Outgrowing the Earth - The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures

If Osama bin Laden and his colleagues succeed in diverting our attention from the real threats to our future security, they may reach their goals for reasons that even they have not imagined.

About the author

Lester R. Brown is the founder of the Earth Policy and Worldwatch Institutes. He has been honored with numerous prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the United Nations Environment Prize, and twenty-five honorary degrees. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Summary

In this eye-opening report, the president of Earth Policy Institute reveals how human demands are outstripping the earth's capacities and what needs to be done about it.

Product details

• Authors: Lester Brown, Lester R Brown, Lester R. Brown, Lester Russell Brown
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2005
• EAN: 9780393327250
• ISBN: 978-0-393-32725-0
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 358 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science