Losing Paradise: The Growing Threat to Our Animals, Our Environment, (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780757000034)

The last decades of the twentieth century saw an unprecedented assault by humans on nature and animals throughout the world. Instead of moving toward a better world, we are now facing a tidal wave of ecological challenges that threatens to sweep away whatever progress we have achieved.

In this landmark book, author Paul G. Irwin presents an alarming look at what we have done--and continue to do--to animals, to our environment, and to ourselves. Losing Paradise first examines the beliefs that lie at the core of our destructive actions--beliefs that place humans above and against nature. It then details the results of these distorted values, including the cruel treatment of animals through factory farming, hunting, and trapping, and the destruction of our environment. But while Losing Paradise shows the damage we have done, it also shows the steps we can take to build a truly humane society and reclaim our wondrous natural world. Most important, it reminds us of the paradise this earth can be for all God's creatures.

Author: Paul G. Irwin
ISBN-10: 0757000037
ISBN-13: 9780757000034
Publisher: Square One Publishers
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2000
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.06w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/2000 pg. 244
Mother Jones 11/01/2000 pg. 92
Mother Jones 01/01/2001 pg. 81