Ecotopia

A novel both timely and prophetic, Ernest Callenbach'sEcotopiais a hopeful antidote to the environmental concerns of today, set in an ecologically sound future society. Hailed by theLos Angeles Timesas the "newest name after Wells, Verne, Huxley, and Orwell," Callenbach offers a visionary blueprint for the survival of our planet . . . and our future. Ecotopia was founded when northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the Union to create a "stable-state" ecosystem: the perfect balance between human beings and the environment. Now, twenty years later, this isolated, mysterious nation is welcoming its first officially sanctioned American visitor:New York Times-Postreporter Will Weston. Skeptical yet curious about this green new world, Weston is determined to report his findings objectively. But from the start, he's alternately impressed and unsettled by the laws governing Ecotopia's earth-friendly agenda: energy-efficient "mini-cities" to eliminate urban sprawl, zero-tolerance pollution control, tree worship, ritual war games, and a woman-dominated government that has instituted such peaceful revolutions as the twenty-hour workweek and employee ownership of farms and businesses. His old beliefs challenged, his cynicism replaced by hope, Weston meets a sexually forthright Ecotopian woman and undertakes a relationship whose intensity will lead him to a critical choice between two worlds.

Callenbach gives us a vivid, comprehensive,  positive vision of an ecologically sustainable  world. essential reading for all who care about the  earth's future."--Fritjof Capra, author of the  <i>Tao Of Physics</i> and the  <i>Tuming Point</i>.<br><br>"A  classic of earth consciousness."--Denis Hayes,  Earth Day.<br><br><br><br><br><br>"None of the happy  conditions in Ecotopisa are beyond the technical or  resource reach of our society."--Ralph Nader