by Lester R. Brown · W. W. Norton & Company · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780393327250
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Outgrowing the Earth» is Lester R. Brown's essay on food security, published by W. W. Norton & Company in paperback, in English.
Brown argues that human demand exceeds the Earth's capacity; falling water tables and extreme heat reduce cereal harvests and make it difficult to feed the world's population. Facing the risk of scarcity, he proposes increasing water productivity, abandoning fossil fuels, and controlling population growth.
The full subtitle is «The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures»; illustrated edition with maps.
Recommended for readers interested in the environment, climate change, food security, and public policy.
Tapa blanda
Lester Russel Brown is an American environmental analyst, founder of the Worldwatch Institute, and founder and former president of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C. BBC Radio commentator Peter Day referred to him as "one of the great pioneer environmentalists."
