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Ecocide: Humanity's Environmental Demons
Besides climate warming and oil addiction, the environmental crisis encompasses matters of deforestation, food production, biodiversity loss, water management, waste disposal, human health and psychology, raw materials, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and the paradoxes of technological, economic, and military prowess. Ecocide unravels the enigma of environmental degradation in search of ecumenical and pragmatic solutions for decision-makers and civilians.
Some of the cutting edge techniques and strategies introduced in Ecocide include:
* A new liquid fuel process that could turn almost any country into a net exporter of oil
* A climate change strategy that is fair to both developing and post-developed nations
* A technique to end landfilling plus recover previously landfilled waste
Following each chapter, a series of frequently asked questions provides concrete answers on day to day matters such as:
* Should I cook with natural gas or electricity (microwave, toaster oven, etc.)?
* What fish to eat to save endangered fisheries around the world?
* What is better for the environment, throwing food waste into the trash or down the drain with a food disposal?
* Is there anything we can do with nuclear waste?
* Should I consume GMO foods?
Intended for non-environmentalists and specialists alike, Ecocide presents an overview of the expanding field of Environmental Science and Policy, including the latest research and technology. A book specific web site will keep you up to date in this fast moving field (details inside).
The author is an environmental policy analyst and lawyer from the United States of America. He is also the editor of Political Ecology, a web based meta-journal, and is the founder of Greencore Companies (environmental information services).
This edition is an expanded version of the book previously published as Geocide (the first edition is also available as a paperback from Amazon). To look inside this edition please enter the full title in Google Books (http://books.google.com/).
Some of the cutting edge techniques and strategies introduced in Ecocide include:
* A new liquid fuel process that could turn almost any country into a net exporter of oil
* A climate change strategy that is fair to both developing and post-developed nations
* A technique to end landfilling plus recover previously landfilled waste
Following each chapter, a series of frequently asked questions provides concrete answers on day to day matters such as:
* Should I cook with natural gas or electricity (microwave, toaster oven, etc.)?
* What fish to eat to save endangered fisheries around the world?
* What is better for the environment, throwing food waste into the trash or down the drain with a food disposal?
* Is there anything we can do with nuclear waste?
* Should I consume GMO foods?
Intended for non-environmentalists and specialists alike, Ecocide presents an overview of the expanding field of Environmental Science and Policy, including the latest research and technology. A book specific web site will keep you up to date in this fast moving field (details inside).
The author is an environmental policy analyst and lawyer from the United States of America. He is also the editor of Political Ecology, a web based meta-journal, and is the founder of Greencore Companies (environmental information services).
This edition is an expanded version of the book previously published as Geocide (the first edition is also available as a paperback from Amazon). To look inside this edition please enter the full title in Google Books (http://books.google.com/).
239 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 20, 2007
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July 24, 2013
Not only did I read this one, I also wrote it. This book is a briefing on how we are going to deal with our own impact on the environment and what obstacles (political, economic, technical or otherwise) are in the way. I purposely tried to avoid the Cassandra syndrome, or as Ben Franklin might have put it, ruin croaking. Its just a level headed, clear eyed, and concise view of what is happening between humans and their planet and what we are going to have to do about it sooner or later. That's the first part. The second part has to get a little technical because one cannot think about these issues without going into some detail on how things work: how we clean our sewage, make our food, generate our energy, and so on. These parts are written assuming no prior knowledge so they can be understood by complete beginners. The book is also linked to an infoblog (http://nature.xyvy.info) keeping the issues up-to-date as the field evolves.
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