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If use was even roughly equal among people , measuring human impact would be a relatively simple matter of multiplying the amount of energy and raw materials each person uses by the number of the world's people .
If use was even roughly equal among people , measuring human impact would be a relatively simple matter of multiplying the amount of energy and raw materials each person uses by the number of the world's people .
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Freshwater distribution around the world is largely an act of nature , but its consumption is a matter for which we cannot shirk responsibility . THESE differentials clearly pose problems and dangers , not only because economic ...
Freshwater distribution around the world is largely an act of nature , but its consumption is a matter for which we cannot shirk responsibility . THESE differentials clearly pose problems and dangers , not only because economic ...
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... a matter of peripheral concern to the rich . It touched the hearts of good people ... It was possible , therefore , to indulge the pretense that things were not what they seemed , or that even if they were , they did not matter .
... a matter of peripheral concern to the rich . It touched the hearts of good people ... It was possible , therefore , to indulge the pretense that things were not what they seemed , or that even if they were , they did not matter .
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis book addresses the question: "If the development of the quarter of the world's people who are now rich has brought us all so close to the limits of sustainable living on Earth, how is the ... Read full review
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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