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Earth in the Balance Ecology & the Human

by Al Gore

ISBN13: 9780395578216
ISBN10: 0395578213
Condition: Standard
Dustjacket: Standard
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Book News Annotation:

Senator (and vice presidential candidate) Gore (Democrat, Tennessee) demonstrates that the quality of air, water, and soil is at grave risk, not only locally or regionally but globally, and argues that only a radical rethinking of the human relationship with nature can save the earth's ecology for future generations.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [386]-393) and index.

Table of Contents

Ships in the desert — The shadow our future throws — Climate and civilization: a short history — Buddha's breath — If the well goes dry — Skin deep — Seeds of privation — The wasteland — Self-stewardship — Eco-nomics: truth or consequences — We are what we use — Dysfunctional civilization — Environmentalism of the spirit — A new common purpose — A global Marshall plan.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780395578216
Subtitle:
(ecology and the human spirit )
Author:
Gore, Al
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin
Location:
Boston :
Subject:
Environmental policy
Subject:
Environmental protection
Subject:
Human ecology
Copyright:
Series Volume:
vol. 1
Publication Date:
:c1992
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
407 p.

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