This account of an Australian childhood in the outback, and subsequently in Sydney, encompasses family tragedy, a devastating struggle with the desert environment, and an evocation of the Australian landscape.
This account of an Australian childhood in the outback, and subsequently in Sydney, encompasses family tragedy, a devastating struggle with the desert...
Written in a clear, accessible style with a general audience in mind, the essays in this volume offer fresh approaches to thinking about environmental issues. When we consider the forms of environmental decline most urgently in need of attention -- eroding soils, shrinking forests, expanding deserts, acid rain, ozone depletion, air pollution, poisoned water supplies, the loss of biological diversity -- it may seem logical that scientists should be the people mobilized to tackle these problems. Yet to devise effective solutions for today's environmental threats, we must situate them within...
Written in a clear, accessible style with a general audience in mind, the essays in this volume offer fresh approaches to thinking about environmen...
