Only One Earth: The Care and Maintenance of a Small Planet

“Only One Earth…remains a classic study of the environment on a global scale....The organization and subject matter of Down to Earth reflect the metamorphosis of the environmental issue in ten years.” —Walt Patterson, New Statesman

An unofficial report commissioned by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. Prepared with the assistance of a 152-member committee of corresponding consultants in 58 countries.“[A] profoundly ethical, value-oriented study . . . [points] to areas of concern for economists and political scientists, philosophers and theologians.” —P.J. Henriot, America