ENVIRONMENTALISM
AND CONSERVATION
296 The dominion of man
over nature rests only
on knowledge
Humankind’s dominance
over nature297 Nature is a
great economist
The peaceful coexistence
of humankind and nature298 In wildness is the
preservation of the world
Romanticism, conservation,
and ecology299 Man everywhere is
a disturbing agent
Human devastation
of Earth300 Solar energy is
both without limit
and without cost
Renewable energy306 The time has come for
science to busy itself
with the Earth itself
Environmental ethics308 Think globally,
act locally
The Green Movement310 The consequences of
today’s actions on
tomorrow’s world
Man and the Biosphere
Programme312 Predicting a population’s
size and its chances
of extinction
Population viability analysis316 Climate change is
happening here. It
is happening now
Halting climate change322 The capacity to sustain
the world’s population
Sustainable biosphere
initiative324 We are playing dice with
the natural environment
The economic impact of
climate change326 Monocultures and
monopolies are destroying
the harvest of seed
Seed diversity328 Natural ecosystems and
their species help sustain
and fulfill human life
Ecosystem services330 We are living on this
planet as though we have
another one to go to
Waste disposal332 DIRECTORY
340 GLOSSARY
344 INDEX
351 QUOTE ATTRIBUTIONS
352 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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