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Inventeur génial dès son plus jeune âge, amoureux de la nature, grand marcheur, il sillonna le monde à pied et fut le premier à percevoir les dangers de l'exploitation de la nature. John Muir aurait pu être millionnaire, il a choisi d'être vagabond. Il a inspiré Alexis Jenni (prix Goncourt 2011). " C'est l'homme le plus libre que j'ai jamais rencontré ", disait de lui Theodore Roosevelt. Né en Ecosse, débarqué à dix ans aux Etats-Unis, installé dans la région des Grands Lacs, il travaille sans relâche dans la ferme familiale, mais lève parfois la tête pour s'émerveiller de la nature environnante.Le soir, il invente des machines qu'il présente en ville, dont ce réveil qui le sort automatiquement du lit à l'heure du lever. Très vite, John Muir rejette cette existence de forçat et décide de vivre en autonomie dans la nature. Il quitte le Wisconsin et sillonne le pays à pied jusqu'en Floride, puis rejoint la Californie. Dès lors, il ne cessera de parcourir le monde. Figure mythique aux Etats-Unis, créateur du parc national de Yosemite, John Muir s'interrogea sur le sens de la vie dans la nouvelle société industrielle et industrieuse et y répondit tout simplement par son mode de vie. Prix Goncourt 2011 pour L'Art français de la guerre (Gallimard).
Écologisme --- Muir, John --- Muir, John, 1838-1914 --- Biographie
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With today's climate change, our environmental problems aren't going away any time soon. To Save the Earth looks at the lives of four extraordinary Americans who fought to save our earth. John Muir, a pioneer of conservationism, was the founder of our national park system. Rachel Carson, biologist and author, educated our country about the effects of pesticides and chemical waste. David McTaggart, the organizer of Greenpeace, introduced nonviolent protest into the struggle, while Dave Foreman, cofounder and former leader of the activist group Earth First!, shook up a movement that had grown complacent. The biographies of each of these figures, as well as personal interviews with David McTaggart and Dave Foreman, help us to understand the environmental movement specific to the United States. With current issues of excessive pollution and climate change, this is an excellent resource for introducing young readers to the cause. Upon first publication, To Save the Earth was chosen as a Junior Library Guild Selection, and now, this fascinating and important book is back in print to teach a whole new generation of readers the importance of environmental conservation and preservation.
Scientists --- United States --- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 --- Muir, John, 1838-1914 --- Juvenile Nonfiction
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"Chapman describes this book as a journey he takes through the South, following John Muir's little-known southern trek in 1867, "to highlight the environmental issues bedeviling the South today." He follows Muir's route through Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Each chapter touches upon a local ecological problem-at-risk species at Mammoth Cave, coal ash in Kingston, Tenn., climate change in the Nantahala, water shortages in Georgia, aquifer depletion in Florida-that resonates across the South. He delves into the ecological history of each region and in "reader-friendly fashion" details its environmental problems and possible solutions. He adds lots of local color and talks to real people as well as scientists. He describes it as part travelogue, part environmental cri de coeur. His goal, he says, is to paint a picture of a South under siege whose ecological ills must be addressed. He sees the book not as a polemic but as a call to action to save one of the "loveliest and most biodiverse regions of the world.""--
Travel. --- Southern States. --- Muir, John, 1838-1914. --- Chapman, Dan --- Muir, John, --- Travel --- Southern States --- Description and travel. --- Environmental conditions.
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Although Sierra Club founder and important early environmentalist John Muir was born in Scotland, he spent much of his life traipsing through the wonders of the American wilderness -- and fighting to protect what he regarded as the country's greatest resource. This engaging autobiography tells the tale of how Muir made his way to the United States to find his true calling.
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