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Not the end of the world : how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet / Hannah Ritchie.
Van Pelt Reserves Desk - First Floor HC79.E5 R58 2024
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ritchie, Hannah, 1993- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainability.
- Sustainable living.
- Conservation of natural resources.
- Sustainable development.
- Climatic changes.
- sustainable development.
- climate change.
- Physical Description:
- 341 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First North American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2024.
- Summary:
- In this bold, radically hopeful book, a data scientist, drawing on the latest research, practical guidance and eye-opening graphics, gives us the tools for understanding our current environmental crisis and making lifestyle changes that actually have an impact.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Sustainability : a tale of two halves
- Air pollution : breathing clean air
- Climate change : turning down the thermostat
- Deforestation : seeing the wood for the trees
- Food : how not to eat the planet
- Biodiversity loss : protecting the world's wildlife
- Ocean plastics : drowning in waste
- Overfishing : pillage the oceans
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-328) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780316536752
- 031653675X
- OCLC:
- 1416631299
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