Population growth, resource consumption and the environment : seeking a common vision for a troubled world / prepared by Rick Searle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Searle, D. Richard (Donald Richard), 1951-

Contributor:

Searle, D. Richard (Donald Richard), 1951-

University of Victoria (B.C.). Centre for Studies in Religion and Society.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population policy--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Population policy.

Environmental policy--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Environmental policy.

Environmental protection--Religious aspects--Congresses.

Environmental protection.

Conservation of natural resources--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Conservation of natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Victoria, B.C. : Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Population Growth, Resource Consumption, and the Environment".

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Overview

SECTION I: THE PLANETARY CRISIS

The Human Context

The Natural Background

SECTION II: RELIGIOUS ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES

Aboriginal Spirituality

The Environmental Crisis and Jewish Earthways

Chosen Persons and the Green Ecumenacy: A Possible Christian Response to the Population Apocalypse

Islam and the Environment

Population Pressure, Natural Resources, the Environment, and Hinduism

Buddhist Resources for Issues of Population and Consumption in Relationship with the Environment

Chinese Religions

SECTION III: SECULAR ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES

Prescriptions from Religious and Secular Ethics for Breaking the Impoverishment/Environmental Degradation Cycle

Ethics, Family Planning, the Status of Women, and The Environment

Projected Population Patterns, North-South Relations, and the Environment

SECTION IV: ECONOMIC, LEGAL, AND DEEP ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

Environmental Degradation and the Religion of the Market

International Law, Population Pressure, and the Environment: North-South Relations

The Northern Consumption Issue After Rio and the Role of Religion in Environmentalism

SECTION V: RESPONSES FROM BUSINESS, RELIGION, AND GOVERNMENTS

Possible Response Options for Corporations

Possible Response Options for Religions

Possible Response Options for Governments

SECTION VI: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

Notes:

"Based on the 1993 International Summer Institute, Population and the environment: population pressures, resource consumption, religion and ethics, Chateau Whistler, Whistler, B.C., Canada, 18-27, 1993".

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-88920-614-7

OCLC:

614476695