Countdown : our last, best hope for a future on earth /
Weisman, Alan.
Countdown : our last, best hope for a future on earth / Alan Weisman. - New York : Little, brown and Comany, c2013. - 783 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliography.
Chapter 1. A weary land of four questions.--Chatper 2. A world bursting its seams.--Chapter 3. Body counts and the paradox of food.--Chapter 4. Carrying capacity and the cradle.--Chapter 5. Island world.--Chapter 6. Holy see.--Chapter 7. Gorillas in our midst.--Chapter 8. The great wall of people.--Chapter 9. The sea.--Chapter 10. The bottom.--Chapter 11. The world unraveling.--Chapter 12. The ayatollah giveth and taketh away.--Chapter 13. Shrink and prosper.--Chapter 14. Tommorow.--Chapter 15. Safe sex.--Chapter 16. Parkland earth.--Chapter 17. The world with fewer of us.
In this timely work, Alan Weisman examines how we can shrink our collective human footprint so that we don't stomp any more species -- including our own -- out of existence. The answer: reducing gradually and non-violently the number of humans on the planet whose activities, industries and lifestyles are damaging the Earth.
9780316239813
NATURE--EFFECT OF HUMAN BEINGS ON.
OVERPOPULATION.
POPULATION ECOLOGY.
GC .W45 2013
Countdown : our last, best hope for a future on earth / Alan Weisman. - New York : Little, brown and Comany, c2013. - 783 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliography.
Chapter 1. A weary land of four questions.--Chatper 2. A world bursting its seams.--Chapter 3. Body counts and the paradox of food.--Chapter 4. Carrying capacity and the cradle.--Chapter 5. Island world.--Chapter 6. Holy see.--Chapter 7. Gorillas in our midst.--Chapter 8. The great wall of people.--Chapter 9. The sea.--Chapter 10. The bottom.--Chapter 11. The world unraveling.--Chapter 12. The ayatollah giveth and taketh away.--Chapter 13. Shrink and prosper.--Chapter 14. Tommorow.--Chapter 15. Safe sex.--Chapter 16. Parkland earth.--Chapter 17. The world with fewer of us.
In this timely work, Alan Weisman examines how we can shrink our collective human footprint so that we don't stomp any more species -- including our own -- out of existence. The answer: reducing gradually and non-violently the number of humans on the planet whose activities, industries and lifestyles are damaging the Earth.
9780316239813
NATURE--EFFECT OF HUMAN BEINGS ON.
OVERPOPULATION.
POPULATION ECOLOGY.
GC .W45 2013
