University of Toronto Bookstore Reading Series ---------------------------------------------- Honouring Planet Earth: Edward O. Wilson Tuesday, March 5th, 2002 Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear from two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author, E.O Wilson, as he discusses his new book "The Future of Life". In this timely and important book E.O. Wilson, an influential scientist and conservationist, makes an impassioned plea for quick and decisive action to save the Earth's biological heritage. Where: Innis Town Hall- Innis College 2 Sussex Avenue (enter off St. George) Time: 7:30 P.M. Admission: FREE! For more information call 416-946-7685/416-978-7989 or visit our website at www.uoftbookstore.com Edward O. Wilson: "The Future of Life" Taken from the Knopf Book Catalogue From one of the world's most influential scientists (and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author) comes his most timely and important book yet: an impassioned call for quick and decisive action to save Earth's biological heritage, and a plan to achieve it. Today, we understand that our world if infinitely richer than was ever previously known. Yet it is so ravaged by human activity that half its species could be gone by the end of the present century. These two contrasting truths - unexpected magnificence and underestimated peril - have become compellingly clear during the past two decades of research on biological diversity. In this dazzlingly intelligent and ultimately hopeful book, Wilson describes what treasures of the natural world we are about to lose forever - in many cases animals, insects, and plants we have only just discovered, and whose potential to nourish us, protect us, and cure our illnesses if immeasurable - and what we can do right now to save them. In the process, he explores the ethical and religious base of the conservation movement and deflates the myth that environmental policy is antithetical to economic growth by illustrating how new methods of conservation can ensure long-term economic well-being. ----------- TUGS GENERAL ANOUNCEMENT MAILING LIST - http://tugsonline.cjb.net