This is the concluding volume of Sing Chew's trilogy on the relationship between society and the environment over five thousand years of world history. . . . Extensively researched, readable, and compelling, Ecological Futures takes an unsparing look at how contemporary societies will change during the current era of climate change.

Bill Devall, Deep Ecology Resource Center, co-editor The Ecology of Wisdom

Life on earth is predicated on the conjunction of a variety of environmental factors. Throughout history societies and civilizations have experienced crises when these conjunctions became less favorable. It is our modern conceit that we have somehow escaped those problems. Sing Chew's well-researched trilogy, of which this is the third volume, is a powerful antidote to this fundamental misconception about possible and probable futures.

William R. Thompson, emeritus, Indiana University