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Brown, Lester R. – Today's Education, 1978
The question is not whether we will accommodate ourselves to the earth's systems and resources, but how we will do so; education can play an important role in this. (DS)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Environmental Education, Global Approach
Brown, Lester R.; And Others – 1992
This book is the 1992 report by Worldwatch Institute on the progress toward a sustainable society. The book contains 11 chapters discussing topics related to the theme: (1) "Denial in the Decisive Decade" (Sandra Postel); (2) "Conserving Biological Diversity" (John C. Ryan); (3) "Building a Bridge to Sustainable…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Ecology, Energy, Environmental Education
Brown, Lester R. – Buzzworm, 1993
Presents an excerpt from the first edition of Vital Signs, a Worldwide Institute publication that provides an annual update on global environmental trends. Includes discussion of the dismantling of nuclear arms, reduction in chlorofluorocarbon production, growth in bicycle production, the decline in cigarette smoking, and decline in military…
Descriptors: Ecology, Energy, Environmental Education, Fertilizers
Brown, Lester R.; And Others – 1993
This tenth edition of "State of the World" is divided into ten sections, each written by a different author, concerning different environment related topics. Section one, titled "A New Era Unfolds," discusses the economic costs of environmental degradation, the slowing of growth in food output, the end of rapid gross national…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Conservation (Environment), Ecological Factors, Ecology
Download full textBrown, Lester R.; And Others – 1989
There are more people being affected by environmental change than ever before. The deterioration of the earth's physical condition appears to be accelerating. This sixth in a series of annual reports is a collection of 10 essays detailing the major threats to global environmental security and possible responses to them. Included are: (1) "A World…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Climate, Conservation (Environment), Ecology
Brown, Lester R.; And Others – 1986
The third of three annual assessments concentrating on the relationship between the world economy and its environmental support systems, this edition expands earlier themes on how economic demands of a world population approaching 5 billion affects the earth's natural systems and resources to embrace threats to security as well. The first of 11…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Disarmament
Brown, Lester R. – 1978
The purpose of this book is to examine the interaction of the world's ecological, economic, and social systems. It is divided into 12 chapters, with the first chapter providing an introduction and overview. Chapter two assesses the dimensions of the ecological stresses being put on the environment, specifically, the world's oceans, forests,…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Climate, Climate Control, Conservation (Environment)
