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Earth in the balance : ecology and the human spirit / Al Gore.
LIBRA GF41 .G67 1993
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gore, Al, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human ecology.
- Environmental protection.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 407 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Plume, [1993]
- Summary:
- Presents a comprehensive plan for saving the environment by addressing population, technology, and education.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. Balance at risk : 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
- Pt. 2. The search for balance
- Self-stewardship
- Eco-nomics : truth or consequences
- We are what we use
- Dysfunctional civilization
- Environmentalism of the spirit
- Pt. 3. Striking the balance
- A new common purpose
- A global Marshall plan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [386]-393) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
- ISBN:
- 0395578213
- 9780395578216
- 0452269350
- 9780452269354
- OCLC:
- 26634970
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
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