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Christopher Merrett Reviews Transient Caretakers: How to make life on Earth sustainable

December 15th, 2009 by Jani

Transient Caretakers: How to make life on Earth sustainableVerdict: carrot, just in time for Copenhagen; the reviewer goes so far as to say that the book should form the basis of a comprehension test for company directors and municipal managers.

WHILE the world is currently preoccupied with the financial crisis, it will soon have to address a far more serious ecological credit crunch. Both have similar causes — the inability of many humans to live within realistic means, and at the expense of other communities and the environment.

This is a well-organised book with helpful summaries and useful statistics. Interspersed case studies are particularly interesting, including the southern African examples of Anglo-American and the Limpopo-Lipadi transfrontier park.

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