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A moment on the Earth : the coming age of environmental optimism

Title
A moment on the Earth : the coming age of environmental optimism / Gregg Easterbrook.
Author
Easterbrook, Gregg.
Publication
New York : Viking, 1995.

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Book/TextUse in library GE195 .E18 1995Off-site

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Description
xxi, 745 pages; 25 cm
Subject
  • Environmentalism
  • Green movement
  • Environmental protection
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on
  • Social ecology
  • Social Environment
  • environmental protection
  • human ecology
  • Environmental protection
  • Environmentalism
  • Green movement
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on
  • Social ecology
  • Umweltethik
  • Umweltschutz
  • Zukunft
  • Ökologische Bewegung
  • Écologisme
  • Influence de l'homme sur la nature
  • Protection de l'environnement
  • Relation homme-nature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 713-731) and index.
Contents
Preface: Why the Good News Shouldn't Scare You -- pt. 1. The Long View: Thinking Like Nature. 1. The Dance of the Ages. 2. The Green Fortress. 3. Time as the Ultimate Resource. 4. Is Humanity a Special Threat? 5. Is Humanity a Mistake? 6. The End of Nature: Not a Moment Too Soon. 7. Does Nature Have a Soul? 8. Does Nature Have Values? 9. Does Nature Have a God? 10. The Case Against Nature -- pt. 2. The Short View: Thinking Like People. 11. Acid Rain. 12. Air Pollution. 13. Case Study: The Spotted Owl. 14. Chemicals. 15. Clean Tech. 16. Climate I: Global Cold. 17. Climate II: Global Warmth. 18. Economics. 19. Energy I: Today's Power. 20. Energy II: The Renewable Future. 21. Enviros. 22. Farms. 23. The (Industrial) Forest. 24. Genes. 25. Land. 26. Politics. 27. Population. 28. Radiation, Artificial. 29. Radiation, Natural. 30. Species. 31. The Third World. 32. Toxic Wastes. 33. Water. 34. The Ecorealist Manifesto.
ISBN
  • 0670839833
  • 9780670839834
LCCN
94023411
OCLC
  • ocm31045317
  • 31045317
  • SCSB-2049506
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library