State of the World 2005 — by the Worldwatch Institute
Nonfiction
Reviewed by Michael Pastore
In the great Utopian novels Looking Backward (in 1888 by Edward Bellamy), and News From Nowhere (in 1891 by William Morris) two protagonists wake up one morning in America/England in the year 2000/2003. Both dreamers, to their amazement, discover that the old world of pollution, crime, and economic injustices has been eradicated. In its place they find a new society — innovative, humane, carefully-planned — where people have learned to respect the needs of others and to wisely and gently satisfy their own genuine needs. These books attempt to answer the perennial problem: How can we advance our present culture — where one glance at the daily newspaper is enough to rob even the strongest hearts of hope — and create a world where each living being has an opportunity to live a healthy and happy life?
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Reviewed by Michael Pastore
In the great Utopian novels Looking Backward (in 1888 by Edward Bellamy), and News From Nowhere (in 1891 by William Morris) two protagonists wake up one morning in America/England in the year 2000/2003. Both dreamers, to their amazement, discover that the old world of pollution, crime, and economic injustices has been eradicated. In its place they find a new society — innovative, humane, carefully-planned — where people have learned to respect the needs of others and to wisely and gently satisfy their own genuine needs. These books attempt to answer the perennial problem: How can we advance our present culture — where one glance at the daily newspaper is enough to rob even the strongest hearts of hope — and create a world where each living being has an opportunity to live a healthy and happy life?
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