Invisible walls: why we ignore the Damage We Inflict on the planet ... and ourselves.(Book Review)

by Peter Seidel. 2001. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. 338 pages. Paperback. $18.00. ISBN 1-57392-899-2.

Peter Seidel, an environmental architect and planner, provides an overview of the United States' and the world's environmental-quality status and "shows why we are not going where we should be" (p. 9). In 12 of the chapters, he convincingly shows the reader why he thinks the environment is in trouble. In the three chapters of part IV, he provides practical suggestions for guiding Americans in the direction of the common good. He clearly sees a serious threat to the ...