A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations (Taschenbuch) von Clive Ponting   Synopsis: Like Jared Diamond's "Collapse", Clive Ponting's book studies the relationship between the environment and human history. It examines world civilizations from Sumeria to ancient Egypt, from Easter Island to the Roman Empire and it argues that human beings have repeatedly built societies that have grown and prospered by exploiting the Earth's resources, only to expand to the point where those resources could no longer sustain the societies' populations and subsequently collapsed. He shows, for example, how the fall of Rome has particular and vital importance for our modern global civilization. Destructive environmental behaviour today takes place on a much larger scale than ever before and the consequences will be correspondingly greater. Ponting argues for a higher sensitivity to the finite nature of our resources and the catastrophic impact on our modern world, should we continue to squander those resources. This new edition of Clive Ponting's international bestseller has been revised, expanded and updated. It provides not only a compelling story of how we have damaged the environment for thousands of years but also an up-to-the-minute assessment of the crisis facing the world today - and the problems that have to be faced in the search for solutions. Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  New ,  Green ,  History  ab 1 Euro! Siehe auch folgende Artikel: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some Are So Poor von David S. Landes Sonstige Artikel: Isotronic Verilux - Sunshine in a box AGL E-27 60 W 2er shrinkpack von Isotronic 'Ich würde es genauso wieder machen'. Sophie Scholl. (Taschenbuch) von Barbara Leisner Shooting Dogs (OmU) von John Hurt Mehr zu  World,  Environment Home ...,    Angebote ansehen ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)