Hope on Earth - A Conversation

A conversation between two environmental scientists argues that the world sits on the verge of ecological catastrophe due to overpopulation and overconsumption, and offers differing views on how to solve the problem.

About the author

Paul R. Ehrlich lives in California, where he is the Bing Professor of Population Studies and the president of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including, The Population Bomb, The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment, and Humanity on a Tightrope: Thoughts on Empathy, Family, and Big Changes for a Viable Future. Michael Charles Tobias is an ecologist, author, filmmaker, and president of the Dancing Star Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in California and focused on international biodiversity conservation, global environmental education, and animal protection. His works include World War III: Population and the Biosphere at the End of the Millennium, Sanctuary: Global Oases of Innocence, and the recent feature film trilogy No Vacancy, Mad Cowboy, and Hotspots.

Product details

• Authors: Paul R Ehrlich, Paul R. Ehrlich, Paul R./ Tobias Ehrlich, Michael Charles Tobias
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 21.04.2014, delayed
• EAN: 9780226113685
• ISBN: 978-0-226-11368-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology