Treasures of the Earth - $20.70 - Ali, Saleem H. - 9780300141610

Treasures of the Earth
Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future
Ali, Saleem H.
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Would the world be a better place if human societies were somehow able to curb their desires for material goods? Saleem Ali's pioneering book links human wants and needs by providing a natural history of consumption and materialism with scientific detail and humanistic nuance. It argues that simply disavowing consumption of materials is not likely to help in planning for a resource-scarce future, given global inequality, development imperatives, and our goals for a democratic global society. Rather than suppress the creativity and desire to discover that is often embedded in the exploration and production of material goodswhich he calls the treasure impulseAli proposes a new environmental paradigm, one that accepts our need to consume treasure for cultural and developmental reasons, but warns of our concomitant need to conserve. In evaluating the impact of treasure consumption on resource-rich countries, he argues that there is a way to consume responsibly and alleviate global poverty.

AUTHOR BIO
Saleem H. Ali is associate professor of environmental studies at the University of Vermont and serves on the adjunct faculty of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. He was chosen in 2007 by Seed magazine as one of eight Revolutionary Minds in the World for his work on using the environment to help resolve conflicts. He lives in Essex Junction, VT.

BOOK REVIEWS
"This book provides a welcome linkage between environmental behavior and poverty alleviation. Ali''s call for harnessing the earth''s resources efficiently and equitably deserves to be heeded by all sectors of society and used as a means of spurring innovations towards sustainable development."-Muhammad Yunus; Founder, Grameen Bank; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 2006

MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0300141610
ISBN(13-digit): 9780300141610
Dewey Decimal: 333.7
Library of Congress: 2009018208
Book Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 289
Paper Weight (lb): 1.25 lb

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