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World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse

af Lester R. Brown

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In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now.We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletion of aquifers and avoid water-driven food shortages? Can we cope with peak water and peak oil at the same time? These are some of the issues Lester R. Brown skilfully distils in World on the Edge. Bringing decades of research and analysis into p… (mere)
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Published in 2011 and here appraised in 2017, World on the Edge possesses many issues of which many are derived from hindsight and public literacy. While it may be well-written, well-researched, and credible essay, most of the arguments made in World on the Edge have already entered public awareness. Furthermore, most of the statistics are extremely time-sensitive, being that they are often due to short-term variables or are simply out-of-date. For instance, the book cites national or state-created goals to be completed by 2020—three years from the contemporary date (Aug 24, 17) but at least nine from conception. The time scale that this book operates on makes it suffer for the contemporary reader.

It also needs to be stressed that the arguments don't argue much anymore—or even at all for that matter. The main thrust of the essay (WotE follows more of an essay structure than that of a nonfiction book; this is something to its credit) is that "something (body chapters) needs to be done." Most of the "something" (green tech, stopping global warming, better food consumption) is already in the public vernacular. Thus, World on the Edge doesn't present much newfound methods or reasons—perhaps even for 2011 (if I am wrong, than the essay is more a historic argument than a present one, and should be read as such). Furthermore, the arguments are relatively shallow. Most people can agree that wind power is good; those who don't tend to be climate change deniers ("The good thing about science is that you don't have to believe in it for it to be true" — Neil deGrasse Tyson), or people who have something to gain from other sources of energy. Thus, political muck, electoral processes, cost to implement, and so on, present greater hurdles than convincing people that we need wind power. THIS is the discourse I would have liked to have seen from World on the Edge, as its primary argument doesn't amount to much, since at this point, it is similar to arguing that two plus two equals four.

That said, its readable and factual, though I would preferred actual endnotes to a url with supposed endnotes—as an essayist myself, this bothers me and makes me dispute the validity of the source. It is deserving of the three-star rating I have given it, but still considerably lacking components which would have made it superior or unique. ( )
  MarchingBandMan | Aug 24, 2017 |
French translation.
Lester Brown is a US environmental analyst, founder of the Worldwatch Institute, and founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization. He is considered as one of the leading experts on environmental issues.

Ce dernier livre est une remise à jour complète du Plan B, motivée par l'évolution rapide de la situation environnementale et des problèmes de développement humain. Il reflète le sentiment d'urgence accru de son auteur face à ces enjeux, mais également sa perception des marges d'action qui sont les nôtres, au prix d'une remise en cause de certaines des valeurs et comportements modernes. "Le système de valeur qui détruit notre économie est également celui qui conduit à la destruction de notre environnement", selon ses propres termes.
  cflorin | Jun 14, 2014 |
A renowned authority on world environmental and economic issues, most crucially with regard to an imminent ecological crisis. A former head of the International Agricultural Development Service and founder of the Worldwatch Institute and the Earth Policy Institute. Also a winner of a MacArthur "genius" award.. ( )
  strawberrycreekmtg | Jan 8, 2014 |
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In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now.We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletion of aquifers and avoid water-driven food shortages? Can we cope with peak water and peak oil at the same time? These are some of the issues Lester R. Brown skilfully distils in World on the Edge. Bringing decades of research and analysis into p

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