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The trail to Kanjiroba : rediscovering Earth in an age of loss  Cover Image Book Book

The trail to Kanjiroba : rediscovering Earth in an age of loss / William deBuys ; with illustrations by Rebecca Gaal.

DeBuys, William, 1949- (author.). Gaal, Rebecca, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"In 2016 and 2018 acclaimed author and conservationist William deBuys joined extended medical expeditions into Upper Dolpo, a remote, ethnically Tibetan region of northwestern Nepal, to provide basic medical services to the residents of the region. Having written about climate change and species extinction, deBuys went on those journeys seeking solace. He needed to find a constructive way of living with the discouraging implications of what he had learned in recent years about the diminishing chances of reversing the damage humans have done to Earth--a way of holding onto hope in the face of devastating loss. As deBuys describes these journeys through one of the Earth's most remote regions, his writing celebrates the staggering natural beauty and biodiversity he finds there, and gives his readers a history lesson of two scientific discoveries--evolution and plate tectonics--that forever changed sapiens' understanding of our planet. Written in a lush and nuanced style evocative of Paul Theroux or Peter Matthiessen, The Trail to Kanjiroba offers a surprising and revitalizing new way to think about Earthcare, one that may enable us to continue the difficult work that needs to be done"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781644210642
  • ISBN: 1644210649
  • Physical Description: xiv, 237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: Seven Stories Press first edition.
  • Publisher: Oakland : Seven Stories Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: DeBuys, William, 1949- > Travel > Nepal > Dolpā.
Natural history > Nepal > Dolpā.
Medical expeditions > Nepal > Dolpā.
Environmental ethics.
Climatic changes > Psychological aspects.
Dolpā (Nepal) > Environmental conditions.
Dolpā (Nepal) > Description and travel.
NATURE / General.
DeBuys, William, 1949-
Ecology.
Environmental ethics.
Medical expeditions.
Natural history.
Travel.
Nepal > Dolpā

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