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Title: Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth by Williams E. Rees, Mathis Wackernagel, Phil Testemale ISBN: 0-86571-312-X Publisher: New Society Pub Pub. Date: November, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great for the right audience
Comment: This is an interesting book. I bought this originally as a gift for my aunt but upon receiving it I decided it was far too technical for her. Its a great book but you need to already have a basic understanding of and interest in sustainability. If you already have this basic understanding then this book is superb - it can help you take that basic understanding to the next level and not just in terms of understanding how local issues fit together but how global issues do. The authgors try in parts of the book to make this whole thing easy and fun but ultimately this is a pretty technical book - getting into things like the environmental impact of a person/community in Norway versus a person/community elsewhere in the world. Really interesting and definitely more complex than the online tools that you can use to measure your individual impact on the world but again, you need to really be interested in the subject of sustainability to enjoy this book. Lots of "meat" in here to chew on, now a quick read by any means.
Rating: 4
Summary: A book that can change your life.
Comment: I have not only read this book but I have had the honour of hearing author William Rees explain the world's current environmental predicament. His analysis -- as stated in the book and by other readers-- is so simple yet profound. I believe the ecological footprint analysis tool offers one of the best ways to explain to people why they must change their lifestyles. I believe so much in the concept, I have started a business to help the corporate sector implement sustainable practices and policies. Our society probably has a better chance of survival if we can change the way influential companies do business, rather than changing one individual at a time. This book provides the basis for understanding why we must change. Then read Natural Capitalism by Hawken and Lovins and you'll understand how much progress has already been made and how much more is achievable.
Rating: 1
Summary: this guy is a treehugger
Comment: I was assigned to read this book for an nature and human values course. And I must say that this book is by far the worst assigned reading, the level of reading is average, but what bothers me the most is how the author talks down to the other side of the spectrum of the arguement. It is also extremely repetive and I found myself dreading the reading of the next chapter, because I didn't want to read the same thing that was stated in the previous chapter.
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Title: Sharing Nature's Interest : Ecological Footprints as an Indicator of Sustainability by Nicky Chambers, Craig Simmons, Mathis Wackernagel ISBN: 1853837393 Publisher: Earthscan Publications, Ltd. Pub. Date: 28 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists by Michael Brower, Warren Leon ISBN: 060980281X Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 30 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things by John C. Ryan, Alan Thein Durning, Don Baker ISBN: 1886093040 Publisher: Northwest Environment Watch Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins ISBN: 0316353000 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 12 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth by Lester R. Brown ISBN: 0393321932 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 05 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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