Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Substainable Global Economy

Brown, Lester R.; Flavin, Christopher; Postel, Sandra

ISBN 10: 0393308235 / ISBN 13: 9780393308235

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1991

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Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author, Lester Brown pp.224 with index. Kicks off the new Worldwatch Environmental Alert series tackling the question how can we create a vibrant world economy that does not destroy the ecosystem on which it is based? clean tight copy remainder mark on lower edge.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Substainable Global Economy
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393308235
• ISBN 13: 9780393308235
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

The authors of the highly acclaimed State of the World series elaborate upon their vision of a global economy that does not destroy its own natural support systems.

Authoritative yet extremely readable, this book addresses control of energy resources, population, poverty, transportation, taxes, and other issues necessary to create an environmentally sound global economy.

About the Authors

Lester R. Brown is the founder of the Earth Policy and Worldwatch Institutes. He has been honored with numerous prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the United Nations Environment Prize, and twenty-five honorary degrees. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Sandra Postel lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she directs the Global Water Policy Project. She is a Pew Fellow in Conservation and the Environment and a former vice president for research at the Worldwatch Institute. Her previous book, Last Oasis, now appears in eight languages and was the basis for a PBS television documentary.