Wasted World: How Our Consumption Challenges the Planet

This biologist's "monumental cri de Coeur" for our planet offers a holistic view of our species, the waste we produce, and a path toward sustainability (Nature).

In Wasted World, Rob Hengeveld traces the entwined histories of population growth and resource consumption to reveal how our global waste crises came about. As Hengeveld explains, human life depends on energy, which we first obtained through food. Later, we supplemented this with energy from water, wind, animals, and finally foss...