Three topics dominate discussions of the global environment: pollution; the consequences of the affluent running ever faster through finite resources; and the g
This book deals with the apparent conflict between the use of science and technology in economic development to raise standards of living worldwide; and the lim
At a time of increasingly rapid environmental deterioration, sustainability is one of the most important issues facing the world. Can we create a sustainable so
We have entered the Anthropocene - the era of massive human impacts on the planet - and the actions of over seven billion residents threaten to destabilize Eart
Ecocriticism has matured beyond nature writing, beyond writing about nature. The essays in this volume look at the broader cultural, historical, sociological, a