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  • FULL HOUSE
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    FULL HOUSE
    LESTER R. BROWN / HAL KANE
    Originally published in 1995, after decades of steady growth, this book was written at a time when the world’s food supply was no longer keeping up with population increases. This book examines the causes of the imbalance in the food/population equation and suggests ways in which Malthusian checks can be countered. It calls for an international strategy to restore global securi...

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  • VITAL SIGNS 1997-1998
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    VITAL SIGNS 1997-1998
    LESTER R. BROWN
    The sixth annual guide to the environmental, economic and social trends which are shaping the future, this text presents the good news, the bad news, and a few surprises about the state of our planet. n Part One, facing pages of text and graphs provide information on 40 carefully selected indicators, mapping changes in food supplies; agriculture; the atmosphere, energy and tran...

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  • VITAL SIGNS 1998-1999
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    VITAL SIGNS 1998-1999
    LESTER R. BROWN
    First Published in 1998. In this seventh annual edition of VITAL SIGNS the team at the Worldwatch Institute bring together an eclectic selection of disparate trends to offer a unique, multifaceted view of our rapidly changing world. This vital resource and reference guide traces the scientific, social, economic and environmental trends that have and continue to shape our world....

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  • BEYOND MALTHUS
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    BEYOND MALTHUS
    LESTER R. BROWN / GARY GARDNER / BRIAN HALWEIL
    On the bicentennial of Malthus' legendary essay on the tendency of population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, this book examines the impacts of population growth on 19 global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income and health. Despite current hype of a 'birth dearth' in parts of Europe and Japan, the fact remains that h...

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  • VITAL SIGNS 2000-2001
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    VITAL SIGNS 2000-2001
    LESTER R. BROWN / MICHAEL RENNER / BRIAN HALWEIL
    This ninth annual edition of Vital Signs takes the world's pulse by compiling a wide-ranging collection of trends that identify both problems and progress in the quest for a sustainable society. It highlights both alarming situations and encouraging developments. Part One is a comprehensive presentation of the key indicators in areas such as food, agriculture, energy, atmospher...

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  • VITAL SIGNS 1999-2000
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    VITAL SIGNS 1999-2000
    LESTER R. BROWN / MICHAEL RENNER
    This annual volume shows key trends that should be integrated into the planning of our global future. It enables readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack of it, into 45 vital signs of our time. Each trend is presented as an overview using both text and graphics. ...

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  • THE EARTH POLICY READER
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    THE EARTH POLICY READER
    LESTER R. BROWN / JANET LARSEN / BERNIE FISCHLOWITZ-ROBERTS
    In this study, the award-winning environmental analyst Lester Brown and his colleagues have charted progress in building the eco-economy - an economy in harmony with the Earth's ecosystems, not undermining them. This edition of the biennial reader highlights 12 key trends, from population growing by 80 million annually, to ice melting, to the boom in use of solar cells. It expl...

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  • ECO-ECONOMY
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    ECO-ECONOMY
    LESTER R. BROWN
    In 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the view that the sun revolved around the earth, arguing instead that the earth revolved around the sun. His paper led to a revolution in thinking. In Lester Brown's brilliant and invigorating account of the industrial economy, he shows how a rethink of its fossil fuel-based, throwaway ethos is necessary to ensure that i...

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  • BY BREAD ALONE
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    BY BREAD ALONE
    LESTER R. BROWN / ERIK P. ECKHOLM
    By Bread Alone is an interdisciplinary analysis of the global food situation and food production prospects. It examines the problems posed by the new international order, as well as the policy alternatives open to mankind. It also discusses the role of the United States, the world's breadbasket, in addressing the food crisis, particularly in shaping the "rules of the game" for ...

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  • OUTGROWING THE EARTH
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    OUTGROWING THE EARTH
    LESTER R. BROWN
    Historically, food security was the responsibility of ministries of agriculture but today that has changed: decisions made in ministries of energy may instead have the greatest effect on the food situation. Recent research reporting that a one degree Celsius rise in temperature can reduce grain yields by 10 per cent means that energy policy is now directly affecting crop produc...

    $660.00

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