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Turtle Planet
- Compassion, Conservation, and the Fate of the Natural World
- Narrated by: Almond Eastland
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science & Engineering, Science
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Explore the Bond Between Humans and Animals
Be a part of it - 2020 was designated “Year of the Turtle” by zoological and conservation organizations.
Turtle Planet is a work of philosophical fact and fiction by ordained Daoist Monk Yun Rou. This beautifully written work of thought deeply explores the bond between humans and animals - the wisdom they teach us, the wounds they can heal, and the role we play in their destruction.
A Daoist focus on personal cultivation, environmental conservation, and political and social justice. Daoist Monk Yun Rou received his academic education at Yale, Cornell, and the University of California and was ordained a Daoist monk at the Chun Yang (Pure Yang) Taoist Temple in Guangzhou, China. Drawing on 50 years of loving and husbanding turtles, from the car-sized giant Leatherback turtle to the Central Asian tortoise, Monk Yun Rou sounds the alarm of what climate change, global extinction, human intervention, and environmental devastation really mean to their worlds and to ours.
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- SonGeoKu
- 18-10-21
A hidden gem for the spirituals
I really love how the author presents the different turtle species, pointing their special abilities or traits. if you have a little knowledge about turtles, this book will make you think more about the critter's life. I really enjoyed it.