Reconstructing Earth: Technology and Environment in the Age of Humans

by Braden R. Allenby

The Earth's biological, chemical, and physical systems are increasingly shaped by the activities of one species-ours. In our decisions about everything from manufacturing technologies to restaurant menus, the health of the planet has become a product of human choice. Environmentalism, however, has largely failed to adapt to this new reality.

Reconstructing Earth offers seven essays that explore ways of developing a new, more sophisticated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597260150
• ISBN13: 9781597260152
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"