| How Much Is Enough?: The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth Contributor(s): Durning, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 039330891X ISBN-13: 9780393308914 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1992 Annotation: Consuming goods and services has become a central goal of life in industrial lands the world over. In this book, Alan Durning of the Worldwatch Institute explores the roots of the consumer society, exposes the toll that our appetites have taken on the earth's natural systems, and suggests that there are other paths to fulfillment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Resources - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 333.713 |
| LCCN: 92015410 |
| Lexile Measure: 1500 |
| Series: Worldwatch Environmental Alert |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.42" W x 8.01" (0.39 lbs) 202 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It discusses the use of resources, pollution, and the distortions created in the economies of both wealthy industrialized nations and Third World countries. |