This book shows how our new-found ability to observe the Earth from “the necessary distance” has wide and profound cultural and ethical implications. First of all, it is the outcome of speculations and investigations of human beings in relation to their home planet carried out over millennia. In particular, it reveals a split between the ancient idea of the Earth as nurturing mother and the more recent conception of the Earth as a neutral resource able to be infinitely exploited by humankind. The 1968 Earthrise photograph, showing the beauty and fragility of the Earth, helped spark a worldwide environmental movement; now the comprehensive coverage of global change provided by satellites has the potential to convince us beyond reasonable doubt of the huge alterations being wrought upon the Earth and its climate system as a result of human actions, and of the need to act more responsibly.
Harry Eyres
Seeing Our Planet Whole: A Cultural and Ethical View of Earth Observation
Seeing Our Planet Whole: A Cultural and Ethical View of Earth Observation
Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 136 ● ISBN 9783319406039 ● Dimensione 4.4 MB ● Casa editrice Springer International Publishing ● Città Cham ● Paese CH ● Pubblicato 2016 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 4979647 ● Protezione dalla copia DRM sociale