![]() Braden writes, “…nature is already at a tipping point of losing the oceans, forests and animals that make life as we’ve known it possible. Braden writes about the “perfect storm” of crises facing our world today and how they are bulging under the weight of unprecedented population growth and rapid globalization. The first part of the book, which explores the state of our world today, is necessary, interesting and seems to be well researched. I am not going to insert my own views here but it is safe to say that some of his ideas may not be to everyone’s taste. In The Turning Point, he suggests that climate change is the result of cyclical earth patterns and not human activity states as fact that “human life shows unmistakable signs of design ” and rejects evolutionary theory. View videoīraden is a New Age author who combines science, spirituality and ancient wisdom in his writing and who is not without controversy. About the concurrent economic, resource and climate crises facing our world today and the imperative that we change our way of thinking in order to avoid disaster, Braden’s book is an urgent call to action for individuals, communities and nations to combat an unprecedented convergence of global debt, energy depletion and climate change. ![]() ISBN: 978-1-4019-2923-7 (hardback) 978-1-4019-2926-8ĭepending on your viewpoint on a variety of issues, you will either find Gregg Braden’s The Turning Point fascinating or maddening, or both simultaneously. The Turning Point: Creating Resilience in a Time of Extremes by Gregg Braden Reviewed by Tara Rivkin ![]()
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