It's a matter of survival.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1991Description: 278pISBN:

0674469704

Subject(s):

Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric

DDC classification:

363.7

Subject: "The greenhouse effect is us, and it is specifically us in the Western world". More than any other time in history, the 1990s will mark a turning point for human civilization. Not only are we facing ecological disasters than will affect our ability to survive, but the crisis is forcing us to reexamine the entire value system that has governed our lives for the past two thousand years. More than a book on the environment, this is a book about us as a species: our short-sightedness, our failure to read warnings, our inability to grasp the signifigance of our actions - and the tough decisions we have to make in order to save ourselves

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.7 ITS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004656792

Includes bibliographical references and index

"The greenhouse effect is us, and it is specifically us in the Western world". More than any other time in history, the 1990s will mark a turning point for human civilization. Not only are we facing ecological disasters than will affect our ability to survive, but the crisis is forcing us to reexamine the entire value system that has governed our lives for the past two thousand years. More than a book on the environment, this is a book about us as a species: our short-sightedness, our failure to read warnings, our inability to grasp the signifigance of our actions - and the tough decisions we have to make in order to save ourselves

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