Al Gore leads the charge against climate change, the world's greatest threat, in an incendiary new foreword to this timeless classic that launched his environmental career. If you want to know Gore, you need this book!

Al Gore is an Academy Award winning filmmaker, the author of New York Times bestseller An Inconvenient Truth, a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and former Vice President of the US.

Foreword: The Coming 'Environment Decade' * Introduction * Part I: Balance at Risk * Ships in the Desert * The Shadow Our Future Throws * Climate and Civilization: A Short History * Buddha's Breath * If the Well Goes Dry * Skin Deep * Seeds of Privation * The Wasteland * Part II: The Search for Balance * Self-Stewardship * Eco-nomics: Truth or Consequences * We Are What We Use * Dysfunctional Civilization * Environmentalism of the Spirit * Part III: Striking the Balance * A New Common Purpose * A Global Marshall Plan * Conclusion * Index