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050			_aGC .W45 2013
100			_aWeisman, Alan. _eAuthor
245		0	_aCountdown : _bour last, best hope for a future on earth / _cAlan Weisman.
260			_aNew York : _cc2013. _bLittle, brown and Comany,
300			_a783 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
365			_bPHP 290.00
504			_aIncludes bibliography.
505			_aChapter 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.
520			_aIn 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.
650			_aNATURE _xEFFECT OF HUMAN BEINGS ON.
650			_aOVERPOPULATION.
650			_aPOPULATION ECOLOGY.
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