
Earth Wise
A Guide to Today's Environmental Issues
McFarland & Co Inc (Publisher)
Published on 12. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-4766-9808-3 (ISBN)
Description
In clear, non-technical language, this book explains how the world's environment works and how it is affected by human activity. Readers can go behind the headlines to find out what's really happening in climate change, energy use, pollution, access to clean air and water, biodiversity, and food production as they explore the problems, the potential solutions, and the role of careful and informed stewardship in moving toward a sustainable future.
Concise, readable, and comprehensive, this account of environmental issues communicates a new wisdom for a modern world.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Illustrations
Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-9808-3 (9781476698083)
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Persons
Thomas G. Spiro is a chemistry professor who moved to the University of Washington after a career at Princeton University, where he was chair of the chemistry department. Helen Spiro, a lawyer, has extensive educational and legal writing experience. She directed an environmental health sciences institute at Rutgers University and served as assistant to the chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court