Environment - A History of the Idea Warde Paul University of CambridgePevná vazba
Environment - A History of the Idea Warde Paul University of CambridgePevná vazba Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Is the world sick? Will our…
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Environment - A History of the Idea Warde Paul University of CambridgePevná vazba
Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Is the world sick? Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet of our children and grandchildren?
Less than a lifetime ago, these questions would have made no sense. Can it be healed? This was not because our ancestors had no impact on nature--nor because they were unaware of the serious damage they had done.
What people lacked was an idea: a way of imagining the web of interconnection and consequence of which the natural world is made. Without this notion, we didn't have a way to describe the scale and scope of human impact upon nature. This idea was "the environment."In this fascinating book, Paul Warde, Libby Robin, and Sverker S rlin trace the emergence of the concept of the environment following World War II, a period characterized by both hope for a new global order and fear of humans'
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