<div>Our planet is approaching a critical environmental juncture. Across the globe we continue to deplete the five pools of carbon ? soil, wood, coal, oil, and natural gas ? at an unsustainable rate. We’ve burned up half the planet’s known reserves of oil ? one trillion barrels ? in less than a century. When these sources of energy-rich carbon go into severe decline, as they surely will, society will follow.<br><BR>Former archeologist and Sierra Club activist Courtney White calls this moment the Age of Consequences?a time when the worrying consequences of our environmental actions? or inaction ? have begun to raise unavoidable and difficult questions. How should we respond? What are effective (and realistic) solutions?<BR><br>In exploring these questions, White draws on his formidable experience as an environmentalist and activist as well as his experience as a father to two children living through this vital moment in time. As a result, The Age of Consequences is a book of ideas and action, but it is also a chronicle of personal experience. Readers follow White as he travels the country --- from Kansas to Los Angeles, New York City, Italy, France, Yellowstone, and New England.</div>