false 5998412 1 <P>The Earth is now desperately vulnerable; so are we. This gift-priced-and-sized book contains original, stimulating mini-essays about what is going wrong with our planet and about the greatest challenge of our century: how to save the Earth for us all. It is pithy, yet intellectually credible well-referenced, wry, yet deadly serious. An all-new U.S. edition-the U.K. edition has sold over 40,000 copies!</P><P>Researched and written by an eminent British architect, James Bruges, <I>The Little Earth Book</I> is a clarion call to action, a mind-boggling collection of mini-essays on today's most important environmental concerns, from global warming and poisoned food to economic growth, Third World debt, genes and "superbugs." Undogmatic but sure-footed, the style is light, explaining complex issues with easy language, illustrations and cartoons. Ideas are developed chapter by chapter, yet each one stands alone. It is an easy browse-equally at home bedside, in the bathroom or in a briefcase.</P><P><I>The Little Earth Book</I> provides hope, with new ideas and examples of people swimming against the current, of bold ideas that work in practice. Did you know:</P><P>If everyone adopted the Western lifestyle, we would need five earths to support us.<BR>In 50 years the U.S. has-with intensive pesticide use, doubled the amount of crops lost to pests.<BR>Environmental disasters have created more than 80 million refugees.</P><P>Packed with easy-to-digest information, James Bruges spells out, clearly, concisely and with alarming documentation just what we're up against and what must be done.</P><P>Presented in the same trim size as <I>50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know</I>, this book continues Disinformation's line of value-priced, impulse purchase books.</P><P>We will be working with environmental groups to launch <I>The Little Earth Book</I> on Earth Day 2004 (April 22nd) with a wave of publicity and advertising.</P> 6173127 1 1 2000 Little Earth Book total:1|4:1| 1 4 3 0 0 0 false false Mon Mar 30 13:39:04 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 13:39:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 02 12:54:32 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 12:54:44 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:28:26 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 00:28:31 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5998412