Speth, James Gustave

Presents potential strategies for dealing with domestic and global environmental problems including global warming and pollution.

The author explains why he believes efforts to protect Earth's environment are not succeeding, offers a critique of what he sees as a failure of U.S. leadership in the international community, and describes eight steps he believes can lead to a sustainable future.

Explores the progression and operation of today's economic and political systems and argues that drastic changes are needed if we are to preserve the environment through the end of the twenty-first century.