From naked ape to superspecies : humanity and the global eco-crisis /
Suzuki, David T., 1936- ,
From naked ape to superspecies : humanity and the global eco-crisis / David Suzuki, Holly Dressel. - x, 404 páginas
Incluye bibliografía.
_ Sharing each other´s skin -- Bugs [actual symbol not reproducible] us -- Bigfoot -- Sez who? -- Unnatural selections -- Your money or your life forms -- Follow the money -- Globalization blues -- The other world -- Complex pleasures.
´David Suzuki and Holly Dressel show us how human mismanagement threatens the health of our children and the safety of our food supply, throwing into sharp relief the worldwide dynamics of trade, finance, culture and science. With fresh examples and analyses throughout and a completely new introductory chapter, they further explore the alarming rise of globalization and the ever-burgeoning escalation of multinational corporate power, while shedding greater light on the pitfalls and problems of biotechnology.´ ´But this book isn´t just a catalogue of how humans are relentlessly damaging the planet´s air, soil and water and precipitating biodiversity collapse; it´s also a clarion call to action that highlights how individuals everywhere - from anti-globalization protesters to farmers challenging the pervasiveness of industrially manipulated seeds and foods - are trying to alter the perilous course we seem to have set for ourselves.´--BOOK JACKET.
155365031X 9781553650317
Ecología humana.
Evolución humana.
Hombre--Influencia sobre la naturaleza.
304.28 / S968f 2004
From naked ape to superspecies : humanity and the global eco-crisis / David Suzuki, Holly Dressel. - x, 404 páginas
Incluye bibliografía.
_ Sharing each other´s skin -- Bugs [actual symbol not reproducible] us -- Bigfoot -- Sez who? -- Unnatural selections -- Your money or your life forms -- Follow the money -- Globalization blues -- The other world -- Complex pleasures.
´David Suzuki and Holly Dressel show us how human mismanagement threatens the health of our children and the safety of our food supply, throwing into sharp relief the worldwide dynamics of trade, finance, culture and science. With fresh examples and analyses throughout and a completely new introductory chapter, they further explore the alarming rise of globalization and the ever-burgeoning escalation of multinational corporate power, while shedding greater light on the pitfalls and problems of biotechnology.´ ´But this book isn´t just a catalogue of how humans are relentlessly damaging the planet´s air, soil and water and precipitating biodiversity collapse; it´s also a clarion call to action that highlights how individuals everywhere - from anti-globalization protesters to farmers challenging the pervasiveness of industrially manipulated seeds and foods - are trying to alter the perilous course we seem to have set for ourselves.´--BOOK JACKET.
155365031X 9781553650317
Ecología humana.
Evolución humana.
Hombre--Influencia sobre la naturaleza.
304.28 / S968f 2004