Book Byte: Learning from the Past
Contributing Organization(s): Earth Policy Institute
Author(s)/Creator(s): Lester R. Brown
Publishing Date: 2007-09-01
Issue Areas: Economic Development; Energy and Environment; Nonprofits and Philanthropy
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Access Note: This is an adaptation of Chapter 1, Entering a New World, from Lester R. Brown's "Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble." The chapter may be downloaded in PDF format from website.
Available at: http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/Seg/PB2ch01_ss4.htm
Our twenty-first century global civilization is not the first to face the prospect of environmentally induced economic decline. The question is how we will respond. We do have one unique asset at our command -- an archeological record that shows us what happened to earlier civilizations that got into environmental trouble and failed to respond.
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Access Note: This is an adaptation of Chapter 1, Entering a New World, from Lester R. Brown's "Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble." The chapter may be downloaded in PDF format from website.
Available at: http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/Seg/PB2ch01_ss4.htm
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