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Dancing At The Dead Sea
  • Published: 15 April 2005
  • ISBN: 9781903919637
  • Imprint: Eden Project Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $27.99
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Dancing At The Dead Sea

Journey To The Heart Of Environmental Crisis

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Brave, inspirational travel writing with an eye to the environmental market - underpinned by scientific questioning that is at once serious and truly accessible.

One hundred and fifty years after the publication of ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, award-winning writer Alanna Mitchell retraces the development of evolutionary theory, grappling with Richard Leakey's contention that a massive extinction of the planet's species is well under way. From Madagascar, the 'last living Eden' to the Galapagos, Darwin's natural laboratory, from the Azraq Oasis in Jordan to the Arctic desert of Banks Island, from the rainforests of Suriname to Iceland's volcanic crust, Mitchell travels to hotspots where the environment has been all but destroyed, and she shows how, against the odds, individuals have convinced governments to create protected areas, even to seek out new energy sources.
DANCING AT THE DEAD SEA intertwines scientific theory with travel, adventure and history, creating a dramatic, fresh narrative voice. In effect, Mitchell picks up where Darwin left off - examining not the origin but the ultimate fate of the human species and the world we inhabit.
  • Published: 15 April 2005
  • ISBN: 9781903919637
  • Imprint: Eden Project Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $27.99
Categories:

About the author

Alanna Mitchell

Alanna Mitchell is the internationally recognized senior features writer for The Globe and Mail in Canada. Winner of the prestigious Reuters-IUCN award for North America and Oceania for excellence in environmental reporting, she also won the global award presented at the World Conservation Congress 2000. Alanna currently lives with her two children in Toronto.
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Praise for Dancing At The Dead Sea

'An important and uplifting read: Alanna energetically marches around the world to find out what every single one of us needs to know: what's really the state of health of our long-suffering little planet?  A stirring and ultimately optimistic odyssey.'

Benedict Allen

'Dancing at the Dead Sea is a powerful narrative on the critically important topic of the world's environmental hotspots. This is not a pessimistic tirade, but instead a factual commentary that will convince many, written by a gifted writer with an independent mind. I recommend this book without reservation.' Richard Leakey

Richard Leakey

'Captivating...easily approachable and digestible while being seriously thought-provoking.' Chris Stewart

Chris Stewart

'A vigorous and highly personal account...that is both illuminating and perturbing...an impressive investigative odyssey.' Penelope Lively

Penelope Lively