Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western culture from Columbus' voyages to today's tropical island retreats. Few narratives are so powerful and, as Carolyn Merchant shows, so misguided and destructive as the dream of recapturing a lost paradise.

Reinventing Eden is a bold new way to think about the earth that includes green political parties, sustainable development and a partnership between humans and earth that is nothing short of an ecological revolution.

Part 1: Genesis of the Recovery Narrative
1. A Garden Planet 2. The Fall from Eden 3. Recovering the Garden 4. From Wilderness to Civilization Part 2: New World Edens 5. Adam as Hero 6. Eve as Nature 7. Colonizing Eden 8. Eden Commodified
Part 3: New Stories 9. Earth in Recovery 10.Order out of Chaos 11. Partnership