<p>The evidence is increasingly persuasive. We are changing the way our planet's physical systems work-irrevocably. These changes are global and interconnected and unavoidable. They are upon us already making it virtually impossible for any modern society to continue its present trajectory of growth.</p><p>This book provides a penetrating analysis of how we have come to this point of why science and technology will fail to solve these problems and of how we as a society must change in order to avoid ecological catastrophe. The scope is broad the urgency of the message is impossible to ignore.</p>