Earth Alive.Earth Alive Stan Rowe Newest Press 201-8540-109 Street Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1E6 1897126034 $19.95 www.newestpress.com 1-780-432-9427 Written by a professional academic ecologist who described himself as "Not a misanthrope Misanthrope exposes frivolity and inconsistency of French society (1600s). [Fr. Lit.: Le Misanthrope] See : Frivolity , but a defender of Earth against the excesses of anthropes", Earth Alive: Essays On Ecology is an anthlogy of brief yet well-structured essays about ecology and principle. Ranging from "The Ecology of Cities", to "What on Earth is Life?", to a straightforward "Manifesto for the Earth" (co-written with Ted Mosquin) that stresses the importance of reducing human population levels and human consumptive con·sump·tive adj. Of, relating to, or afflicted with consumption. excess, particularly in developed countries, the essays convey an urgent need to protect dwindling dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. natural resources and look toward sustainable coexistence co·ex·ist intr.v. co·ex·ist·ed, co·ex·ist·ing, co·ex·ists 1. To exist together, at the same time, or in the same place. 2. . Most essays were previously published in various periodical venues, but now they are collected into one serious-minded, scientific, and unabashedly un·a·bashed adj. 1. Not disconcerted or embarrassed; poised. 2. Not concealed or disguised; obvious: unabashed disgust. pro-environmental volume. |
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