In this Book
- Population Growth, Resource Consumption, and the Environment: Seeking a Common Vision for a Troubled World
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
summary
A public-policy summary of the academic chapters presented at the 1993 Whistler Conference “Population, Consumption and the Environment” in which scholars from the world religions and the aboriginal traditions, as well as scientists, demographers, philosophers and economists from Canada, the U.S., Africa, Japan and India examined the double-sided problem of population pressure and excess consumption, and the resulting degradation of the environment.
Table of Contents
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- Title page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgements
- pp. 8-9
- SECTION I: THE PLANETARY CRISIS
- The Human Context
- pp. 9-14
- The Natural Background
- pp. 15-18
- SECTION II: RELIGIOUS ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES
- Aboriginal Spirituality
- pp. 21-24
- Islam and the Environment
- pp. 33-36
- Chinese Religions
- pp. 49-54
- SECTION III: SECULAR ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES
- SECTION IV: ECONOMIC, LEGAL, AND DEEP ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
- SECTION V: RESPONSES FROM BUSINESS, RELIGION, AND GOVERNMENTS
- Possible Response Options for Religions
- pp. 99-102
- Possible Response Options for Governments
- pp. 103-104
- SECTION VI: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- pp. 105-113
Additional Information
ISBN
9780889206144
Related ISBN(s)
9781550580648
MARC Record
OCLC
614476695
Pages
132
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1995