"Man, Earth and the Challenges" by the Institute of Ecotechnics (1981)

Santa Fe, New Mexico, US: Synergetic Press (book), 1981.
8.25" x 5.75" x 0.625", 284 pages, softcover, no ISBN.

Man, Earth and the Challenges, the book of the 1980 Planet Earth Conference held at the Institute of Ecotechnics at Les Marronniers, Aix-en-Provence, France, between 12 and 15 December 1980. This scarce book was published by Synergetic Press (Santa Fe, New Mexico, US) in a softcover edition in 1981. Cover art is "Marriage of Heaven and Hell" by Gerald Wilde, who was represented by October Gallery, which later represented William S. Burroughs.

Synergetic Press is the imprint of Synergia Ranch, run by John P. Allen and Ed Bass, founder and director of the Institute, respectively, and also founders of the Biosphere 2 project outside of Tucson, AZ.

This contains William S. Burroughs' "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", pp. 153-168,  which was later published by Expanded Media Editions in book form. This includes an excerpt from a discussion between William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Dr. Robin T. Adams, Edward Bass, and Dr. James D. Hays.

Images of Burroughs may be found inside the inside covers. 

Shoaf II.166.

Contents:

• Conference Opening
• Dr. Edwin D. McKee: "The Geologic History of Planet Earth"
• Dr. James D. Hays: "The Climatologic History of Planet Earth"
• Dr. Paul M. Rotmil: "Diseases on Planet Earth"
• Dr. Robin T. Adams: "The Violent Earth"
• Dr. Bernhardt Lotsch: "Successful Principles of Biospheric Evolution"
• Dr. Thor Heyerdahl: "Sea People: The Emergence of Planetary Man"
• Prof. Gordon Hewes: "The History of Man's Cultures"
• William S. Burroughs: "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
• Dr. Alex A. Reid: "Communication Grids of Planet Earth"
• Shankar Ranganathan: "The Cost Benefit of Conservation"
• Chino Garcia: "Fourth World in Megalopolis"
• Prof. Adriano Buzzati-Traverso: "Scanning Our Changing Planet"
• Dr. Alexander King: "The State of the Planet"
• Dr. Gregori Khozin: "The Politics of Global Problems"
• Prof. Mark Nelson: "Conceptual Model to Evaluate Forces Operating on Planet Earth"
• Conference Conclusion