gpsonpower Male, 49, Married. USA

Published in 1980, I read this one many years ago. Then reread several times over after seeing that Toffler is spot on with his paradigm. Ever wondered why the current events seem so random and chaotic? Well, they definitely are NOT! Toffler will teach you a new way to see them . . . and much more. Very enjoyable reading. It's a "clash of waves." And some are fighting over the deck chairs of a sinking ship, while others are building lifeboats. Which are you?

"You know in the movie "Hurricane," where the man tells the boy that a person doesn't find a book, that a book will find you? Well, it happens! This tome will find its way into the hands of any lover of wisdom. Like the Proverbs of the Bible? So do I. Thirty-one chapters = one a day. Barnhart's book opens our eyes to the direction God is moving human history . . . and why. This old man is a monk living at Big Sur, CA. Deep thoughts, even for those of us who aren't Catholic by trade. Goes well with Tolle's "New Earth.""

This is a story that gives good reason for hope and optimism on gloomy days. It's the story of businesses waking up to current realities. Being proactive towards the future. So what are the changes? More people using fewer resources. Seeing a tree not only as wood pulp and jobs, but also as a carbon-eating, oxygen-producing component of our global life-support system. A natural genius that humankind cannot replace or substitute. (We've spent millions trying. Remember BioSphere in Arizona?) Two of the three authors of Natural Capitalism are man & wife, a team who run the Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado. Back in the 70s they put a fully-functional design for a fuel-cell powered car on public domain, freely available for someone to produce for the market. The Big Three MAY make it that far someday. In the meantime, there's that abandoned sofrt-drink bottling plant down the road . . .