Humans are overexploiting nature consuming too much energy too many raw materials too much
land. In short the current economic and living conditions of mankind especially here in the
West are not sustainable.Who would disagree with this verdict? The evidence seems
overwhelming: species extinction rainforest deforestation scarcity of raw materials soil
erosion plastic waste ecological footprint and of course climate change. But how reliable
are these indicators? Are there perhaps also other indications positive developments? And are
all these problems of equal urgency?This book gives you answers: well-founded comprehensible
to the point. It proves that the reports and headlines on ecological issues in the mainstream
media are often one-sided exaggerated and thus misleading. The book does not trivialize but
it differentiates. Using the relevant international reports and databases it presents overall
contexts where otherwise usually only individual striking figures are picked out.With over 70
graphic illustrations the book thus paints a new picture of the state of the planet and of the
effects of human economic activity and consumption. At the end is a clear list of priorities
for the real sustainability challenges - for humanity as a whole and also for the people
living in the West.
