Amid environmental catastrophe, it is vital to recall what unites
all forms of life. We share characteristics and genetic material
extending back billions of years. More than that, we all-from
humans to plants to bacteria-share a planet. We are all Earthlings.
Adrian Parr calls on us to understand ourselves as existing with
and among the many forms of Earthling life. She argues that human
survival requires us to recognize our interdependent relationships
with the other species and systems that make up life on Earth. In a
series of meditations, Earthlings portrays the wonder and beauty of
life with deep feeling, vivid detail, and an activist spirit. Parr
invites readers to travel among the trees of the Amazonian
rainforest; take flight with birds and butterflies migrating
through the skies; and plunge into the oceans with whales and polar
bears-as well as to encounter bodies infected with deadly viruses
and maimed by the violence of global capitalism. Combining poetic
observation with philosophical contemplation and scientific
evidence, Parr offers a moving vision of a world in upheaval and a
potent manifesto for survival. Earthlings is both a joyful
celebration of the magnificence of the biosphere and an urgent call
for action to save it.
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