"Homero is one of the planet's great environmental heroes."--Jacob
Scherr, Director of Global Strategy & Advocacy, Natural Resources
Defense Council, Washington, DC
News of the Earth chronicles Homero Aridjis's relationship with the
natural world through his writings and his activism as president of the
Grupo de los Cien [Group of 100], Mexico's influential environmental
group composed of one hundred prominent personalities in the arts,
culture, and science, which Aridjis founded in 1985. Under his
leadership, the group's efforts led to a ban on the capture and
commercialization of sea turtles, legislation reducing the amount of
lead in gasoline, daily monitoring of air quality in Mexico City, and
official designation of sanctuaries for the monarch butterfly. Aridjis
waged a lifelong battle against threats to endangered ecosystems and
wildlife in his country, many with global implications, including
campaigns to save the gray whale, bottle-nosed dolphin, bee population,
giant saguaro cactus, endangered coral reefs, and rainforests of Mexico.
This book highlights these crucial battles, with detailed documentation
of critical environmental victories.
Homero Aridjis, one of Latin America's foremost literary figures, is
the author of forty-eight books of poetry and prose. He served as
Mexico's Ambassador to Switzerland, The Netherlands, and UNESCO, and as
president of PEN International. He received awards from the United
Nations (Global 500 Award), the Orion Society, Mikhail Gorbachev, Global
Green USA, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Betty Ferber Aridjis was born in New York and graduated from Bryn
Mawr College. She served as the International Coordinator of the Grupo
de los Cien (Group of 100) since its founding in 1985. Her lifelong
commitment to the environment was also honored by Mikhail Gorbachev and
by Global Green USA with the Green Cross Millennium Award for
International Environmental Leadership. She is the translator of several
books by Homero Aridjis into English.
