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Subtitle: exposing the vital link between what we do and what that does to our planet
By: Thomas M. Kostigen ; [foreword by Kevin Bacon]
Edition: 1st HarperCollins pbk. ed.
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780061580376
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Nature; Effect of human beings on; Environmental protection; Citizen participation; Environmentalism; Human influence on nature
Description: An environmental journalist describes his visits to vulnerable places throughout the world to shed light on the actual costs of everyday choices, in a report that links electricity use to the melting polar ice caps, and newspapers to the destruction of the rainforests.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: Losing our past : Jerusalem, Israel; title: Our future : Mumbai, India; title: We are not alone : Borneo, Southeast Asia; title: What are we doing? : Linfen City, China; title: Distant consequences : Shishmaref Village, Alaska; title: Nature's oxygen factory : the Amazon jungle; title: The reality of our actions : the Fresh Kills Landfill, New York; title: Where the currents take our trash : the Eastern Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean; title: The greatest problem no one has heard about : the Great Lakes, Duluth, Minnesota; title: Where to spread your wings : home, Santa Monica, California.