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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... nearly all life from planet earth . The people living 100 years ago could hardly have ... do not know where we are going and we do not know where we wish to go ... never imagined a world of 10 billion people ; they never envisaged that ...
... nearly all life from planet earth . The people living 100 years ago could hardly have ... do not know where we are going and we do not know where we wish to go ... never imagined a world of 10 billion people ; they never envisaged that ...
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... not so much with our lack of cleverness as it is with lack of fore- sight about the cumulative consequences of just doing what we have always done . Another cardinal principle of environmentalism is that , we can never do merely one ...
... not so much with our lack of cleverness as it is with lack of fore- sight about the cumulative consequences of just doing what we have always done . Another cardinal principle of environmentalism is that , we can never do merely one ...
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... never do merely one thing ; and 8. we should develop an ecolacy habit of mind of always asking , “ And then what ? " . The We - Will - Develop - Unlimited - Energy Argument Most persons who believe growth has no limits argue that we will ...
... never do merely one thing ; and 8. we should develop an ecolacy habit of mind of always asking , “ And then what ? " . The We - Will - Develop - Unlimited - Energy Argument Most persons who believe growth has no limits argue that we will ...
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... only be released in a thermonuclear reaction that is the same temperature as the ... do all kinds of useful things to make it possible for more and more peo- ple ... never do merely one thing . " Drexler ( 1986 ) proposes nanotechnologies ...
... only be released in a thermonuclear reaction that is the same temperature as the ... do all kinds of useful things to make it possible for more and more peo- ple ... never do merely one thing . " Drexler ( 1986 ) proposes nanotechnologies ...
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... Will scientists succeed in doing this ? Some suggest that if it were possible , nature would already have done so . ( H.T. Odum , 1971 ) We should move cautiously in this direction and keep in mind that we can never do merely one thing ...
... Will scientists succeed in doing this ? Some suggest that if it were possible , nature would already have done so . ( H.T. Odum , 1971 ) We should move cautiously in this direction and keep in mind that we can never do merely one thing ...
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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