The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability - Couverture rigide

Speth, James Gustave

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300136110 ISBN 13 : 9780300136111

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2008

Synopsis

How serious are the threats to our environment? Here is one measure of the problem: if we continue to do exactly what we are doing, with no growth in the human population or the world economy, the world in the latter part of this century will be unfit to live in. Of course human activities are not holding at current levels - they are accelerating, dramatically - and so, too, is the pace of climate disruption, biotic impoverishment, and toxification. In this book Gus Speth, author of "Red Sky at Morning" and a widely respected environmentalist, begins with the observation that the environmental community has grown in strength and sophistication, but the environment has continued to decline, to the point that we are now at the edge of catastrophe.Speth contends that this situation is a severe indictment of the economic and political system we call modern capitalism. Our vital task is now to change the operating instructions for today's destructive world economy before it is too late. The book is about how to do that.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

James Gustave Speth, a distinguished leader and founder of environmental institutions over the past four decades, is dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. He was awarded Japans Blue Planet Prize for 'a lifetime of creative and visionary leadership in the search for science-based solutions to global environmental problems'.

Revue de presse

'Speth is a maestro - conducting a mighty chorus of voices from a dozen disciplines all of which are calling for transformative change before it is too late. The result is the most compelling plea we have for changing our lives and our politics. And it is a compelling case indeed.' --Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0300136110
• ISBN 13: 9780300136111
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336