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In this revised and updated edition, David Suzuki and Holly Dressel explore the ways in which human beings have evolved beyond their needs, trampling other species, believing that they can make the Earth work the way they want it to. The book examines how human arrogance — demonstrated by a disregard for the small and microscopic species that constitute the Earth’s engine, and the reckless use of technological inventions like powerful herbicides or genetically engineered crops — is threatening the health of the populace and the safety of the food supply. But this is not simply a doom-and-gloom scenario or alarmist creed. The authors introduce readers to the people who are fighting back, those who are resisting the inexorable advance of the "global economy" juggernaut. From Naked Ape to Superspecies offers strategies for making the right turn at this crossroads and prospering by reshaping the place of humanity in nature.
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When we began work on the first edition of this hook at the very end of the twentieth century, it was becoming clear that the environmental goals put forth with so much hope at the focal points of decades of environmental activism, the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro back in 1992, were not only unable to keep up with increasing environmental degradation, they were under relentless assault by mainstream economic and political forces. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
patenting regime, love economy, perverse subsidies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Third World, North America, World Bank, First World, British Columbia, United Nations, Maude Barlow, Second World War, Vandana Shiva, Elizabeth May, European Union, Love Canal, Green Revolution, New York, Soviet Union, Third Sector, Roundup Ready, Hazel Henderson, Lois Gibbs, North Carolina, Tree People, David Korten, New Zealand, Paul Watson New!
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When we began work on the first edition of this hook at the very end of the twentieth century, it was becoming clear that the environmental goals put forth with so much hope at the focal points of decades of environmental activism, the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro back in 1992, were not only unable to keep up with increasing environmental degradation, they were under relentless assault by mainstream economic and political forces. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
patenting regime, love economy, perverse subsidies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Third World, North America, World Bank, First World, British Columbia, United Nations, Maude Barlow, Second World War, Vandana Shiva, Elizabeth May, European Union, Love Canal, Green Revolution, New York, Soviet Union, Third Sector, Roundup Ready, Hazel Henderson, Lois Gibbs, North Carolina, Tree People, David Korten, New Zealand, Paul Watson New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Love Canal: The Story Continues... by Lois Marie Gibbs on 5 pages
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson on 5 pages
- When Corporations Rule the World by David C Korten on page 270, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Case Against the Global Economy: And for a Turn Toward the Local by Jerry Mander in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The End of Nature: Tenth Anniversary Edition by Bill McKibben on page 91, page 92, and Back Matter
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