… how we’re affected by our surroundings, both in cities and the countryside. E. O. Wilson’s foreword to Rescuing the Planet calls it “as clear a picture of humanity’s impact on Earth’s … written.” After graduation from Harvard, Hiss was a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine for more than 30 years and a visiting scholar at New York University for 25 years; he has lectured around the world and is a consultant on planning, conservation, and biodiversity issues. He co-authored the Third Regional Plan for the New …