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Passionate, Truthful, and Probably Wrong - [03 May 2009]
James Speth, in The Bridge at the Edge of the World, writes a book that lands somewhere between a scholarly treatise on the planetary environmental effects of supporting seven billion humans and an anti-capitalist, anti-growth, anti-multinational corporation...
a scholarly treatise on the planetary environmental effects of supporting seven billion...
www.amazon.com/review/RZCRVMV1NTF...
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Sobering facts on the state of the planet - [12 Nov 2008]
An Ivy League dean trained as a lawyer, James Gustave Speth lays out evidence to show that life on this planet is being pushed to an end. Marshalling sobering facts, he illustrates how humankind has taxed the Earth's resources beyond its capacity to regenerate...
life on this planet is being pushed to an end. Marshalling sobering facts, he illustrates ...
www.amazon.com/review/R3VUEGXA3...
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Speth is better than a mere "critic". - [09 Oct 2008]
Speth provides a critique of western social, economic and political models. While explaining the very real dangers of sustaining the present trend what is even more important is his ability to convey hope and a vision of what we might be able to achieve...
the very real dangers of sustaining the present trend what is even more important is his...
www.amazon.com/review/R197BQU82...
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The view on this bridge is inspiring. - [02 Sep 2008]
The view from the Bridge at the Edge of the World is inspiring. Dean Speth offers hope if you are willing to work hard to make the world a better place for humans and all other life. He challenges the cultural values that lead us to avarice and greed ...
you are willing to work hard to make the world a better place for humans and all other life...
www.amazon.com/review/R1H1NR7P1...
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excellent discussion of environmental crisis and role of capitalism - [09 Aug 2008]
The Bridge at the Edge of the World, by James Gustave Speth, is begins with an excellent review of the depth and immediacy of the environmental crisis that faces humanity. The initial graphs give a clear and sobering pictorial representation of the the...
of the depth and immediacy of the environmental crisis that faces humanity. The initial...
www.amazon.com/review/R2380HGNL...
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The Bridge at the Edge of the World - [04 Aug 2008]
The ideas presented are excellent, logical, and thought provoking!!!
The book was sometimes hard for me to follow due to less than complete information. It is dull at times. The author is no Thomas Friedman.
hard for me to follow due to less than complete information. It is dull at times. The author...
www.amazon.com/review/R1XOAP1U2...
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Essential Reading for Essential Action - [04 Aug 2008]
The Bridge at the End of the World A highly readable, fact-filled, and convincing exposition of how market-profit-growth based corporate economy is destroying the eco-system on which it depends and what must and can be done to change it. There's little...
of how market-profit-growth based corporate economy is destroying the eco-system on which...
www.amazon.com/review/R3009SA9OA...
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The Bridge at the End of the World - [21 Jun 2008]
Bridge End World A superb book that covers areas not addressed by other similar books.The author has vast experience in the subject area.Speth is aware of the magnitude of the problem but is persuaded it can be resolved.A good read ! John Cairns,Jr.
author has vast experience in the subject area.Speth is aware of the magnitude of the problem...
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A bridge too far...or still within reach? - [05 May 2008]
As do other current writers such as Thomas Homer-Dixon and David Korten, James Speth sees us heading for catastrophe in the way we're over-using and over-polluting the earth, but holds out hope that we may yet turn back from the brink of destruction. ...
us heading for catastrophe in the way we're over-using and over-polluting the earth, but holds...
www.amazon.com/review/R3JS3TL4IN...
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The Bridge at the Edge of the World YOUTUBE VIDEO - [22 Apr 2008]
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