The Planetary Emergency Environmental Collapse and the Promise of Ecocivilization / Kent D. Shifferd.
Earth and its inhabitants face an unprecedented crisis--the human-caused destruction of the planet's life support systems. Deteriorating climate bringing super storms, mass forest fires, melting glaciers, droughts, extreme heat and rising seas, a decline in food production, soil loss, water pollution and declining fisheries all threaten the future of life on earth with a looming extinction event not seen for 60 million years. Beginning in the 17th century, we developed a civilization based on radical materialism, exploitation of natural resources and the myth of endless economic growth. For all its technological wonders, this "hypercivilization" has proven unsustainable. This book explores ways we can create an "ecocivilization" compatible with the laws and limits of nature--a new way of living already developing, with new technologies, new forms of social organization and a new story about ourselves and the Earth.
Electronic resources
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476641287
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Publisher: [s.l.] : McFarland, 2021.
Content descriptions
- Source of Description Note:
- Description based on print version record.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Science / Global Warming & Climate Change
Science - Genre:
- Electronic books.
Accessibility Features
| LDR | 02647nam a22003137a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 15781044 | ||
| 003 | CARDINAL | ||
| 005 | 20220802150044.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr u|||||||||| | ||
| 008 | 220802p20212022xx o u00 u eng d | ||
| 035 | . | ‡a(OCoLC)1236453532 | |
| 037 | . | ‡5BiblioBoard | |
| 040 | . | ‡aScCtBLL ‡cScCtBLL | |
| 020 | . | ‡a9781476641287 | |
| 100 | 1 | . | ‡aShifferd, Kent D. ‡eauthor. |
| 245 | 0 | 4. | ‡aThe Planetary Emergency ‡bEnvironmental Collapse and the Promise of Ecocivilization / ‡cKent D. Shifferd. |
| 264 | 1. | ‡a[s.l.] : ‡bMcFarland, ‡c2021. | |
| 300 | . | ‡a1 online resource. | |
| 336 | . | ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent | |
| 337 | . | ‡acomputer ‡bc ‡2rdamedia | |
| 338 | . | ‡aonline resource ‡bcr ‡2rdacarrier | |
| 520 | . | ‡aEarth and its inhabitants face an unprecedented crisis--the human-caused destruction of the planet's life support systems. Deteriorating climate bringing super storms, mass forest fires, melting glaciers, droughts, extreme heat and rising seas, a decline in food production, soil loss, water pollution and declining fisheries all threaten the future of life on earth with a looming extinction event not seen for 60 million years. Beginning in the 17th century, we developed a civilization based on radical materialism, exploitation of natural resources and the myth of endless economic growth. For all its technological wonders, this "hypercivilization" has proven unsustainable. This book explores ways we can create an "ecocivilization" compatible with the laws and limits of nature--a new way of living already developing, with new technologies, new forms of social organization and a new story about ourselves and the Earth. | |
| 588 | 0 | . | ‡aDescription based on print version record. |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aScience / Global Warming & Climate Change ‡2bisacsh | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aScience ‡0(CARDINAL)252585 | |
| 655 | 0. | ‡aElectronic books. ‡0(CARDINAL)292592 | |
| 856 | 4 | 0. | ‡uhttps://www.nclive.org/r/?url=https://library.biblioboard.com/content/8520773e-d03d-4201-a7eb-23d55a74ea1d ‡7nclive ‡9BHM ‡9BLADEN ‡9BRASWELL ‡9BROWN ‡9BRUNSWICK ‡9BUNCOMBE ‡9BURKE ‡9CALDWELL ‡9CARTERET ‡9CASWELL ‡9CLEVELAND ‡9DAVIE ‡9DEQ_ELC ‡9DUPLIN ‡9FARMVILLE ‡9FORSYTH ‡9FRANKLIN ‡9GHL ‡9GOV_MANSION ‡9GRANVILLE ‡9HARNETT ‡9HAYWOOD ‡9HENDERSON ‡9HIGH_POINT ‡9IREDELL ‡9JOHNSTON ‡9LEE ‡9MADISON ‡9MAUNEY ‡9NANTAHALA ‡9NC_ARCHIVES ‡9NC_ART ‡9NC_DOL ‡9NC_DOT ‡9NC_LEG ‡9NC_NATSCI ‡9NC_SHS ‡9NORTHWESTERN ‡9ONSLOW ‡9PERRY ‡9PERSON ‡9POLK ‡9ROBESON ‡9ROCKINGHAM ‡9RUTHERFORD ‡9SAMPSON ‡9SANDHILL ‡9SCOTLAND ‡9STANLY ‡9TRV ‡9WARREN ‡9YANCEY ‡yClick for online content. ‡9CAMDEN ‡9CURRITUCK ‡9DARE ‡9JACKSON ‡9PASQUOTANK |
| 901 | . | ‡a15781044 ‡bnclive-script b13694fae295afd278cc221c2373799d778d192b 7d1c5a90e3a05e17e87896619c36b29914307730 ‡c15781044 ‡tbiblio ‡selectronic | |
