Envisioning a Sustainable Society: Learning Our Way OutThe evidence is increasingly persuasive. We are changing the way our planet's physical systems work—irrevocably. These changes are global and interconnected and unavoidable. They are upon us already, making it virtually impossible for any modern society to continue its present trajectory of growth. This book provides a penetrating analysis of how we have come to this point, of why science and technology will fail to solve these problems, and of how we as a society must change in order to avoid ecological catastrophe. The scope is broad, the urgency of the message is impossible to ignore. |
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Page xii
... experience discloses that when the book is read carefully in the present order of chapters it tends to transform the way a person thinks - the first step to a new life and a new society . In that sense the book really works . The book ...
... experience discloses that when the book is read carefully in the present order of chapters it tends to transform the way a person thinks - the first step to a new life and a new society . In that sense the book really works . The book ...
Page 9
... experience an imperative to grow . The word " growth " becomes for us synonymous with the good and is trotted out in an enormous range of contexts . Economists seek to bring about growth ; psychologists help their patients to grow ; our ...
... experience an imperative to grow . The word " growth " becomes for us synonymous with the good and is trotted out in an enormous range of contexts . Economists seek to bring about growth ; psychologists help their patients to grow ; our ...
Page 10
... experience phased growth , much as a child growing into adulthood and eventually dying . Growth in early stages is good but is no longer desirable when adulthood is reached . Growth also cannot forestall death ; in fact , death from ...
... experience phased growth , much as a child growing into adulthood and eventually dying . Growth in early stages is good but is no longer desirable when adulthood is reached . Growth also cannot forestall death ; in fact , death from ...
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... experienced an irruption in population in the last two centuries . Population , worldwide , grew at a rate exceeding 2 percent per year in the 1960s . Recently , it has declined to about 1.7 per- cent . Remember , at the 2 percent rate ...
... experienced an irruption in population in the last two centuries . Population , worldwide , grew at a rate exceeding 2 percent per year in the 1960s . Recently , it has declined to about 1.7 per- cent . Remember , at the 2 percent rate ...
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... experience suggests that Homo colossus will continue to draw down the ghost acreage in the earth's crust . The earth's carrying capacity will be reduced considerably below the level that we might have made sustainable had we used more ...
... experience suggests that Homo colossus will continue to draw down the ghost acreage in the earth's crust . The earth's carrying capacity will be reduced considerably below the level that we might have made sustainable had we used more ...
Contents
Chapter 11 | 218 |
Chapter 12 | 232 |
Chapter 13 | 255 |
Chapter 14 | 274 |
Chapter 15 | 304 |
Chapter 16 | 319 |
Part III | 337 |
Chapter 18 | 352 |
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Envisioning a Sustainable Society: Learning Our Way Out Lester W. Milbrath No preview available - 1989 |
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