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1	Who Will Feed China?: Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet more books like this by Lester Russell Brown To feed its 1.2 billion people, China may soon have to import so much grain that this action could trigger unprecedented rises in world food prices. In Who Will Feed China: Wake-up Call for a Small Planet, Lester Brown shows that even as water becomes more scarce in a land where 80 percent of the grain crop is irrigated, as per-acre yield gains ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Eco-Economy: Building a New Economy for the Environmental Age more books like this by Lester Russell Brown "The guru of the global environmental movement" ("The Telegraph of Calcutta") argues that, like the Sumerian and Mayan civilizations, our economy is fast destroying its environmental support systems, threatening future generations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble more books like this by Lester Russell Brown A bold new plan for those concerned about rising temperatures, population projections, and spreading water scarcity. Lester Brown notes that if the environmental trends of recent decades continue, the global economy will soon begin to unravel. The food sector, he believes, is the most vulnerable. Record-high temperatures and falling water tables ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Full House: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity more books like this by Lester Russell Brown, Hal Kane After decades of steady growth, the world's food supply is no longer keeping up with population increases. Production of fish and grain per person has slowed to the point where feeding the 90 million being added each year is possible only by reducing consumption among those already here. These are the findings in this fourth volume in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Tough choices : facing the challenge of food scarcity more books like this by Lester R. Brown In this title the author uses up-to-the-minute information to respond to the widening gap between world demand for grain and lagging yields of oceanic fisheries and croplands. He proposes steps that can be taken to expand food production and buy additional time to stabilize population, and he also explores opportunities for reducing per-capita ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.48! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Beyond Malthus: Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge more books like this by Lester Russell Brown (Foreword by), Brian Halweil (Foreword by), Gary Gardner (Foreword by) On the bicentennial of Malthus's legendary essay on the tendency for population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, the question facing the world is not whether population growth will slow, but how. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.01! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Building a Sustainable Society more books like this by Lester Russell Brown see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization more books like this by John Perlin The abundance or scarcity of forest shaped in large part the culture, demographics, economy, politics, and technologies of past societies. The author brings a richly detailed examination of how past societies dealt with deforestation and how this can be used to understand the deforestation problem today. Maps and drawings. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy more books like this by Lester Russell Brown, Sandra Postel, Christopher Flavin The authors of the highly acclaimed State of the World series elaborate upon their vision of a global economy that does not destroy its own natural support systems. Authoritative yet extremely readable, this book addresses control of energy resources, population, poverty, transportation, taxes, and other issues necessary to create an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	State of the World 2000 more books like this by Lester Russell Brown, Linda Starke (Editor), Hilary French This annual survey by the award-winning Worldwatch Institute is written in clear and concise language and features easy-to-read charts and tables. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.49! \| first editions \| SVS
11	State of the World 1992 more books like this by Lester Russell Brown Now in its ninth year, the Worldwatch Institute's "annual physical of the planet" has established itself as the "bible" of the global environmental movement. This edition covers such topics as the future of oil, how to make cities more livable, the role that mining and ranching have played in environmental degradation, and more. Charts and tables. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12	In the Human Interest: A Strategy to Stabilize World Population more books like this by Lester Russell Brown see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.40! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	State of the World 1997: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society more books like this by Lester Russell Brown In this newest volume, the contributors show clearly that the blithe assumptions of the past are causing irreparable damage to the natural world, our economies, and , indeed, to the civilization that has grown up with the Industrial Age. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The World Watch Reader: On Global Environmental Issues more books like this by Lester Russell Brown Written by the world's preeminent environmental research team, this updated edition offers an in-depth diagnosis of the Earth's ills as well as a practical vision of how to create an environmentally responsible future. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	State of the World 1996: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society more books like this by Lester Russell Brown In this edition of "State of the World", Lester R. Brown and the other researchers at Worldwatch identify and describe the rapid acceleration of trends that is driving human experimentation across the thresholds of change far more rapidly than in the past, challenging our ability to react rationally and quickly. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	State of the World, 1995: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society more books like this by Lester Russell Brown Produced by the award-winning Worldwatch Institute and considered to be the bible of the global environment movement, State of the World maps out what an environmentally sustainable society will look like. It has become an indispensable guide for national leaders as well as concerned citizens everywhere. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17	State of the World, 1991 more books like this by Lester Russell Brown Now in its eighth year, the Worldwatch Institute's "annual physical of the planet" has achieved semi-official international status. As environmental issues move from news headlines onto the political agenda, State of the World has become an indispensable guide for national leaders as well as concerned citizens on all continents. Charts and tables. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
18 view cover	State of the World 1993: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society more books like this by Lester Russell Brown see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures more books like this by Lester Russell Brown In this eye-opening report, the president of Earth Policy Institute reveals how human demands are outstripping the earth's capacities and what needs to be done about it. see all copies from $2.37! new only from $8.99! \| SVS
20 view cover	State of the World 1998: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society more books like this by Lester Russell Brown (Foreword by) Written in clear and concise language, with easy-to-read charts and tables, STATE OF THE WORLD presents a view of our changing world that we, and our leaders, cannot afford to ignore. Topics include an assessment of the world's forests, an analysis of the decline of fisheries around the world, a survey of all major groups of vertebrate fauna ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.98! \| first editions
21	State of the World 1990: A Worldwatch Institute on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society more books like this by Lester Russell Brown, Alan Durning This seventh annual examination of the world's ecological health by the Worldwatch Institute provides a global action plan for shaping a sustainable society and dealing with environmental concerns--such as climate, air pollution, water and food supplies, and other problems. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Vital Signs, 1994: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future more books like this by Lester R. Brown 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, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions
23 view cover	Earth Policy Reader more books like this by Lester Russell Brown Foreseeing a time when recycling industries will replace mining, award-winning environmental analyst Brown and his colleagues chart progress in building the eco-economy, an economy that is compatible with the earth's ecosystem. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
24	By Bread Alone more books like this by Lester Russell Brown see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.73! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	State of the World 1994: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society more books like this by Lester Russell Brown see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.77! \| first editions \| SVS

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