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Outgrowing the Earth
Author | : Lester R. Brown |
Publsiher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2012-04-27 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781136560286 |
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Historically, food security was the responsibility of ministries of agriculture but today that has changed: decisions made in ministries of energy may instead have the greatest effect on the food situation. Recent research reporting that a one degree Celsius rise in temperature can reduce grain yields by 10 per cent means that energy policy is now directly affecting crop production. Agriculture is a water-intensive activity and, while public attention has focused on oil depletion, it is aquifer depletion that poses the more serious threat. There are substitutes for oil, but none for water and the link between our fossil fuel addiction, climate change and food security is now clear. While population growth has slowed over the past three decades, we are still adding 76 million people per year. In a world where the historical rise in land productivity has slowed by half since 1990, eradicating hunger may depend as much on family planners as on farmers. The bottom line is that future food security depends not only on efforts within agriculture but also on energy policies that stabilize climate, a worldwide effort to raise water productivity, the evolution of land-efficient transport systems, and population policies that seek a humane balance between population and food. Outgrowing the Earth advances our thinking on food security issues that the world will be wrestling with for years to come.
Outgrowing the Earth
Author | : Lester Russell Brown,Earth Policy Institute |
Publsiher | : W W Norton & Company Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0393060705 |
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"Historically food security was the responsibility of ministries of agriculture, but today that has changed. Recent research reporting that a 1-degree Celsius rise in temperature can reduce grain yields by 10 percent means that energy policy is now directly affecting crop production. Decisions made in ministries of energy may have a greater effect on future food security than those made in ministries of agriculture." "The bottom line is that future food security depends not only on efforts within agriculture but also on energy policies that stabilize climate, a worldwide effort to raise water productivity, the evolution of land-efficient transport systems, and population policies that seek a humane balance between population and food." "Outgrowing the Earth advances our thinking on food security issues that the world will be wrestling with for years to come."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
OUTGROWING THE EARTH The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:1422145755 |
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U S Environmentalism since 1945
Author | : NA NA |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2016-09-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781137112934 |
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By the end of World War II, Americans relationship with nature had changed dramatically. New consumption patterns drove an industrial economy that damaged the earth in new ways, and the atomic age heightened awareness of the earth s fragility. Environmental historian Steven Stoll identifies 1945 as the birth of American environmentalism - the point when conservation and nature advocacy fused with activism to form a political movement. In this thematically organized collection of primary sources, Stoll traces the development of the environmental movement and identifies its central issues and ideologies, including the politics of preservation, population growth, biological interdependence, ecodefense, climate change, ethical consumption, and environmental justice. Stoll s insightful introduction provides students with a solid overview of environmentalism s origins and contextualizes the topics raised by the documents. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography offer additional pedagogical support.
Outgrowing the Ingrown Church
Author | : C. John Miller |
Publsiher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780310284116 |
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This is a book for pacesetters -- church leaders who desire to help their churches break free of the things that turn them in on themselves. It is a masterly mix of biblical principle, objective analysis, and personal experience.
African Environmental and Human Security in the 21st Century
Author | : Helen E. Purkitt |
Publsiher | : Cambria Press |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9781621969907 |
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An Introduction to Climate Change Economics and Policy
Author | : Felix FitzRoy,Elissaios Papyrakis |
Publsiher | : Earthscan |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781844078097 |
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An introduction to the economic and policy aspects of climate change that assumes no prior knowledge, this title covers the main policies needed to control climate change including carbon taxes, renewable energy subsidies and demand management.
Religion and Human Enhancement
Author | : Tracy J. Trothen,Calvin Mercer |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2017-09-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9783319624884 |
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This collection vigorously addresses the religious implications of extreme human enhancement technology. Topics covered include cutting edge themes, such as moral enhancement, common ground to both transhumanism and religion, the meaning of death, desire and transcendence, and virtue ethics. Radical enhancement programs, advocated by transhumanists, could arguably have a more profound impact than any other development in human history. Reflecting a range of opinion about the desirability of extreme enhancement, leading scholars in the field join with emerging scholars to foster enhanced conversation on these topics.