「AIT發現好書」系列即將來到尾聲！特別感謝AIT處長酈英傑精心為我們挑選AIT@40「環境生態月」推薦好書：
「第一次讀愛德華．艾比的《沙漠隱士》是在1970年代，當年我還在猶他州念高中；那個時候，在猶他州南部紅岩國度凱佩羅維茲高原，曾有發展計畫，引發許多爭議。艾比在《沙漠隱士》中，生動地描述了他在美國猶他州阿切斯國家公園擔任管理員的經歷，閱讀本書使我對保存猶他州南部和美國其他地區未經人工開發的荒野有了全新的認識，正如艾比所說：「無論我們是否踏過那片土地，我們都需要一片曠野；即使我們永遠不需要去自然保護區，我們仍需要一片淨土。荒野對人類心靈來說不是個奢侈品，而是必需品；荒野就如同水和麵包，對我們的生命至關重要。」幸好，反對發展計畫的環保人士打了勝仗，那片自然土地也得保存，造福後世。」— 處長酈英傑
Special thanks to AIT Director Christensen for selecting the final “Book of the Month”!
"I first read Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire the 1970s when I was in high school in Utah. At the time, a controversial development project was being considered on the Kaiparowits Plateau in the middle of Southern Utah’s red rock country. Reading Abbey’s compelling account of his experiences as a ranger in Utah’s Arches National Park, gave me a new appreciation of the need to preserve the unspoiled wilderness of Southern Utah and elsewhere in America. As Abbey put it, “We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there. Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.” Fortunately, the environmentalists who opposed the project prevailed and those natural lands have been preserved for future generations to enjoy. "
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