Vital Signs 1994: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

By Lester R. Brown and Hal Kane

Vital Signs 1994: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future concisely presents the good news, the bad news, and some surprises about the health of our planet and civilization. Worldwatch's award-winning researchers have culled information from around the globe to come up with some 44 keys indicators that best track change in our environmental, economic, and social health. Vital Signs analyzes each indicator--whether on food, carbon emissions, or the arms trade--in text and in easy-to-read graphs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393311821
• ISBN13: 9780393311822
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Worldwatch wrote it, Now let's read it.

This book focuses briefly on subjects of great importance to all life on earth, mainly ours. It begins with reports of the world's harvest (grain,etc.) and ends with human life expectancy. Some of the information was a little difficult for me to believe, but as I read on I realized that the people who helped put all the facts together are concerned not only for our future, but that of Earth. There are no doubt publications containing greater detail regarding the topics discussed (rapid deforestation, pollution of waterways, unsustainable fish catches and the problems facing our farmers). This book and those of the series seems to be a starting point for us to investigate what's important to each of us. (There are 22 pages of reference notes). Many people put a lot of work into this on a continual basis. This book is good for pointing out how the future looks in 1994. I can't wait to read the rest of the series.