FEEDING THE TEN BILLION PLANTS AND POPULATION GROWTH L.T. EVANS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1998 PART IX 8.4 Silent Spring: The gathering storm In Silent Spring Rachel Carson wrote of the alienation between modern agriculture and nature: ‘Single crop farming does not take advantage of the principles by which nature works. Nature has introduced great variety …
THE STORY OF MAN AN INTRODUCTION TO 150,000 YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY CARROLL & GRAF 2007 PART X Chapter 16: Riding the Roller-coaster: The European Experience Chapter 17: The Scourge of Asia Chapter 18: Riding the Roller-Coaster: The Asian Experience Chapter 19: The World in 1455 An alien visitor conducting an audit of the …
A NEW GREEN HISTORY OF THE WORLD THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE COLLAPSE OF GREAT CIVILISATIONS CLIVE PONTING VINTAGE BOOKS 2007 PART VI Chapter 8: The Rape of the World Over the last 10,000 years human activities have brought about major changes in the world’s ecosystems. The expansion of settlements, the creation of fields and …
THE STORY OF MAN AN INTRODUCTION TO 150,000 YEARS CARROLL & GRAF 2007 PART IX Chapter 14: Europe After Rome Chapter 15: The World in 1095 The Christian Europe that Pope Urban called to arms in November 1095 was very different from the empire over which Constantine had ruled 700 years earlier. One striking …
Book Review Introduction In Part 5 of A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations, Clive Ponting tells us that “The 18th century was marked by a wave of optimism about the future and the inevitability of progress in every field.” “The Reverend Thomas Malthus took a much …
THE STORY OF MAN AN INTRODUCTION TO 150,000 YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY CYRILL AYDON CARROLL & GRAF 2007 PART VIII Chapter 13: The triumph of Islam It had taken 300 years from Jesus’s first outdoor sermon for Christianity to become the official religion of a great empire. The next religion to arise in the same …
Book Review Introduction In Part 4 of A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations, Clive Ponting tells us that “Until about 300 years ago the world’s population never increased by more than about 0.1% a year – 1/20th of the current rate.” “The 18th century saw the …
THE STORY OF MAN AN INTRODUCTION TO 150,000 YEARS CARROLL & GRAF 2007 PART VII Chapter 12: The World in 500 By the year 500, the culture of wet rice farming with iron tools developed in China was also firmly established in the two countries – Korea and Japan – most exposed to Chinese influence. …
Book Review Introduction In Part 3 of A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations, Clive Ponting tells us that “Extensive deforestation has been a problem for a number of societies throughout history. Wood is the one readily available resource for heating, cooking and construction.” “The effects of …
THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES JEAN GIONO WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY MICHAEL McCURDY CHELSEA GREEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 1985 PART II At that time Bouffier was about to plant beeches at a spot some twelve kilometers from his cottage. In order to avoid traveling back and forth – for he was then seventy-five – he planned to …
