“The question is not whether globalization is creating massive social and environmental damage—it is—but what we need to do in order to achieve a fairer and more sustainable future. Private Planet makes a provocative and important contribution to the development of alternatives.” —Barry Coates, director of the World Development Movement
Climate scientist and green activist David Cromwell examines how and why the forces of globalization are opposing ecological sustainability, human rights, and social justice, and draws on examples from around the world to show what we can do to reverse the process. He makes the point that centralized state and corporate power is vulnerable to significant grassroots awareness and activism. This book's solutions offer ample cause for hope and cautious optimism.
David Cromwell is an oceanographer at the Southampton Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom and has worked for Shell International as an exploration geophysicist.
Environmental Studies
256 pages, Trade Paper, 6 x 9
Distribution Rights: WOR X UK
$19.95 (CAN $29.95)
9781897766620 (1897766629) Pub Date: April 2002
Jon Carpenter Publishing