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Killing the Koala and Poisoning the Prairie (Paperback)
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Killing the Koala and Poisoning the Prairie (Paperback)
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Loot Price R539
Discovery Miles 5 390
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Though separated by thousands of miles, the United States and
Australia have much in common. Geographically both countries are
expansive-the United States is the fourth largest in land mass and
Australia the sixth-and both possess a vast amount of natural
biodiversity. At the same time, both nations are on a crash course
toward environmental destruction. Highly developed super consumers
with enormous energy footprints and high rates of greenhouse-gas
emissions, they are two of the biggest drivers of climate change
per capita. As renowned ecologists Corey J. A. Bradshaw and Paul R.
Ehrlich make clear in Killing the Koala and Poisoning the Prairie,
both of these countries must confront the urgent question of how to
stem this devastation and turn back from the brink. In this book,
Bradshaw and Ehrlich provide a spirited exploration of the ways in
which the United States and Australia can learn from their shared
problems and combine their most successful solutions in order to
find and develop new resources, lower energy consumption and waste,
and grapple with the dynamic effects of climate change. Peppering
the book with humor, irreverence, and extensive scientific
knowledge, the authors examine how residents of both countries have
irrevocably altered their natural environments, detailing the most
pressing ecological issues of our time, including the continuing
resource depletion caused by overpopulation. They then turn their
discussion to the politics behind the failures of environmental
policies in both nations and offer a blueprint for what must be
dramatically changed to prevent worsening the environmental crisis.
Although focused on two nations, Killing the Koala and Poisoning
the Prairie clearly has global implications-the problems facing the
United States and Australia are not theirs alone, and the solutions
to come will benefit by being crafted in coalition. This book
provides a vital opportunity to learn from both countries' leading
environmental thinkers and to heed their call for a way forward
together.
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