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Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

Alan Weisman

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#850 of 3,809 books · #68 in Science & Technology

Won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology (2013).

Every four days there are a million more people on the planet. More people and fewer resources. In this timely work, Alan Weisman examines how we can shrink our collective human footprint so that we don't stomp any more species - including our own - out of existence. The answer: reducing gradually and non-violently the number of humans on the planet whose activities, industries and lifestyles are damaging the Earth. Defining an optimum human population for the Earth is an explosive concept. Weisman will travel the globe, from the settlements of Israel and the plains of Mexico to the bustling streets of Pakistan and the teeming cities of the UK. In his search for answers, he will speak to religious leaders, demographers, ecologists, economists, engineers and agriculturalists.

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Publisher
Hachette UK
ISBN-13
9780748118595
Topics
OverpopulationEnvironmental sustainabilityResource depletion

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