| Author |
McKibben, Bill.
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| Publication |
[Collingwood, Vic.] : Black Inc., 2010.
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| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Call # |
eBOOK |
| Note |
Non fiction. |
| Audience |
Adult. |
| Contents |
Cover page; title page; copyright page; preface; 1 a new world; 2 high tide; 3 backing off; 4 lightly, carefully, gracefully; acknowledgments ; index ; about the author |
| Summary |
Twenty years ago, in The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he argues, we need to acknowledge that we've waited too long, and that massive change is not only unavoidable but already underway. Our old familiar planet is melting, drying, acidifying, flooding and burning in ways humans have never seen. We've created a new planet, still recognisable but fundamentally different. In Eaarth, McKibben surveys the changes already taking place and considers what they will mean for our future.Adapting to our ne. |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Growth -- Environmental aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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Environmental degradation.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects.
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Global warming -- Social aspects.
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| Genre |
Electronic books. |
| Addl. Author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| Related To |
Print version: McKibben, Bill Eaarth : Making a Life on a Tough New Planet Melbourne : Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd,c2010 9781863954723 |
| ISBN |
9781921866227 electronic bk. |
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1921866225 electronic bk. |
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