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Outgrowing the Earth
The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures
Historically, food security was the responsibility of ministries of agriculture but today that has changed: decisions made in ministries of energy may instead have the greatest effect on the food situation. Recent research reporting that a one degree Celsius rise in temperature can reduce grain...
Published February 2nd 2005 by Routledge
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Eco-Economy
Building an Economy for the Earth
In 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the view that the sun revolved around the earth, arguing instead that the earth revolved around the sun. His paper led to a revolution in thinking. In Lester Brown's brilliant and invigorating account of the industrial economy, he shows how...
Published May 31st 2003 by Routledge
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The Earth Policy Reader
Today's Decisions, Tomorrow's World
In this study, the award-winning environmental analyst Lester Brown and his colleagues have charted progress in building the eco-economy - an economy in harmony with the Earth's ecosystems, not undermining them. This edition of the biennial reader highlights 12 key trends, from population growing...
Published February 28th 2003 by Routledge
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Vital Signs 2000-2001
The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
This ninth annual edition of Vital Signs takes the world's pulse by compiling a wide-ranging collection of trends that identify both problems and progress in the quest for a sustainable society. It highlights both alarming situations and encouraging developments. Part One is a comprehensive...
Published June 30th 2000 by Routledge
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Beyond Malthus
The Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge
Series: The Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series
On the bicentennial of Malthus' legendary essay on the tendency of population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, this book examines the impacts of population growth on 19 global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income and health. Despite...
Published September 30th 1999 by Routledge
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Vital Signs 1999-2000
The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
This annual volume shows key trends that should be integrated into the planning of our global future. It enables readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack of it, into 45 vital signs of our time. Each trend is presented as an overview using...
Published May 31st 1999 by Routledge
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Vital Signs 1998-1999
The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
Published November 30th 1998 by Routledge
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Vital Signs 1997-1998
The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
The sixth annual guide to the environmental, economic and social trends which are shaping the future, this text presents the good news, the bad news, and a few surprises about the state of our planet. n Part One, facing pages of text and graphs provide information on 40 carefully selected...
Published May 31st 1997 by Routledge