Sustainability or Collapse? An Integrated History and Future of People on Earth, Robert Costanza, Lisa J. Graumlich, Will Steffen (Eds.). MIT Press (2007)

摘要

This book deals with what has been called the 'Anthropocene era' during which there has been a gradual but accelerating switch from a nature-dominated to a human-dominated global system as technology - that is mainly the development of mechanisms to use non-human energy - has been the main mediator between individual societies and their respective environments. The title could very well have been 'Collapse, Not Sustainability' as the authors have not described any societies that have achieved long term sustainability during the last 10,000 years.