Author: United Nations. Department of Economic AffairsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Proceedings of the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources : 17 August - 6 September 1949, Lake Success, New York. 6. Land resources
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Proceedings of the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources, 17 August - 6 September 1949, Lake Success, New York
Author: United Nations. Department of Economic AffairsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Proceedings of the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources, 17 August - 6 September, 1949, Lake Success, New York
Author: Proceedings of the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources : 17 August-6 September, Lake Success New York
Author: UNITED NATIONS SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON THE CONSERVATION & UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES.Publisher:
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages :
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Proceedings of the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources, 17 August-6 September 1949, Lake Success, New York: Plenary meetings
Author: Greening the Red, White, and Blue
Author: Thomas JundtPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019937855X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In popular imagination, environmentalism is often linked to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and the political activism of the 1960s and '70s that moved increasing numbers of Americans to insist on a better quality of life-open spaces, clean air and water, beautification campaigns. But these interpretations have obscured the significant origins of environmentalism as a moral and intellectual broadside against the growing power of corporate capitalism, both domestically and in the postwar liberal international order the United States was enacting abroad. In Greening the Red, White, and Blue, Thomas Jundt shows how many Americans came to view powerful corporations and a federal government bent on economic growth as threats to human health and the environment. Fallout from atomic testing, air and water pollution, the proliferation of pesticides and herbicides-all connected to the growing dominance of technology and corporate capitalism in American life-led a variety of constituencies to seek solutions in what came to be known as environmentalism. In addition to political and legal campaigns to effect change, an alternative form of civic participation emerged beginning in the late-1940s as growing numbers of citizens turned to what they deemed environmentally friendly consumption practices. The goal of this politically charged consumption was not only to protect themselves and their families from harm, but also to achieve social change at a time when many believed the government was placing the desires of business before the needs of its citizens. Politicians responded to the growing environmental concerns of middle class Americans, but, in the end, continual political compromises with corporate power meant weak laws and lax enforcement. Many citizens sought refuge in an alternative "green" marketplace-including organic foods, natural-fiber clothing, alternative energy, and everyday products designed to have minimal environmental impact. In doing so, they attempted to create a community for those who shared their concerns and frustrations, as well as their vision for a different American Way. Thomas Jundt's work highlights the intertwining of consumerism and environmentalism amidst the growing power of corporate capitalism and government in postwar America.
Proceedings of the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources
Author: UNITED NATIONS SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON THE CONSERVATION & UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES.Publisher:
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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NBS Special Publication
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.
A House in the Sun
Author: Daniel A. BarberPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199394032
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A House in the Sun describes a number of experiments in solar house heating in American architectural, engineering, political, economic, and corporate contexts from the beginning of World War II until the late 1950s. Houses were built across the Midwest, Northeast, and Southwestern United States, and also proposed for sites in India, South Africa, and Morocco. These experiments developed in parallel to transformations in the discussion of modern architecture, relying on new materials and design ideas for both energy efficiency and claims to cultural relevance. Architects were among the myriad cultural and scientific actors to see the solar house as an important designed element of the American future. These experiments also developed as part of a wider analysis of the globe as an interconnected geophysical system. Perceived resource limitations in the immediate postwar period led to new understandings of the relationship between energy, technology and economy. The solar house - both as a charged object in the milieu of suburban expansion, and as a means to raise the standard of living in developing economies - became an important site for social, technological, and design experimentation. This led to new forms of expertise in architecture and other professions. Daniel Barber argues that this mid-century interest in solar energy was one of the first episodes in which resource limitations were seen as an opportunity for design to attain new relevance for potential social and cultural transformations. Furthermore, the solar discussion established both an intellectual framework and a funding structure for the articulation of and response to global environmental concerns in subsequent decades. In presenting evidence of resource tensions at the beginning of the Cold War, the book offers a new perspective on the histories of architecture, technology, and environmentalism, one more fully entangled with the often competing dynamics of geopolitical and geophysical pressures.