The Big Picture Reflections on Science, Humanity, and a Quickly Changing Planet

by Suzuki, David; Taylor, David

• ISBN13: 9781553653974
• ISBN10: 1553653971
• Edition: Original
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Greystone Books

Summary

The Big Picture looks beyond our environmental problems to examine the forces that prevent real change from occurring. Whether he's discussing how to reconcile economy with ecology, why a warmer world will result in more poison ivy, or why we might need to start eating jelly-fish for supper, David Suzuki points the direction we must go as a society. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
Blinded by Science Research and the perils of ignorance	p. 5
Smarter Than Your Average Planet Interconnections in the biosphere	p. 34
Getting to Know the Joneses Protecting the diversity of life on Earth	p. 58
Putting Mother Nature on the Payroll Natural services and economics	p. 84
Hot Hot Heat Global warming and climate change	p. 110
You Can't Get There from Here Car culture and global transportation	p. 136
Jellyfish-It's What's for Dinner Feeding the planet in the twenty-first century	p. 163
The True Cost of Gadgets Technology and the culture of consumerism	p. 194
Lights, Camera, Sound Bite Social change and the media	p. 219
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Public policy for a sustainable planet	p. 245
Final Words	p. 271
Acknowledgments	p. 273
Index	p. 275
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