然保护不是一个现代发明。过去和现在所有社会的成功都在于保护自然的实践，打破生物障碍，学会在能够维持健康环境的大型合作群体中生活。

A thoughtful exploration of how humans have endangered the Earth but can pull it back from the brink, as told by a renowned conservationist This personal and thoughtful book by renowned Kenya conservationist David Western traces our global conquest from Maasai herders battling droughts in Africa to the technological frontiers of California. Western draws on a half century of research in the savannas and his own life's journey to argue that conservation is not a modern invention. The success of all societies past and present lies in conservation practices, breaking biological barriers and learning to live in large cooperative groups able to sustain a healthy environment. Our ecological emancipation from nature enabled us to expand our horizons from conserving food and water for survival to saving whales, elephants, and our cultural heritage. In the Anthropocene, our scientific knowledge and modern sensibilities offer hope for combating global warming and creating a planet able to sustain the wealth of life, but only if we use our unique cultural capacity of cooperation to plan our future.