Rain forest in your kitchen
Subtitle: the hidden connection between extinction and your supermarket
By: Martin Teitel.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Consumer education.; Environmental protection.; Biological diversity conservation.
Description: Publisher description: The biodiversity crisis -- the extinction of thousands of species of plants and animals -- is not just a faraway problem for scientists to solve. Instead, the crisis is as close as our backyards, our gardens, and our refrigerator shelves. This engaging, practical guide inspires average Americans to wield their consumer power in favor of protecting the world's plant and animal species. Environmentalist activist Martin Teitel offers compelling evidence that by slightly modifying how we shop, eat, and garden, we can collectively influence the operating decisions of today's corporate agribusiness and help preserve our precious genetic resources. Teitel offers strategies so simple that they require no significant lifestyle change or expense.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-112).