Slow Reckoning

by TomAthanasiou (Author)

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  Paperback
  1998

  $3.25

  Most people today try to be environmentalists. They recycle rubbish, drive a bit less, and shop for energy-efficient products. They think they are making a difference - but they're wrong. Athanasiou locates the roots of the crisis in the planetary divide between rich and poor, between developed and developing nations, and warns of the apocalyptic consequences if we don't undertake radical social and economic changes to forestall disaster.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $4.20

  Most people today try to be environmentalists. They recycle rubbish, drive a little less, and shop for energy-efficient products. They think they're making a difference - but they're wrong. The real threats to our environment can't be halted or even slowed by the feel-good environmentalism of the industrialized world. This text locates the roots of the crisis in the planetary divide between rich and poor, developed and developing nations - and warns of the apocalyptic consequences if we continue to pursue First World strategies of economic development.