Our planet is approaching a critical environmental juncture.
Across the globe we continue to deplete the five pools of carbon - soil, wood, coal, oil, and natural gas - at an unsustainable rate.
We've burned up half the planet's known reserves of oil - one trillion barrels - in less than a century.
When these sources of energy-rich carbon go into severe decline, as they surely will, society will follow.
Former archeologist and Sierra Club activist Courtney White calls this moment the Age .
Counterpoint Llc The age of consequences: a chronicle of concern and hope, paperback/courtney white
