Population growth, resource consumption and the environment : seeking a common vision for a troubled world / / prepared by Rick Searle

• Autore: Searle D. Richard (Donald Richard), <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Victoria, B.C., : Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, c1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (136 p.)
• Disciplina: 291.1/78366
• Soggetto topico: Population policy - Moral and ethical aspects; Environmental policy - Moral and ethical aspects; Environmental protection - Religious aspects; Conservation of natural resources - Moral and ethical aspects
• Altri autori: SearleD. Richard <1951-> (Donald Richard)
• Note generali: "Based on the 1993 International Summer Institute, Population and the environment: population pressures, resource consumption, religion and ethics, Chateau Whistler, Whistler, B.C., Canada, 18-27, 1993".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Overview -- SECTION I: THE PLANETARY CRISIS -- The Human Context -- The Natural Background -- SECTION II: RELIGIOUS ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Aboriginal Spirituality -- The Environmental Crisis and Jewish Earthways -- Chosen Persons and the Green Ecumenacy: A Possible Christian Response to the Population Apocalypse -- Islam and the Environment -- Population Pressure, Natural Resources, the Environment, and Hinduism -- Buddhist Resources for Issues of Population and Consumption in Relationship with the Environment -- Chinese Religions -- SECTION III: SECULAR ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Prescriptions from Religious and Secular Ethics for Breaking the Impoverishment/Environmental Degradation Cycle -- Ethics, Family Planning, the Status of Women, and The Environment -- Projected Population Patterns, North-South Relations, and the Environment -- SECTION IV: ECONOMIC, LEGAL, AND DEEP ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Environmental Degradation and the Religion of the Market -- International Law, Population Pressure, and the Environment: North-South Relations -- The Northern Consumption Issue After Rio and the Role of Religion in Environmentalism -- SECTION V: RESPONSES FROM BUSINESS, RELIGION, AND GOVERNMENTS -- Possible Response Options for Corporations -- Possible Response Options for Religions -- Possible Response Options for Governments -- SECTION VI: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
• Sommario/riassunto: No detailed description available for "Population Growth, Resource Consumption, and the Environment".
• Titolo autorizzato: Population growth, resource consumption and the environment
• ISBN: 0-88920-614-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964716603321
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