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DescriptionWe know how dire the future looks. We know how little time we have left to act. Yet we continue to ignore the warnings . One of Australia's sharpest thinkers explores the reasons why and offers his vison of our new future. AwardsShortlisted for Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Science Writer - Department of State Development Award 2010. Author descriptionClive Hamilton is author or co-author of Affluenza, Growth Fetish, Scorcher and Silencing Dissent. Table of contentsAcknowledgments Preface 1 No escaping the science 2 Growth fetishism 3 The consumer self 4 Many forms of denial 5 Disconnection from Nature 6 Is there a way out? 7 The four-degree world 8 Reconstructing a future Appendix: Greenhouse gases Notes Index |