Screen LibraryMore from less : the surprising story of how we learned to prosper using fewer resources--and what happens next /
"A surprising analysis of the decline in consumption of natural resources despite the explosion of goods, prosperity, and population"--
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Scribner,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: |
"A surprising analysis of the decline in consumption of natural resources despite the explosion of goods, prosperity, and population"-- Throughout history, the only way for humanity to grow was by degrading the Earth: chopping down forests, fouling the air and water, and endlessly digging out resources. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the reigning argument has been that taking better |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781982103576 1982103574 9781982103583 1982103582 |
| Index Number: | HC79 |
| CLC: | X-0 |
| Call Number: | X-0/M113 |
| Contents: | Introduction : README -- All the Malthusian millennia -- Power over the earth : the industrial era -- Industrial errors -- Earth Day and its debates -- The dematerialization surprise -- CRIB notes -- What causes dematerialization : markets and marvels - |