A World to Live In: An Ecologist's Vision for a Plundered Planet (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (901 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262034077 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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I read this a few days ago. Solidly researched David Isenberg I read this a few days ago. Solidly researched, with a lifetime of experience and science behind it. A straightforward, dispassionate let the facts speak for themselves analysis of the dire environmental situation humanity is in. Kudos to the author.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a former president of the Ecological Society of America, a founding trustee and Vice Chairman of the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the author of Forests in a Full World, The Nature of House: Building a World That Works, and other books. . Woodwell is Founder, President, and Director Emeritus of the Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. George M
Orr, Counselor to the President and Paul Sears Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Oberlin College) . (James Gustave Speth, author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy and former Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies)From the dean of US climate scientists, a wise and eloquent call to common-sense climate and environmental policy. (Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature)From the birth of modern environmentalism in the 1960s right up to today, ecologist George Woodwell has brought pathbreaking science, sound policy judgment, and great humanity to the major issues: nuclear radiation, DDT, climate change, deforestation, w
We must recognize that the earth's living systems are our heritage and that the preservation of the integrity of a finite biosphere is a necessity and an inviolable human right.. The fossil fuels industry offers the most dramatic example of environmental destruction, disseminating the heat-trapping gases that are now warming the earth and changing the climate forever. Industry dumps its waste globally and makes a profit from it, invading the global commons; corporate interests overpower weak or nonexistent governmental protection to plunder the planet. We must respect the full range of life on earth --