The Anthropocene (eBook)

The Human Era and How It Shapes Our Planet

Christian Schwägerl (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
248 Seiten
Synergetic Press (Verlag)
978-0-907791-56-0 (ISBN)

Infos

In this book, Schwägerl explores the ways in which our relationship with nature has gone awry, and taking a step further than this, he suggests how humanity can take action to create a more fruitful future for ourselves and our planet.

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For more than two decades, award-winning science and environmental journalist, Christian Schwagerl has researched how humans, nature, and technology interact. According to Paul Crutzen, we are now living in a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, a time in which human dominance of Earth's biological, chemical and geological processes is an undeniable reality, presenting us with a new role as planetary stewards. This is a thoroughly researched, comprehensive overview of our planetary situation and outlook. Schwagerl off ers tools to create realistic solutions to our ecological crises, and shares his vision of a world that balances ecological sustainability, economic prosperity, political justice and cultural vibrancy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.1.2018
• Vorwort: Paul Crutzen
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Schlagworte: Chemical • cultural vibrancy • Earth’s biological • ecological crises • Economic Prosperity • Exploitation • geological processes • Geologists • geophysicists • how humans • Nature • new geological epoch • planetary stewards • Political justice • Preservation • relationship with nature • sustainability • technology interact
• ISBN-10: 0-907791-56-5 / 0907791565
• ISBN-13: 978-0-907791-56-0 / 9780907791560