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The son of farmers, Lester Brown was born in New Jersey in 1934 and attended Rutgers University, receiving a B.S. in agricultural science in 1955. He earned an M.S. in agricultural economics from the University of Maryland in 1959 and an M.P.A. from Harvard University in 1962. He worked as adviser show more on foreign agricultural policy for the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, served as administrator of the International Agricultural Development Service, and helped establish the Overseas Development Council. In 1974, Brown founded the Worldwatch Institute, a private, nonprofit, environmental think tank designed to act as a global early warning system and to study overpopulation, famine, and other world problems. Located in Washington, D.C., the institute publishes the Worldwatch Papers series, Worldwatch Magazine, and the annual State of the World report. Although sometimes criticized for his emphasis on population control, this author of more than a dozen books and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship has been highly praised for his understanding of the threats to the ecology of our planet. (Bowker Author Biography) Lester R. Brown, founder & now chairman of the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C., is a MacArthur Fellow. He is a senior author of "State of the World". (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Lester R. Brown

Plan B 3.0 (2008) 273 copies
State of the World 1990 (1990) 73 copies
State of the World 2000 (2000) 63 copies
Outgrowing The Earth (2004) 62 copies
State of the World 1992 (1990) 60 copies
State of the World 1994 (1994) 60 copies
State of the World 1995 (1995) 58 copies
State of the World 1998 (1994) 54 copies
State of the World 1991 (1991) 53 copies
State of the World 1989 (1989) 52 copies
State of the World 1996 (1996) 47 copies
The Twenty Ninth Day (1978) 39 copies
State of the World 1988 (1988) 37 copies
By bread alone (1974) 34 copies
World Without Borders (1972) 33 copies
The Earth Policy Reader (2002) 29 copies
Vital Signs 1992 (1992) 10 copies
Heroes (2008) 5 copies
Le plan B (2012) 3 copies
Dünyayi Nasil Tükettik? (2015) 3 copies
Il 29° giorno 3 copies
Wie viel ist zu viel? (2000) — Editor — 2 copies
Lebenszeichen (1993) 1 copy

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Definitely a big picture view of food scarcity that must be supplemented with local solutions for local problems... but a very important (and scary) little book.
 
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GHA.Library | Apr 20, 2023 |
15th ed. The Worldwatch research team look at the environmental effects of continuing economic growth as the economy outgrows the earth's ecosystem. As the global economy has expanded from $5 trillion in 1997, its demands have crossed many of the earth's sustainable yield thresholds.
 
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PAFM | Oct 6, 2020 |
Eco-Economy discusses the need for a dramatic shift in our worldview by asking the urgent question: Is the environment part of the economy or the economy part of the environment? ...Lester R. Brown argues the latter, pointing out that treating the environment as part of the economy has produced an economy that is destroying its natural support systems. Brown notes that if China were to have a car in every garage, American style, it would need 80 million barrels of oil a day-more than the world currently produces. If paper consumption per person in China were to reach the U.S. level, China would need more paper than the world produces. There go the world's forests. If the fossil fuel-based, automobile-centered, throwaway economic model will not work for China, it will not work for the other 3 billion people in the developing world-and it will not work for the rest of the world. But Brown is optimistic as he describes how to restructure the global economy to make it compatible with the Earth's ecosystem so that economic progress can continue. In the new economy, wind farms replace coal mines, hydrogen-powered fuel cells replace internal combustion engines, and cities are designed for people, not cars. Glimpses of the new economy can be seen in the wind farms of Denmark, the solar rooftops of Japan, and the bicycle network of the Netherlands. Eco-Economy is a road map of how to get from here to there.… (more)
 
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