If there is a single book on the subject to engage the enthusiast, silence the cynic and enlighten the ignoramus, this is it * Observer * Ponting's re-evaluation of history is an important antidote to mental troglodytism. It also makes a welcome change from the scatter-gun apocalypse-mongering which has become standard fare in green literature. With luck and foresight, and more books like this, we may yet learn our lesson * Independent on Sunday * Pioneering...a book good enough to rival the best American products in the field... Clive Ponting has embraced a daunting task with commendable success * Times Literary Supplement * An ambitious and thought-provoking attempt to rewrite history from an ecological standpoint * Independent * Large, ambitious and often enthralling, it is a successful attempt to look at the unfolding of world history from an entirely new perspective * Literary Review *
