Journeys Beyond the Pale: Yiddish Travel Writing in the Modern World - Paperback

by Leah V. Garrett (Author), Paul A. Wozniak (Author), Susan M. Campbell (Author)

Gaylord Nelson is known and respected throughout the world as a founding father of the modern environmental movement and creator of one of the most successful and influential public awareness campaigns ever undertaken on behalf of global stewardship: Earth Day.
Now in his eighties, Nelson delivers a timely and urgent message with the same eloquence with which he has articulated the nation s environmental ills through the decades. He details the planet s most critical concerns from species and habitat losses to global climate changes and population growth. In outlining his strategy for planetary health, he inspires citizens to reassert the environment as a top priority.
A book for anyone who cares deeply about our environment and wants to know what we can and must do now to save it, Beyond Earth Day is a classic guide by one of the natural world s great defenders.

Author Biography

Leah V. Garrett is assistant professor of Judaic studies and English literature at the University of Denver, Colorado.