 David Suzuki and Amanda McConnell
with Maria DeCambra The Sacred Balance
A Visual Celebration of Our Place in Nature
published by Greystone Books BUY NOW AT AMAZON.CA Based on David Suzuki and Amanda McConnell's best-selling The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, this visual feast celebrates that connection in spectacular photographs, beautiful reproductions of artwork, stunning electronmicrographs and satellite photographs, and exquisite drawings. These images, which are tied together by David Suzuki and Amanda McConnell's remarkable text, explore the miracle of life. They include photographs of raindrops on a spider's web, the Earth from space at night, a blazing bushfire in western Australia, a satellite photo of a hurricane, rock paintings, Inuit art, and much more. Suzuki, drawing on his life as a scientist, environmentalist, writer, and thinker, reveals in the text his inspiring view of the human place on Earth. He identifies seven elements - earth, air, fire, water, biodiversity, love, and spirituality - which all human beings need to lead full, rich lives. The exquisite balance of these elements creates and maintains the web of life on Earth. We too are part of that web: like all living things, we ARE the sacred elements. We are made from and sustained by earth and air, fire and water. We are part of the totality of biological diversity that maintains the planet's life-support systems. We are held together by love. And we express and celebrate our understanding of our place on Earth through the mysteries of the spirit. The book also includes quotations from literary texts and poetry, observations from scientists, retelling of myths, and lines from songs and psalms. The result is a rich and uplifting expression of the sacred balance that is life. BUY THIS BOOK NOW AT AMAZON.CA
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