From Book News, Inc.
In addition to pioneering Maine's aquaculture business, Myers was a writer, a peace and anti-nuclear activist and an environmentalist who believed that to improve the health of the earth, people need to improve their behavior. This belief informs each of the volume's sections, which contain Myers' musings on the air, ocean, nature, and spirit. Additional commentary is provided by several environmentalists.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Lincoln County News, May 6, 2004
"Witty, learned, humorous...warns what will happen to the earth if...inhabitants don't act to care for all life..."

Working Waterfront/ Inter-Island News, June, 2004
"... magnificent mind...an original...philosopher, mathematician, aquaculture and fisheries expert, historian, economist, political theorist, sailor, wharfinger... elegant essayist..."

Central Maine Newspapers, June 27, 2004
"Myers' writings are introspective, provocative, and graceful, and will require the reader's full attention."

Northern Sky News, July 2004
"Myers...scholarly, inquisitive...lively writer,...cared and thought deeply about the past, present and future state of the environment..."

Northeastern Naturalist, Issue 11/4, 2004
"...charming collection of columns, lay sermons, letters and previously unpublished 'musings'...many historical perspectives drawn...Optimistic."

The Hartford Courant, February 27, 2005
"...a remarkable voice...essays and sermons by the Princeton-trained philosopher ...tributes to Myers from half a dozen influential environmentalists."

Book Description
Ed Myers (1917–2002) was a remarkable man who focused his capacious mind and learning on the issue of the earth’s future. A realist with an engaging sense of humor, he wrote dozens of articles, letters, sermons, and diatribes on topics ranging from global climate change to the benefits of not smoking. Running throughout all his writings was his belief that the earth’s long-term health could only be assured, if we, its inhabitants, changed our behavior. And he firmly believed we had the means and the will to do so.

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