Recovery of the Heart: Dialogues with People Working towards a Sustainable Beijing

This book introduces nine extraordinary Beijingers, both Chinese and American voices, their struggles, passions, and why Chinese wisdom and values are interconnected with a future, sustainable Beijing. New China's capacity to create an ecological civilization will depend on such people. It is written as a dialogue between the author and these Beijingers, but it is also one between Chinese and Western thought on humanity's relationship with nature. The book suggests that dialogue from the heart, expressed publicly and privately, will create a tangible synergy, and is the way to build a sustainable society here in Beijing.