Allen, John Logan 1941- text iau Dubuque, Iowa McGraw-Hill Education c2006 2006 monographic eng

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xvi, 239 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. How many planets? A survey of the global environment -- Five meta-trends changing the world / David Pearce Snyder -- Crimes of (a) global nature / Lisa Mastny, Hilary French -- Advocating for the environment : local dimensions of transnational networks / Maria Guadalupe Moog Rodrigues -- Rescuing a planet under stress / Lester R. Brown -- Globalizing greenwash / Pamela Foster -- Population and consumption : what we know, what we need to know / Robert W. Kates -- Economy for the Earth / Lester R. Brown -- Factory farming in the developing world / Danielle Nierenberg -- Why race matters in the fight for a healthy planet / Jennifer Hattam -- Will Frankenfood save the planet? / Jonathan Rauch -- Powder keg / Keith Kloor -- Personalized energy : the next paradigm / Stephen M. Millett -- Renewable energy : a viable choice / Antonia V. Herzog, Timothy E. Lipman, Jennifer L. Edwards, Daniel M. Kammen -- Hydrogen : waiting for the revolution / Bill Keenan -- What is nature worth? / Edward O. Wilson -- Strangers in our mist : the problem of invasive alien species / Jeffrey A. McNeely -- Markets for biodiversity services : potential roles and challenges / Michael Jenkins, Sara J. Scherr, Mira Inbar -- On the termination of species / W. Wayt Gibbs -- Where have all the farmers gone? / Brian Halweil -- What's a river for? / Bruce Barcott -- Human thirst / Don Hinrichsen -- Will the world run dry? Global water and food security / Mark W. Rosegrant, Ximing Cai, Sarah A. Cline -- Fire fight / Paul Trachtman -- Agricultural pesticides in developing countries / Sylvia I. Karlsson -- Quest for clean water / Joseph Orlins, Anne Wherly -- Human biomonitoring of environmental chemicals / Ken Sexton, Larry L. Needham, James L. Pirkle -- Little rocket fuel with your salad? / Gene Ayres -- Global warming as a weapon of mass destruction / Bruce E. Johansen. editor, John Allen. Environmental sciences Ciencias Ambientales Protección del medio ambiente Ecología Environmental protection Nature conservation Ecology QH 541.145 E61 2006 363.7 0073528315 9780073528311 ECL 050930 20230410132813.0 spa