In this provocative book, J. Robert Hunter asserts that using catchy slogans and symbols to sell the public on environmental conservation is ineffective, misleading, and even dangerous. Debunking the Fifty Simple Things You Can do to Save the Earth approach, Hunter shows that here are no simple solutions to major environmental problems such as species extinction, ozone depletion, global warming, pollution, and non-renewable resource consumption.
In this provocative book, J. Robert Hunter asserts that using catchy slogans and symbols to sell the public on environmental conservation is ineffective, misleading, and even dangerous. Debunking the Fifty Simple Things You Can do to Save the Earth approach, Hunter shows that here are no simple solutions to major environmental problems such as species extinction, ozone depletion, global warming, pollution, and non-renewable resource consumption.
For more than forty-five years, the late J. Robert Hunter was a tropical environmentalist, working on a wide range of crops, forests, and land use practices. He held a Ph.D. in agronomy from Michigan State University.
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Preface 1. A Symbol of Our Environmental Dilemma 2. The Para Rubber Tree 3. Natural to Synthetic 4. Dream the Impossible Dream? 5. Disappearing Jungles—and Forests 6. Jungle Myths and Tall Timber Tales 7. Everybody Plant a Tree 8. The Role of Diversity 9. Impossible Dream into Inevitable Nightmare 10. What to Do with a Used Tire 11. Are We Capable of Doing the Right Thing? 12. High-Tech to the Rescue? 13. Roll Out the Barrel 14. The Para Rubber Tree and Global Ecology 15. “Man’s Inhumanity to Man” Epilogue Notes Index
Preface 1. A Symbol of Our Environmental Dilemma 2. The Para Rubber Tree 3. Natural to Synthetic 4. Dream the Impossible Dream? 5. Disappearing Jungles—and Forests 6. Jungle Myths and Tall Timber Tales 7. Everybody Plant a Tree 8. The Role of Diversity 9. Impossible Dream into Inevitable Nightmare 10. What to Do with a Used Tire 11. Are We Capable of Doing the Right Thing? 12. High-Tech to the Rescue? 13. Roll Out the Barrel 14. The Para Rubber Tree and Global Ecology 15. “Man’s Inhumanity to Man” Epilogue Notes Index
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