The Stork and the Plow
by Paul R. Ehrlich
Product Description
America's most respected experts on population and the authors of the best-seller, The Population Bomb, outline a plan for combatting the coming increase in population with changes in the treatment of women and farmers.
From Publishers Weekly
Global population growth ("the stork") is overtaking agricultural production ("the plow") and jeopardizing Earth's ecosystems, according to the Ehrlichs (The Population Explosion) and Daily, a Stanford Univ. policy analyst. To create a sustainable economy with greater equality between rich and poor, they urge, developed nations should sharply curtail consumption to alleviate pressures on resources and the environment. In the author's blueprint, couples should have a maximum of two children, preferably one; diets should shift toward vegetarianism, away from intensive grain-feeding of animals; wasteful military spending should be reallocated to social needs. Surveying countries from Haiti to China, the authors prescribe "globalization from below" through citizens' movements that would provide employment, give people control over local resources and return power to the grass roots. They also advocate worldwide educational campaigns, readily available contraception and overhaul of world trade to increase equity between industrialized and developing nations. This ambitious, enlightened handbook is a cornucopia of strategies and ideas for concerned citizens and policymakers.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Ehrlich (The Population Bomb, 1968) and his wife, Anne, have long been known for their work on global population growth and its environmental consequences. In this study they admit past mistakes and broaden their argument in an effective way. By focusing on the issue of equity?between nations, classes, and gender groups?the authors confront the nexus of population, environmental decline, and global resource control. They present a convincing array of information and analysis, including examples of successful change promoted by grass-roots groups throughout the Third World. However, when it comes to addressing how structural change can be brought about to promote equity, the conclusions are weak and likely to be ineffectual. Recommended for larger public and most academic libraries.?Bill Rau, Takoma Park, Md.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Gretchen C. Daily was recently appointed the first Bing interdisciplinary research scientist at Stanford.
America's most respected experts on population and the authors of the best-seller, The Population Bomb, outline a plan for combatting the coming increase in population with changes in the treatment of women and farmers.
From Publishers Weekly
Global population growth ("the stork") is overtaking agricultural production ("the plow") and jeopardizing Earth's ecosystems, according to the Ehrlichs (The Population Explosion) and Daily, a Stanford Univ. policy analyst. To create a sustainable economy with greater equality between rich and poor, they urge, developed nations should sharply curtail consumption to alleviate pressures on resources and the environment. In the author's blueprint, couples should have a maximum of two children, preferably one; diets should shift toward vegetarianism, away from intensive grain-feeding of animals; wasteful military spending should be reallocated to social needs. Surveying countries from Haiti to China, the authors prescribe "globalization from below" through citizens' movements that would provide employment, give people control over local resources and return power to the grass roots. They also advocate worldwide educational campaigns, readily available contraception and overhaul of world trade to increase equity between industrialized and developing nations. This ambitious, enlightened handbook is a cornucopia of strategies and ideas for concerned citizens and policymakers.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Ehrlich (The Population Bomb, 1968) and his wife, Anne, have long been known for their work on global population growth and its environmental consequences. In this study they admit past mistakes and broaden their argument in an effective way. By focusing on the issue of equity?between nations, classes, and gender groups?the authors confront the nexus of population, environmental decline, and global resource control. They present a convincing array of information and analysis, including examples of successful change promoted by grass-roots groups throughout the Third World. However, when it comes to addressing how structural change can be brought about to promote equity, the conclusions are weak and likely to be ineffectual. Recommended for larger public and most academic libraries.?Bill Rau, Takoma Park, Md.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Gretchen C. Daily was recently appointed the first Bing interdisciplinary research scientist at Stanford.
FOOD SUPPLYPOVERTYPOLLUTIONHUMAN ECOLOGYOVERPOPULATION
RELEASED1995
PUBLISHERPutnam Adult
LENGTH364
LANGUAGEEN
The Stork and the Plow
by Paul R. Ehrlich
Product Description
America's most respected experts on population and the authors of the best-seller, The Population Bomb, outline a plan for combatting the coming increase in population with changes in the treatment of women and farmers.
From Publishers Weekly
Global population growth ("the stork") is overtaking agricultural production ("the plow") and jeopardizing Earth's ecosystems, according to the Ehrlichs (The Population Explosion) and Daily, a Stanford Univ. policy analyst. To create a sustainable economy with greater equality between rich and poor, they urge, developed nations should sharply curtail consumption to alleviate pressures on resources and the environment. In the author's blueprint, couples should have a maximum of two children, preferably one; diets should shift toward vegetarianism, away from intensive grain-feeding of animals; wasteful military spending should be reallocated to social needs. Surveying countries from Haiti to China, the authors prescribe "globalization from below" through citizens' movements that would provide employment, give people control over local resources and return power to the grass roots. They also advocate worldwide educational campaigns, readily available contraception and overhaul of world trade to increase equity between industrialized and developing nations. This ambitious, enlightened handbook is a cornucopia of strategies and ideas for concerned citizens and policymakers.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Ehrlich (The Population Bomb, 1968) and his wife, Anne, have long been known for their work on global population growth and its environmental consequences. In this study they admit past mistakes and broaden their argument in an effective way. By focusing on the issue of equity?between nations, classes, and gender groups?the authors confront the nexus of population, environmental decline, and global resource control. They present a convincing array of information and analysis, including examples of successful change promoted by grass-roots groups throughout the Third World. However, when it comes to addressing how structural change can be brought about to promote equity, the conclusions are weak and likely to be ineffectual. Recommended for larger public and most academic libraries.?Bill Rau, Takoma Park, Md.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Gretchen C. Daily was recently appointed the first Bing interdisciplinary research scientist at Stanford.
America's most respected experts on population and the authors of the best-seller, The Population Bomb, outline a plan for combatting the coming increase in population with changes in the treatment of women and farmers.
From Publishers Weekly
Global population growth ("the stork") is overtaking agricultural production ("the plow") and jeopardizing Earth's ecosystems, according to the Ehrlichs (The Population Explosion) and Daily, a Stanford Univ. policy analyst. To create a sustainable economy with greater equality between rich and poor, they urge, developed nations should sharply curtail consumption to alleviate pressures on resources and the environment. In the author's blueprint, couples should have a maximum of two children, preferably one; diets should shift toward vegetarianism, away from intensive grain-feeding of animals; wasteful military spending should be reallocated to social needs. Surveying countries from Haiti to China, the authors prescribe "globalization from below" through citizens' movements that would provide employment, give people control over local resources and return power to the grass roots. They also advocate worldwide educational campaigns, readily available contraception and overhaul of world trade to increase equity between industrialized and developing nations. This ambitious, enlightened handbook is a cornucopia of strategies and ideas for concerned citizens and policymakers.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Ehrlich (The Population Bomb, 1968) and his wife, Anne, have long been known for their work on global population growth and its environmental consequences. In this study they admit past mistakes and broaden their argument in an effective way. By focusing on the issue of equity?between nations, classes, and gender groups?the authors confront the nexus of population, environmental decline, and global resource control. They present a convincing array of information and analysis, including examples of successful change promoted by grass-roots groups throughout the Third World. However, when it comes to addressing how structural change can be brought about to promote equity, the conclusions are weak and likely to be ineffectual. Recommended for larger public and most academic libraries.?Bill Rau, Takoma Park, Md.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Gretchen C. Daily was recently appointed the first Bing interdisciplinary research scientist at Stanford.
FOOD SUPPLYPOVERTYPOLLUTIONHUMAN ECOLOGYOVERPOPULATION
RELEASED1995
PUBLISHERPutnam Adult
LENGTH364
LANGUAGEEN