Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for SurvivalLime Tree, 1992 - 291 pages |
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... nature . Natural resource depletion , atmospheric pollution , hazardous waste disposal - all were there in the beginning , though barely recognizable as the first salvos of the assault . They were to develop into the equivalent of ...
... nature . Natural resource depletion , atmospheric pollution , hazardous waste disposal - all were there in the beginning , though barely recognizable as the first salvos of the assault . They were to develop into the equivalent of ...
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... nature . Long before we became nature's interpreters we were nature's creation . THERE is another downside to human progress : It has decidedly not been progress for most human beings . The material progress of which we are most proud ...
... nature . Long before we became nature's interpreters we were nature's creation . THERE is another downside to human progress : It has decidedly not been progress for most human beings . The material progress of which we are most proud ...
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... nature . Thus the world of morality , with its inherent possibility of holiness , was sharply distinguished from the world of nature . ( p . 99 ) Though the Jewish scriptures are often held up as reflecting an envi- ronmentally ...
... nature . Thus the world of morality , with its inherent possibility of holiness , was sharply distinguished from the world of nature . ( p . 99 ) Though the Jewish scriptures are often held up as reflecting an envi- ronmentally ...
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Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
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