a cultural odyssey from the middle ages to the new age
Rifkin, Jeremy
1992
Examines the origin and development of modern concepts of security and its impact on the environment, challenging the geopolitical orthodoxy with a call for a new biosphere politics.
accommodating human needs and numbers to the earth's resources
Brown, Lester Russell
1978
Examines the problems of overpopulation, food and energy shortages, ecological imbalance, and environmental pollution and the effects of these factors on social and economic systems.
A guide sustainable living that provides advice and addresses issues concerning energy, home design and construction, furnishings, using cleaning products, food and drink, transportation, recycling, clothes, personal care, vacations, pets, and more.
a blueprint for managing the earth-by people, for people
Trefil, James S.
2004
Argues that humans are on the brink of being able to manage nature, discusses issues such as climate stability, extinctions, and global warming, and looks at emerging fields of science, including geonomic, complexity theory, and experimental ecology, and how they might affect the relationship between humans and nature.
Text and photographs explain the importance of a balanced environment, the disturbance to nature caused by cities, and steps we can take to improve our surroundings.