When NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott first saw the Earth from space,
she was filled with awe. Our shared home was a brilliant blue
marble, with a razor thin atmosphere protecting billions of people,
including everyone she loved. She realized that we are all bound
together on this fragile planet. When she came back to earth, she
knew she had to share this vision to help protect it. Stott knows
the scale of the daunting task at hand-and yet, she believes we can
set aside our differences and work together to tackle the most
challenging planetary problems humanity has ever faced. She knows
this, because she's seen it happen, on the International Space
Station. Throughout her book, Stott imparts hard-won lessons in
high-stakes problem solving, survival, and responding to crisis in
space. On a space station, astronauts can't wait for someone else
to handle a rescue; and when it comes to our earthbound problems,
Stott learned that everyone should live like a crewmember, not like
a passenger. In space, where everyone survives in a closed system,
everything is local-and Stott discovered that in a profound way,
the same is true back at home. Back to Earth distills these lessons
and more into seven principles that can be practiced by each and
every one of us to make much-needed change. In addition to sharing
stories from her own spaceflight, Stott offers eye-opening insights
from scientists and changemakers already sparking meaningful change
in their communities and around the globe. She explores the
complexities and splendor of the earth's biodiversity, and what it
takes to preserve it, with both pioneering scientists on earth and
engineers working to enable life in space. She meets with activists
who use their time in space to advocate for clean water, and with
executives who quit their corporate positions and use their global
reach to become environmental leaders. Through her stirring call to
action, Nicole Stott reveals how we each have the power to respect
the Earth and one another-and to change our own lives in the
process. And, while we're at it, we might just save humanity.
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