Progress for a Small Planet

Progress for a Small Planet
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781134045730
ISBN-13 : 1134045735
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Progress for a Small Planet by : Barbara Ward

Three topics dominate discussions of the global environment: pollution; the consequences of the affluent running ever faster through finite resources; and the growing tensions between rich and poor as a third of humanity continues to live and die in desperate poverty. In this exceptional book Barbara Ward (co-author with Rene Dubos of the bestselling Only One Earth) refused to see these processes as inevitable. It describes new technologies for recycling waste, for energy, forgetting more or less linking them to ordinary people's working lives. It also suggests a strategy for meeting the basic needs of the disadvantaged, and shows how the vast inequalities between countries can be reduced. This perceptive survey of policies outlines a planetary bargain between the world's nations that would guarantee individual freedom from poverty and keep our shared biosphere in good working order. Originally published in 1988

Progress for a Small Planet

Progress for a Small Planet
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Publisher : New York : Norton
Total Pages : 330
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ISBN-10 : 0393012778
ISBN-13 : 9780393012774
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Progress for a Small Planet by : Barbara Ward

This book deals with the apparent conflict between the use of science and technology in economic development to raise standards of living worldwide; and the limited nature and unequal distribution of resources, environmental destruction, and threats to health from industrial waste. The author presents the thesis that there is no real conflict, only a need for a balanced, careful use of world resources.

Survival for a Small Planet

Survival for a Small Planet
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Publisher : Earthscan
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015058255012
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Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Survival for a Small Planet by : Tom Bigg

At a time of increasingly rapid environmental deterioration, sustainability is one of the most important issues facing the world. Can we create a sustainable society? What would that mean? How should we set about doing it? How can we bring about such a pr

Big World, Small Planet

Big World, Small Planet
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9780300218367
ISBN-13 : 0300218362
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Big World, Small Planet by : Johan Rockstrom

We have entered the Anthropocene - the era of massive human impacts on the planet - and the actions of over seven billion residents threaten to destabilize Earth's natural systems, with consequences for human societies. The authors combine the latest science with storytelling and photography to create a new narrative for humanity's future and reject the notion that economic growth and human prosperity can only be achieved at the expense of the environment

Diet for a Small Planet

Diet for a Small Planet
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Publisher : Ballantine Books
Total Pages : 528
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ISBN-10 : 9780307874313
ISBN-13 : 0307874311
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Diet for a Small Planet by : Frances Moore Lappé

The book that started a revolution in the way Americans eat The extraordinary book that taught America the social and personal significance of a new way of eating is still a complete guide for eating well in the twenty-first century. Sharing her personal evolution and how this groundbreaking book changed her own life, world-renowned food expert Frances Moore Lappé offers an all-new, even more fascinating philosophy on changing yourself—and the world—by changing the way you eat. The Diet for a Small Planet features: • simple rules for a healthy diet • streamlined, easy-to-use format • food combinations that make delicious, protein-rich meals without meat • indispensable kitchen hints—a comprehensive reference guide for planning and preparing meals and snacks • hundreds of wonderful recipes

Words for a Small Planet

Words for a Small Planet
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9780739171585
ISBN-13 : 0739171585
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Words for a Small Planet by : Nanette Norris

Ecocriticism has matured beyond nature writing, beyond writing about nature. The essays in this volume look at the broader cultural, historical, sociological, and psychological implications of ecology in written, visual, and sound culture. In keeping with our sense of a global community, these essays are representative of international scholarship on ecology and the environment, and display the range of insight of which this criticism is capable. Focusing on popular culture, this volume is in the vanguard of our collective reflections on the directions in which our various societies are going.

World Hunger

World Hunger
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 283
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ISBN-10 : 9781134183425
ISBN-13 : 1134183429
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis World Hunger by : Joseph Collins

The revised edition of this text includes substantial new material on hunger in the aftermath of the Cold War; global food productioin versus population growth; changing demographics and falling birth rates around the world; the shifting focus of foreign assistance in the new world order; structural adjustment and other budget-slashing policies; trade liberalization and free trade agreements; famine and humanitarian interventions; and the thrid worldization of developed nations.

Who Will Feed China?

Who Will Feed China?
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 0393038971
ISBN-13 : 9780393038972
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Who Will Feed China? by : Lester Russell Brown

To feed its 1.2 billion people, China may soon have to import so much grain that this action could trigger unprecedented rises in world food prices. In Who Will Feed China: Wake-up Call for a Small Planet, Lester Brown shows that even as water becomes more scarce in a land where 80 percent of the grain crop is irrigated, as per-acre yield gains are erased by the loss of cropland to industrialization, and as food production stagnates, China still increases its population by the equivalent of a new Beijing each year. When Japan, a nation of just 125 million, began to import food, world grain markets rejoiced. But when China, a market ten times bigger, starts importing, there may not be enough grain in the world to meet that need - and food prices will rise steeply for everyone. Analysts foresaw that the recent four-year doubling of income for China's 1.2 billion consumers would increase food demand, especially for meat, eggs, and beer. But these analysts assumed that food production would rise to meet those demands. Brown shows that cropland losses are heavy in countries that are densely populated before industrialization, and that these countries quickly become net grain importers. We can see that process now in newspaper accounts from China as the government struggles with this problem.

Old Enough to Save the Planet

Old Enough to Save the Planet
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Publisher : Abrams
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 9781647000837
ISBN-13 : 1647000831
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Old Enough to Save the Planet by : Loll Kirby

An inspiring look at young climate change activists who are changing the world The world is facing a climate crisis like we’ve never seen before. And kids around the world are stepping up to raise awareness and try to save the planet. As people saw in the youth climate strike in September 2019, kids will not stay silent about this subject—they’re going to make a change. Meet 12 young activists from around the world who are speaking out and taking action against climate change. Learn about the work they do and the challenges they face, and discover how the future of our planet starts with each and every one of us.

Policies for a Small Planet

Policies for a Small Planet
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9780429577758
ISBN-13 : 0429577753
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Policies for a Small Planet by : Johan Holmberg

First published in 1992. The world is not living within its means. Current development policies, in both industrial and developing countries, are wasting resources and destroying the commons on which we all depend. The world is set on a path of deepening poverty and a deteriorating environment. New policies are needed to achieve sustainable development. This book presents an integrated series of essays on the policies for sustainable development from one of the leading policy research institutes on environment and development issues. It concentrates on the developing world and looks at the specific sectors to which the policies have to be applied. Beginning with a discussion of what constitutes sustainable development, it goes on to deal with the institutional arrangements needed to mobilise human resources for change and the economic policies for sustainable natural resource management. It then examines the policies needed in agriculture, urban development, industry, forests, drylands, energy use, finance, population and consumption. Throughout it demonstrates how those directly involved are best placed to manage their environments and resources. Policies must support the experience and resourcefulness of local people. Sustainable development requires that they control their own futures. This title will be of great interest to students of Environmental Studies.