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Consuming goods and services has become a central goal of life in industrial lands the world over. In this book, Alan Durning of the Worldwatch Institute explores the roots of the consumer society, exposes the toll that our appetites have taken on the earth's natural systems, and suggests that... read more
First Sentence
For Sidney Quarrier of Essex, Connecticut, Earth Day 1990 was Judgment Day-the day of ecological reckoning.
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Authors & Contributors
- Alan Thein Durning (Author)
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