Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the EarthAn excellent handbook for community activists, planners, teachers, students and policy makers. |
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User Review - thatotter - LibraryThingThe Ecological Footprint concept is a good way to conceptualize one's consumption of the earth's resources, but somehow it seems a bit too basic and non-instructive to have practical use. Maybe there ... Read full review
Contents
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS FOR BEGINNERS | 7 |
Planning for a Sustainable Future | 28 |
List of Boxes | 31 |
Consumption categories | 66 |
The consumption landuse matrix | 77 |
THE SEARCH FOR SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES | 125 |
The cycle of change in decisionmaking | 137 |
List of Tables | 150 |
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Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth Mathis Wackernagel,William Rees No preview available - 1998 |
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