Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy

by Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin, Sandra Postel

Overview

The authors of the highly acclaimed State of the World series elaborate upon their vision of a global economy that does not destroy its own natural support systems.

Authoritative yet extremely readable, this book addresses control of energy resources, population, poverty, transportation, taxes, and other issues necessary to create an environmentally sound global economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393308235
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	11/17/1991
Series:	Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.70(d)

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.

Sandra Postel lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she directs the Global Water Policy Project. She is a Pew Fellow in Conservation and the Environment and a former vice president for research at the Worldwatch Institute. Her previous book, Last Oasis, now appears in eight languages and was the basis for a PBS television documentary.