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Publisher
Foundation for Deep Ecology, printed and distributed by Goff Books, an imprint of ORO Editions
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 35 cm.
Language
English
Description
Every problem facing humanity, from poverty to violent conflict over resources, is exacerbated by a ballooning human population –- and so is every problem facing nature, including ecosystem loss, species extinctions, and climate chaos. But why is the demographic explosion and its effects ignored by policymakers and the media? Why do important people within the global environmental movement itself avoid the great challenges of the population issue?...
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Language
English
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Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world-and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question: what manages to...
Author
Publisher
HarperBusiness
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
xvi, 250 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Paul Hawken, the entrepreneur behind the Smith & Hawken gardening supplies empire, is no ordinary capitalist. Drawing as much on Baba Ram Dass and Vaclav Havel as he does on Peter Drucker and WalMart for his case studies, Hawken is on a one-man crusade to reform our economic system by demanding that First World businesses reduce their consumption of energy and resources by 80 percent in the next 50 years. As if that weren't enough, Hawken argues that...
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