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Can we save the planet? : a primer for the 21st century / Alice Bell ; general editor Matthew Taylor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Big idea (Thames and Hudson)Publisher: London, England : Thames and Hudson, 2020Description: 143 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500295304
  • 0500295301
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GE195 .B45 2020
Summary: The effects of global warming are being felt around the world through climate change, and images of our rivers and oceans choking with plastic have provoked an instinctive horrified reaction. In response, governments, corporations, and individuals are beginning to change their policies and behaviour - but is it too little, too late? Is it possible to reverse the damage we have done to the planet, or have we reached the point where we are only able to manage the problems and devastation caused? This engaging and incisive volume offers insightful analysis of a range of key issues including deforestation, global warming, and single use plastics, while evaluating whether - and how - it may just be possible to mend our planet.
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Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction (NEST) Non-Fiction (NEST) 333.72 BEL Available T00829350
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The effects of global warming are being felt around the world through climate change, and images of our rivers and oceans choking with plastic have provoked an instinctive, horrified reaction. In response, governments, corporations, and individuals are beginning to change their policies and behavior--but is it too little, too late? Is it still possible to reverse the damage we have done to the planet?

This title in The Big Idea series, Can We Save the Planet?, provides an in-depth understanding of global warming, climate change, and the disastrous effects on our oceans through the prevalence of single-use plastics. It begins by setting out the evidence and arguments concerning the relationship of escalating carbon emissions and deforestation with the planet's environmental decline. It offers insightful analysis of our consumerist, throwaway culture, and evaluates whether we can save the planet through a combination of proactive individual action and governmental policy, or if we can only react to the problems caused as they arise, using modern technologies.

Can We Save the Planet? is an incisive, engaging, and authoritative text on one of today's key issues, written by an expert in the field.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The effects of global warming are being felt around the world through climate change, and images of our rivers and oceans choking with plastic have provoked an instinctive horrified reaction. In response, governments, corporations, and individuals are beginning to change their policies and behaviour - but is it too little, too late? Is it possible to reverse the damage we have done to the planet, or have we reached the point where we are only able to manage the problems and devastation caused? This engaging and incisive volume offers insightful analysis of a range of key issues including deforestation, global warming, and single use plastics, while evaluating whether - and how - it may just be possible to mend our planet.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. 6)
  • 1 The Human Planet (p. 16)
  • 2 A Crisis Situation (p. 38)
  • 3 The Techno-fix (p. 70)
  • 4 Political Solutions (p. 100)
  • Conclusion (p. 126)
  • Further Reading (p. 136)
  • Picture Credits (p. 138)
  • Index (p. 140)
  • Acknowledgments (p. 144)

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