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Ecotopia
by Ernest Callenbach

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Ecotopia was founded when northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the Union to create a "stable-state" ecosystem: the perfect balance between human beings and the environment. Now, twenty years later, the isolated, mysterious Ecotopia welcomes its first officially sanctioned American visitor: New York Times-Post reporter Will Weston.

Like a modern Gulliver, the skeptical Weston is by turns impressed, horrified, and overwhelmed by Ecotopia's strange practices: employee ownership of farms and businesses, the twenty-hour work week, the fanatical elimination of pollution, "mini-cities" that defeat overcrowding, devotion to trees bordering on worship, a woman-dominated government, and bloody, ritual war games. Bombarded by innovative, unsettling ideas, set afire by a relationship with a sexually forthright Ecotopian woman, Weston's conflict of values intensifies — and leads to a startling climax.

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"Callenbach gives us a vivid, comprehensive, positive vision of an ecologically sustainable world. Essential reading for all who care about the Earth's future." Fritjof Capra, author of The Tao Of Physics and The Turning Point

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"A classic of Earth consciousness." Denis Hayes

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"None of the happy conditions in Ecotopia are beyond the technical or resource reach of our society." Ralph Nader

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" Ecotopia was founded    when northern California, Oregon, and Washington    seceded from the Union to create a " stable-state"     ecosystem: the perfect balance between human    beings and the environment. Now, twenty years later,     the isolated, mysterious Ecotopia welcomes its first    officially sanctioned American visitor: New York    Times-Post reporter Will Weston.

Like a modern    Gulliver, the skeptical Weston is by turns impressed,     horrified, and overwhelmed by Ecotopia's strange    practices: employee ownership of farms and    businesses, the twenty-hour work week, the fanatical    elimination of pollution, " mini-cities" that    defeat overcrowding, devotion to trees bordering    on worship, a woman-dominated government, and    bloody, ritual war games. Bombarded by innovative,     unsettling ideas, set afire by a relationship with a    sexually forthright Ecotopian woman, Weston's    conflict of values intensifies-and leads to a startling    climax.

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Suzanne Shattuck, May 9, 2008 (view all comments by Suzanne Shattuck)
Sounds like the author is onto something!
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OLLLGA, April 25, 2008 (view all comments by OLLLGA)
This is a wonderful book that begins to explore realities of America's impending environmental crisis. Washington, Oregon, and Northern California have annexed from the United States, creating Ecotopia. Ecotopia has minimal pollution, and once buried streams and rivers have been revived and now flow through the streets. Since Annexing Ecotopia hasn't had a visitor from the United States. And that is what this book is all about.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780553348477
Author:
Callenbach, Ernest
Publisher:
Bantam Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Environmentalists
Subject:
Nature conservation
Subject:
Human ecology
Copyright:
1990
Edition Number:
Bantam trade ed.
Edition Description:
Bantam Trade
Publication Date:
March 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.18x5.48x.53 in. .37 lbs.
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