Preserving Planet Earth : Changing Human Culture with Lessons from the Past / Jane Roland Martin.

"This book encourages readers to acknowledge humanity's contribution to the environmental crisis, proposing a way forward by exploring the power of ordinary people to bring about large-scale cultural change. Is it possible for humankind to change its ways and shed the belief that the plane...

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Main Author: Martin, Jane Roland, 1929- (Author)
Format: Ebook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
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