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ENVIRONMENTALISM IBD

ROUTLEDGE
07 / 2011
9781408255582
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Sinopsis

Why are our environmental problems still growing despite a huge increase in global conservation efforts? Peterson del Mar untangles this paradox by showing how prosperity is essential to environmentalism. Industrializationádrove peopleáto look for meaning in nature even as they consumed its products more relentlessly. Hence England led the way in both manufacturing and preserving its countryside, and the United States created a matchless set of national parksáas it becameáthe worldâÇÖs pre-eminent economic and militaryápower.Environmentalámovements have produced some impressive results, including cleaner air and the preservationáof selected species and places.á Butáagendasáthat challenged western prosperity and comfortáseldom made much progress, and many radical environmentalists have been unabashed utopianists.áEnvironmentalism considers a wide range of conservation and preservation movements and less organized forms of nature loving (from seaside vacations to ecotourism) to argue that these activities have commonlyádistracted us from the hard work of creating a sustainable and sensible relationship with the environment.

PVP
72,42