Sustainability: Economics, Ecology, and Justice |
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... destructive impact of our present cities both upon their inhabitants and upon the environment . We need a vision of personal existence in community that brings personal freedom into positive relation with mutual intimacy and individual ...
... destructive impact of our present cities both upon their inhabitants and upon the environment . We need a vision of personal existence in community that brings personal freedom into positive relation with mutual intimacy and individual ...
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... destructive . Deleterious effects of human activity on the environment are far from new . Thousands of years ago human beings overgrazed once lush pastures , turning them into deserts . They deforested mountains in which great rivers ...
... destructive . Deleterious effects of human activity on the environment are far from new . Thousands of years ago human beings overgrazed once lush pastures , turning them into deserts . They deforested mountains in which great rivers ...
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... destructive of the environment if these policies were in effect . But , beyond this , the paths of economists and ecologists are likely to part . Economists generally favor economic growth along these least destructive lines ...
... destructive of the environment if these policies were in effect . But , beyond this , the paths of economists and ecologists are likely to part . Economists generally favor economic growth along these least destructive lines ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Christian Existence in a World of Limits | 7 |
Ecojustice and Christian Salvation | 20 |
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