OUR GLOBAL FUTURE

ISBN: 9781621314615 Géneros: RNK:TQ Sinópsis: Many books on global sustainability emphasize environmental science and are written for lowerlevel undergraduates Others are academic compilations written for university faculty In contrast Our Global Future is a reader for upperlevel college undergraduates learning about global sustainability It pulls together the best current writings and case studies on the many interacting problems that face our world today including those in the developing world The text also addresses solutions to these problems Dr Laroms introductions to each section help readers understand the connections between these issues and place them in a larger context that is not purely scientific Written from a perspective favoring local autonomy ecological design and sciencebased policy the text takes issues of global sustainability and gives them a human face showing how these issues shape lives and cultureDavid Larom grew up in Idaho Oregon New Mexico Kenya and the Eritrean Highlands He has a BA Liberal Arts from St Johns College in Santa Fe and an MS Applied Mechanics and PhD Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia Dr Larom has published in journals as diverse as Impact Mechanics Experimental Biology Acoustical Society of America and Animal Psychology He spent eight years as a Senior Engineer and Product Manager at Qualcomm Inc and now lectures at San Diego State University teaching courses like Our Global Future Asian Environmental Issues and Food Justice and Food Security