TY - BOOK AU - Dodds,Walter K. TI - Humanity's footprint: momentum, impact, and our global environment SN - 0231139667 AV - GF75 .D65 2008 U1 - 304.2 22 PY - 2008///] CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Environmental degradation KW - Overpopulation KW - Environmental ethics KW - Environmental justice KW - Sustainable development N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-261) and index; Collision course : an expanding appetite for resources coupled with population growth on a finite planet -- The insidious explosion : global trends in population growth and resource use expand our footprint -- Shock wave from the insidious explosion : momentum of human effects on our planet -- Weeds and shrinking violets : pests on the move and the ecological holocaust -- Survival on a finite earth : the ultimate game, or why human nature destines us to use more than our share -- Why humans foul the nest : cultural and genetic roots run deep -- Searching for answers : can we achieve sustainability, or are we screwed? -- No more business as usual : transcendence, enlightenment, rationalization, hope, and action -- Consilience : socioenvironmental restoration and sustainable inhabitation of Earth ER -