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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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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Book/Text | Use in library | GE195 .E18 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- 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