From the fog shrouded redwoods of the northern coast to the sun drenched deserts of the south, Becoming California is the story of natural change across deep time - how colliding land forms interact with the ocean and atmosphere to create one of the most beautiful, diverse and biologically rich places on earth. It is also the modern cautionary tale of human transformation, in which California's natural wealth is mined with textbook abandon. But these stories of change - ancient and modern, natural and human - are merely the preface to an even greater sstory: the California of tomorrow. --website.

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Act 1: Assembling California: the power of time and space (The physical and biological assembly of California, from its earliest origins to the communities we live in today.) Act 2: Reinventing California: the power of many (The exploitation and re-engineering of California from native colonization 13,000 years ago to today.) Act 3: Reconciling California: the power of one (How nature and civilization need not be adversaries but partners together creating sustainable environments amidst vibrant economies.).