here is a little summary
Finished Planet
The times are changing. They have already changed. Because today, who can still ignore this long-hidden reality: the planet, with what it contains wonderful resources, is not extensible. What is consumed by some can no longer, by definition, be used by others. The "Far West" spirit that has prevailed so far, supported by the idea that one will always find new virgin spaces, new deposits to exploit, is smashed on more stubborn facts: the oil s' depleted, the oceans are empty of their fish, soils become impoverished, while air and water are enriched, if we dare say, pollutants that we accumulate there. Not to mention that in their legitimate desire to industrialize, nations such as China or India are now as well as the economically more developed countries in the wealth of our "little" planet. As a result, anxiety dominates at the beginning of the third millennium. Should we be prepared to miss everything in a world that has become too limited? Leaving the Earth to colonize Mars or other extrasolar worlds not being for now, humanity has no choice but to deal with a finite world. This means taking stock of what we actually have and meeting all the challenges that come with it. Science and new technologies can help us. They will not be too much to "manage" our resources sustainably.
S & V-HS
Galloping demography, altered ecosystems, cities stretching to infinity, resources that are running out, garbage piling up and a nature that, by violent upheavals, reminds us that it always has the ascending on the man. On all sides, the red lights come on.
* Our needs are exhausting the planet too quickly
Man lives on credit: he consumes more than nature produces.
* A Land yet full of resources
Water, air, energies, ores. Atlas of all the riches that the Earth offers.
* Civilizations with the test of sustainability
In the past, companies have disappeared because they have not managed their resources. Examples.
* Feed 9 billions of individuals
A complex equation to solve by 2050.
* Produce with less
The business challenge: to be economical to stay profitable.
* Value
rather than throw away How to make our trash cans an exploitable resource.
* Stop pollution
Action is needed to clean up the air and water.
* Preserve biodiversity
Can man continue to draw without counting in nature? Nothing is less sure.
* Rethinking the city
Urbanization weighs on the environment. It's time to act.
* A slow awareness
Twenty years after the Brundtland report, back on the history of sustainable development.
* The polluter pays strategy
The idea? Evaluate the cost of pollution and make it pay to those who cause it.
* Interview with Alain Gras
For the socio-anthropologist, "technical evolution is not the result of determinism."
* From words to action
Despite their words, the French do little for the environment. Yet they would have everything to gain.
* Learn more
Works and websites.
I have not seen any subject on this magazine, I think it could interest the world, are there people who have already read it? it was released June 6 I think and a site was made to extend this special issue.
http://mondedurable.science-et-vie.com/
I just bought it I started to leaf through I'll tell you what when I have already read some articles.