For Immediate Release                                

Sara Sgarlat, Publicity Director
434-296-2772 ext.49
ssgarlat@hrpub.com
                   

A Chinese proverb warns:
“If we do not change direction, we are likely to
end up exactly where we are headed.”

     In The Chaos Point, revered author and Systems theorist Ervin Laszlo provides a concise yet encompassing overview of our present world situation, showing where we are and how we got here. We are, Laszlo tells us, at a critical juncture in history. We are in a “decision-window” in which we face both the danger of global collapse and the opportunity of worldwide renewal. According to Laszlo, we have seven years to head off unsustainable trends that would lead to a “tipping point” beyond which there is no turning back. 

     After this tipping point, we either evolve to a safer, more sustainable world, or the social, economic, and ecological systems that frame our life break down. We can either break down and go the way of the dinosaurs or BREAK THROUGH to a new future by creating a new world. This is the Chaos Point! This pioneering book tells us what healing and renewal means, and how each of us can help achieve it.

     Ervin Laszlo holds the highest degree available from the Sorbonne. In 2004 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as well as the Templeton Prize. A former professor of philosophy, systems theory, and future studies, Laszlo is the president and founder of the international think tank the Club of Budapest.

June 2006 • Current Affairs • ISBN 1-57174-485-1 • Trade paper • $16.95