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Twenty-Ninth Day
Accommodating Human Needs and Numbers to the Earth's Resources
Häftad, 1978
336 kr
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The global lily pond in which four billion of us live may already be half full. Although UN projections show world population continuing to grow until it reaches ten to sixteen billion, Lester Brown believes this is unrealistic. In this fascinating analysis of the four principal biological systems …
Saving the Planet
How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy
Av Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
279 kr
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Authoritative yet extremely readable, this book addresses control of energy resources, population, poverty, transportation, taxes, and other issues necessary to create an environmentally sound global economy.
Who Will Feed China?
Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet
Av Lester R. Brown, Linda Starke
Häftad, 1995
258 kr
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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 …
Tough Choices
Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity
Av Lester R. Brown, Linda Starke
Häftad, 1996
243 kr
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Published for the World Food Conference to be held in Rome in November, this provocative book assesses the current food scarcity situation and proposes steps that can be taken to expand food production and buy additional time to stabilize population. Part of the Worldwatch Environmental Alert …
Vital Signs 1997
Av The Worldwatch Institute, Lester R. Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
270 kr
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World Watch Reader on Global Environmental Issues
Av The Worldwatch Institute, Lester R. Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
314 kr
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A new collection of articles drawn from World Watch magazine, winner of an Utne Reader Alternative Press Award for investigative reporting. A collection of the best and most-requested articles from the Worldwatch Institute's award-winning magazine, World Watch. What ails the earth and how can we …
Beyond Malthus
Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge
Av Lester R. Brown, Gary T. Gardner m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
250 kr
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Human demands are pressing up against more and more of the Earth's limits. This book from the Worldwatch Institute examines the impacts of population growth on global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income, and health. Despite the current hype of a …
State of the World 2000
A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Towards a Sustainable Society
Av The Worldwatch Institute, Lester R. Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
350 kr
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The newest volume in the annual series that has become the bible of the global environmental movement--and indispensable for anyone concerned with the future of our world. State of the World 2000 provides national leaders and concerned citizens with a comprehensive framework for the global debate …
Vital Signs 2000
The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
Av The Worldwatch Institute, Lester R. Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
286 kr
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This annual volume from the Worldwatch Institute shows in graphic form key trends that often escape the attention of the news media, world leaders, and economic experts, but should be integrated into their plans as they map out our global future. Written by the staff of the award-winning Worldwatch …
Eco-Economy
Häftad, 2001
314 kr
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In 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the view that the Sun revolved around the Earth, arguing instead that the Earth revolved around the Sun. His paper led to a revolution in thinking—to a new worldview. Eco-Economy discusses the need today for a similar shift in our worldview. …
Earth Policy Reader
Av Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
300 kr
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Brown explains, for example, why wind-generated electricity with its abundance and falling cost is emerging as the foundation of the new post-fossil fuel energy economy: now cheaper than electricity from coal, oil, or natural gas, it can be used to electrolyze water and produce hydrogen, the fuel …
Outgrowing the Earth
The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures
Häftad, 2005
279 kr
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Ever since 9/11, many have considered al Queda to be the leading threat to global security, but falling water tables in countries that contain more than half the world's people and rising temperatures worldwide pose a far more serious threat. Spreading water shortages and crop-withering heat waves …
Plan B 4.0
Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Häftad, 2009
170 kr
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As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even a year …
Full Planet, Empty Plates
The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity
Häftad, 2012
170 kr
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The world food situation is deteriorating. Grain stocks have dropped to a dangerously low level. The World Food Price Index has doubled in one decade. The ranks of the hungry are expanding; political unrest is spreading.On the demand side of the food equation, there will be 219,000 people at the …
Great Transition
Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
Häftad, 2015
257 kr
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As oil insecurity deepens, the extraction risks of fossil fuels rise and concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging. The old economy, fuelled by oil, natural gas and coal is being replaced with one powered by wind, solar and …
Full House
Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity
E-bok, 2023
589 kr
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Originally published in 1995, after decades of steady growth, this book was written at a time when the world’s food supply was no longer keeping up with population increases. This book examines the causes of the imbalance in the food/population equation and suggests ways in which Malthusian …
Full House
Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity
E-bok, 2023
589 kr
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Originally published in 1995, after decades of steady growth, this book was written at a time when the world’s food supply was no longer keeping up with population increases. This book examines the causes of the imbalance in the food/population equation and suggests ways in which Malthusian …
Full House
Reassessing the Earth’s Population Carrying Capacity
Inbunden, 2023
1530 kr
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Originally published in 1995, after decades of steady growth, this book was written at a time when the world’s food supply was no longer keeping up with population increases. This book examines the causes of the imbalance in the food/population equation and suggests ways in which Malthusian checks …
Full House
Reassessing the Earth’s Population Carrying Capacity
Häftad, 2025
505 kr
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Originally published in 1995, after decades of steady growth, this book was written at a time when the world’s food supply was no longer keeping up with population increases. This book examines the causes of the imbalance in the food/population equation and suggests ways in which Malthusian checks …
Vital Signs 1997-1998
The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
E-bok, 2014
712 kr
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The sixth annual guide to the environmental, economic and social trends which are shaping the future, this text presents the good news, the bad news, and a few surprises about the state of our planet. n Part One, facing pages of text and graphs provide information on 40 carefully selected …
Vital Signs 1997-1998
The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
E-bok, 2014
712 kr
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The sixth annual guide to the environmental, economic and social trends which are shaping the future, this text presents the good news, the bad news, and a few surprises about the state of our planet. n Part One, facing pages of text and graphs provide information on 40 carefully selected …
Vital Signs 1998-1999
The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
E-bok, 2014
727 kr
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First Published in 1998. In this seventh annual edition of VITAL SIGNS the team at the Worldwatch Institute bring together an eclectic selection of disparate trends to offer a unique, multifaceted view of our rapidly changing world. This vital resource and reference guide traces the scientific, …
Vital Signs 1998-1999
The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
E-bok, 2014
727 kr
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First Published in 1998. In this seventh annual edition of VITAL SIGNS the team at the Worldwatch Institute bring together an eclectic selection of disparate trends to offer a unique, multifaceted view of our rapidly changing world. This vital resource and reference guide traces the scientific, …
Vital Signs 1999-2000
The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
Av Michael Renner, Lester R. Brown
E-bok, 2014
712 kr
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This annual volume shows key trends that should be integrated into the planning of our global future. It enables readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack of it, into 45 vital signs of our time. Each trend is presented as an overview using …
Vital Signs 1999-2000
The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
Av Michael Renner, Lester R. Brown
E-bok, 2014
727 kr
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This annual volume shows key trends that should be integrated into the planning of our global future. It enables readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack of it, into 45 vital signs of our time. Each trend is presented as an overview using …
Beyond Malthus
The Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge
Av Brian Halweil, Gary Gardner m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
676 kr
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On the bicentennial of Malthus'' legendary essay on the tendency of population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, this book examines the impacts of population growth on 19 global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income and health. Despite …
Beyond Malthus
The Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge
Av Brian Halweil, Gary Gardner m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
676 kr
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On the bicentennial of Malthus'' legendary essay on the tendency of population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, this book examines the impacts of population growth on 19 global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income and health. Despite …
Vital Signs 2000-2001
The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
Av Brian Halweil, Michael Renner m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
508 kr
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This ninth annual edition of Vital Signs takes the world''s pulse by compiling a wide-ranging collection of trends that identify both problems and progress in the quest for a sustainable society. It highlights both alarming situations and encouraging developments. Part One is a comprehensive …
