EarthLove: Chronicles of the Rainforest War
Posted on 18. Oct, 2020 by Paul Sochaczewski in Books
EarthLove
Chronicles of the Rainforest War
ISBN: 978-2-940573-35-6
Description
There is a war to save the rainforests of Borneo.
EarthLove chronicles the history of the global conservation movement and exposes battles pitting ego and greed versus noble intentions. Who has the power to stop the rape of the tropical rainforests? Rich, athletic, virile Senator Rod Lawrence promoting left-brain economic arguments? Proto-pagan ethnobotanist Kristin Borin who leads a sensual “Love the Earth, Love Yourself” movement? Or perhaps two powerful and brilliant eco-saboteurs–women who so love orangutans they attempt to destroy the oil palm industry, regardless of legal, financial, ethical, or moral consequences?
Is there hope for the people of the rainforest? For the orangutans? For the forces of good to outlast the armies of evil?
Critical Praise
“A sort of “Hitchhikers Guide to Ecology,” EarthLove reveals the dark, and deliciously satirical, underbelly of modern conservation.”
—Nigel Barley, former curator for Southeast Asia, British Museum
“Scents of Carl Hiaasen, Edward Abbey, and Tom Wolfe combined into a unique voice of darkly comic fictional truth.”
—Simon Lyster, chairman, Conservation International, UK
“A take-no prisoners antidote to dithering diplomats, impenetrable scientific studies, and finger-wagging scoldings. Merciless, hilarious, and thought-provoking.”
—James C. Clad, former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asia
“Well-researched (and well-lived) authenticity rings true even when his characters seem to have stepped out of a Coen brothers film.”
–-Edgar Ong, Borneo film producer for BBC, Discovery, NatGeo, and Travel Channel
“EarthLove does for the global conservation movement what Catch-22 did for World War II–with the bonus of endearing orangutans!
—Tim Hannigan, author of Raffles and the British Invasion of Java