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Comfortably unaware : what we choose to eat is killing us and our planet /

By: Oppenlander, Richard A [Dr.].
Publisher: New York City : Beaufort Books, 2012Description: xxi, 180 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780825306860; 9780825306860:; 0825306868; 0825306221; 9780825306228.Subject(s): 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 aspectsDDC classification: 636 OPP
Contents:
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.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 636 OPP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0082543
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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.

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