Harmony
A New Way of Looking at Our World
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4.8 • 5 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A blueprint for a more balanced, sustainable way to live in the face of climate change, by King Charles III.
This compassionate and insightful book shines a light on our new monarch’s deep interest in the world around us.
Long before the words ‘climate change’ became a universal catchphrase, our new monarch, King Charles III was studying the impact of industrialization on the environment. In this fascinating work, he explores the way in which mankind must work to restore the delicate balance with nature that we've lost in the centuries since the industrial revolution began.
King Charles III examines how areas as architecture, farming and medicine have each abandoned the balance with nature that existed in pre-industrial times. More than simply another treatise on global warming, Harmony presents a clear, thoughtful look at how our growing disconnection from nature has accelerated the greatest environmental crisis in the history of mankind.
Reviews
‘An important book…By promoting the idea of a revolution in consciousness as the remedy for contemporary ills the prince shows he is a modern man.’ THE INDEPENDENT
‘A bold and courageous book.’ THE TELEGRAPH
‘The breadth is panoramic… The book has an engaging candour, inviting the reader into a one-on-one conversation…Harmony reacquaints us with a sense of our collective spirit.’ THE ECOLOGIST
About the author
His Majesty King Charles III acceded to the British throne in 2022. As Prince of Wales, his wide range of interests were reflected 'The Prince's Charities', 20 not-for-profit organisations of which he was President. King Charles's concerns about climate change and its impacts were widely reported but Harmony was the first time his philosophy was explained.
TONY JUNIPER is an environmental campaigner and the Green Party's General Election candidate for Cambridge. His career highlights include five years as Executive Director of Friends of the Earth. He now works as an independent sustainability and environment adviser. He is the author of several bestselling books, including Saving Planet Earth (2007).
IAN SKELLY is a much-loved BBC Radio 3 presenter with a passion for music and the arts. Before working at the BBC, he was an award-winning travel writer for The Observer. He is also a published writer on the arts.
Customer Reviews
Beautiful written, well researched
This is a beautifully written and well researched book, one that deserves to be taken very seriously. Prince Charles expresses himself with an openness and clarity that I wish other world leaders would be game to adopt.
I am not a monarchist but after reading Harmony I look forward to the day a man with such compassion and wisdom becomes King.
It's time the principles in this book became part of the school curriculum so young people could once again learn to appreciate and live in balance with the Earth that sustains us.
A valuable edition
Very thoroughly researched, I would like to think it would be on every bookshelf.