James Bruges
The Little Earth Book
Издательство: The Disinformation Company, 2004 г.
0972952926, 978-0972952927
Книгопечатная продукция
Объем: 192 стр.
The Earth is now desperately vulnerable; so are we. This gift-priced-and-sized book contains original, stimulating mini-essays about what is going wrong with our planet and about the greatest challenge of our century: how to save the Earth for us all.It is pithy, yet intellectually credible well-referenced, wry, yet deadly serious. An all-new U.S. edition-the U.K. edition has sold over 40,000 copies!
Researched and written by an eminent British architect, James Bruges, The Little Earth Book is a clarion call to action, a mind-boggling collection of mini-essays on today`s most important environmental concerns, from global warming and poisoned food to economic growth, Third World debt, genes and "superbugs." Undogmatic but sure-footed, thestyle is light, explaining complex issues with easy language, illustrations and cartoons. Ideas are developed chapter by chapter, yet each one stands alone. It is an easy browse-equally at home bedside, in the bathroom or in a briefcase.
The Little Earth Book provides hope, with new ideas and examples of people swimming against the current, of bold ideas that work in practice. Did you know:
If everyone adopted the Western lifestyle, we would need five earths to support us.
In 50 years the U.S. has-with intensive pesticide use, doubled the amount of crops lost to pests.
Environmental disasters have created more than 80 million refugees.
Packed with easy-to-digest information, James Bruges spells out, clearly, concisely and with alarming documentation just what we`re up against and what must be done.
Presented in the same trim size as 50 Things You`re Not Supposed To Know , this book continues Disinformation`s line of value-priced, impulse purchase books.
We will be working with environmental groups to launch The Little Earth Book on Earth Day 2004 (April 22nd) with a wave of publicity and advertising.
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