The threat from global warming is growing and human activity is a major contributor to the problem. It is clear that we must change our wasteful behavior before it is too late. The Tzu Chi Foundation believes it can make a difference in addressing this critically important challenge. Over the last three decades it has embraced the cause of recycling and conserving resources to ensure a cleaner environment for future generations. Tzu Chi has mobilized tens of thousands of people in this campaign, expanding from Taiwan to 19 countries and territories around the world. Co-Existing with the Earth, Tzu Chi''s Three Decades of Recycling tells the story of this uniquely effective grassroots effort and examines the reasons for its success. It also relates the stories of individual recycling volunteers and explains why they chose to join this international movement.

人類活動是造成全球暖化的主要原因，隨著全球暖化帶來的威脅越來越大，在為時已晚之前，人們必須改善各種浪費的行為。慈濟基金會認為，資源回收與節約資源，是面對全球暖化挑戰的重要措施，並確保能提供後代子孫一個乾淨的環境。
在過去的三十年中，基金會致力於回收和節約資源的事業，從台灣擴展到了19個國家和地區，並動員了成千上萬的志工。本書的內容，講述的是一個從基層個人開始做環保的獨特故事，並探討其成功的原因。書中同時介紹了多名資源回收志工的故事，並解釋他們選擇加入這一國際性運動的原因。
本書適合對於環境保護感興趣的環保主義者、公職人員、社區運動者、社會科學家、企業家以及一般讀者。