Presents a study of militant American conservationist David Brower, focusing on his encounters with resort developer Charles Fraser, dam builder Floyd Dominy, and mineral engineer Charles Park.
Sets out differing views on the nature and extent of depletion of the Earth's resources and whether development has caused environmental and population crises.
Presents a comprehensive survey of the earth's natural resources and discusses such topics as freshwater sources, the Greenhouse Effect, the creation of fossil fuels, deforestation, and the effects of strip mining.
Valerio the dragon and Allegra the unicorn are driven into hiding when humans begin to destroy the natural beauty of their land, but they receive hope when they befriend the daughter of the man responsible.
Running Deer and his fellow tribesmen take special care of their land until they lose it to invading white settlers, who wear it out and leave it to recover on its own.
The vast forests of a country are all cut down to make room for development, until finally only one small wooded area remains like an island in the endless noisy sea of the city.
