Comfortably unaware : what we choose to eat is killing us and our planet /
Oppenlander, Richard A.
Comfortably unaware : what we choose to eat is killing us and our planet / - New York City : Beaufort Books, 2012. - xxi, 180 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Defining global depletion and use of the word "sustainable" -- So it all goes -- For the unaware : pertinent facts and figures -- It's in the air : depletion as it affects oxygen and the quality of the air that we breathe -- Rainforests : depleting the lungs of our planet -- Whose land is it anyway? : Global depletion of our land -- Water and oceans. Drinking water and sustainability : where is it all going? ; Our oceans : what is happening below the surface? -- Pollution : yes, that would be you -- Why do we do it? : A word about nutrition, do you really care? -- Tread lightly: entering the no-wake zone -- How we arrived at this point : observations, predictions, and solutions -- Not-to-read chapter : a closer look at the animals --- A final word.
9780825306860 9780825306860: £14.50 0825306868 0825306221 9780825306228
2012025782
Livestock--Social aspects.
Animal culture--Health aspects.
Animal culture--Environmental aspects.
Green movement
Sustainable living
Climate change mitigation
Environmentalism
Food of animal origin--Health aspects.
Food of animal origin--Social aspects.
636 OPP
Comfortably unaware : what we choose to eat is killing us and our planet / - New York City : Beaufort Books, 2012. - xxi, 180 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Defining global depletion and use of the word "sustainable" -- So it all goes -- For the unaware : pertinent facts and figures -- It's in the air : depletion as it affects oxygen and the quality of the air that we breathe -- Rainforests : depleting the lungs of our planet -- Whose land is it anyway? : Global depletion of our land -- Water and oceans. Drinking water and sustainability : where is it all going? ; Our oceans : what is happening below the surface? -- Pollution : yes, that would be you -- Why do we do it? : A word about nutrition, do you really care? -- Tread lightly: entering the no-wake zone -- How we arrived at this point : observations, predictions, and solutions -- Not-to-read chapter : a closer look at the animals --- A final word.
9780825306860 9780825306860: £14.50 0825306868 0825306221 9780825306228
2012025782
Livestock--Social aspects.
Animal culture--Health aspects.
Animal culture--Environmental aspects.
Green movement
Sustainable living
Climate change mitigation
Environmentalism
Food of animal origin--Health aspects.
Food of animal origin--Social aspects.
636 OPP