ABSTRACT
Three topics dominate discussions of the global environment: pollution; the consequences of the affluent running ever faster through finite resources; and the growing tensions between rich and poor as a third of humanity continues to live and die in desperate poverty. In this exceptional book Barbara Ward (co-author with Rene Dubos of the bestselling Only One Earth) refused to see these processes as inevitable. It describes new technologies for recycling waste, for energy, forgetting more or less linking them to ordinary people's working lives. It also suggests a strategy for meeting the basic needs of the disadvantaged, and shows how the vast inequalities between countries can be reduced. This perceptive survey of policies outlines a planetary bargain between the world's nations that would guarantee individual freedom from poverty and keep our shared biosphere in good working order. Originally published in 1988
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|154 pages
New Directions for the Industrial Order
chapter 1|8 pages
Energy: How Big is The Gap?
chapter 2|10 pages
The Nuclear Option
chapter 3|14 pages
Energy Alternatives
chapter 4|15 pages
Saving Fuel
chapter 5|7 pages
The Recycling Revolution
chapter 6|8 pages
Industry: Rewards And Risks
chapter 7|7 pages
A Role for The Citizen?
chapter 8|7 pages
Waters and Wastes
chapter 9|6 pages
Fuel for Food
chapter 10|9 pages
Safer Diets, Wiser Means
chapter 11|8 pages
Farming for Tomorrow
chapter 12|8 pages
The Launching Pad
chapter 13|12 pages
Back to Full Employment?
chapter 14|14 pages
Toward “Private Socialism “
chapter 15|21 pages
Cities: Survival or Else?
part Two|64 pages
Priorities for Development
chapter 16|8 pages
A Time for Choice?
chapter 17|11 pages
“The Land to The Tiller”
chapter 18|8 pages
Fuel for Basic Needs
chapter 19|10 pages
Water and Food Supplies
chapter 20|12 pages
“Walking on Two Legs”
chapter 21|15 pages
Taming The Cities
part Three|35 pages
A Conserving Planet?