Sentences with phrase «full planet»

In honor of their father who unexpectedly passed away, the Sloan brothers distributed copies of Full Planet, Empty Plates to members of Congress.
Lester's most recent book Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity exposes the increasingly volatile food situation the world is facing.
Eris, the body whose discovery lead to Pluto's demotion from full planet status, is about the same size as Pluto but nearly 25 percent more massive.
Adapted from Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity by Lester R. Brown (New York: W.W. Norton & Co.).
As I understand it, the first four objects to be discovered between Mars and Jupiter in the early part of the nineteenth century were widely regarded as full planets, until the discovery of the fifth such body, Astraea, in 1845.
Our intrepid researchers have also put together amazing slide shows summarizing the wealth of information in our books, such as for Full Planet, Empty Plates and World on the Edge, which are sometimes also translated into other languages.
A fresh attempt to revive full planet status for Pluto is a non-starter.
Already being translated into ten other languages, Full Planet addresses the major issues of today centered around the new geopolitics of food scarcity.
In January, Ira Flatow, host of NPR's Science Friday, interviewed Lester on Full Planet, Empty Plates, getting to the heart of Lester's history with this issue.
To learn more about global food security see Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity (W.W. Norton, 2012) by Lester R. Brown.
Get your copy of Full Planet, Empty Plates today.
Lester Brown explores this phenomenon in Chapter 7 from his recent book Full Planet, Empty Plates.
Poor Pluto was demoted, to the dismay of its many fans, but it could soon be returned triumphantly to full planet status
From Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity by Lester R. Brown (New York: W.W. Norton & Co.).
Once this insight had been gained, however (in this case following the discovery of Eris in 2005), the only logical conclusion was that, as Pluto had not «cleared the neighbourhood» around its orbital zone (a definition I completely agree with), it could no longer be classified as a full planet either.
High Above Saturn's North Pole, the most recent image of Saturn in the exhibition, is a portrait of the full planet and ring system.
All of my friends who own the game own $ 45 starter packages and land on planets (actually moons, as there are no full planets in yet) all the time.
Serious Sam VR currently features two full planets, Earth and Pladeon.
Lester R. Brown is President of Earth Policy Institute and author of Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity.
In their letter accompanying the book they wrote, «The enclosed book, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity by Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute, contains the best analysis of what Chuck Sloan inherently knew.
Lester R. Brown, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012).
As one of the Earth Policy Institute's incorporators, Janet directed the organization's research efforts, including the Plan B series and Full Planet, Empty Plates.
The Globalist tweeted: What we're reading: Lester Brown's «Full Planet, Empty Plates.»
Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity By Lester Brown.
After the arrival of Full Planet, Empty Plates on bookstore shelves last week, Earth Policy Institute hosted a party to celebrate its official release.
Editor's note: We're proud to support the Earth Policy Institute's online publication of Lester Brown's most recent book Full Planet, Empty Plates by publishing selections from the book.
Editor's note: Late last year, I was thrilled to review Lester Brown's latest book Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity.
Learn more about this frightening transition in chapter one of Lester Brown's Full Planet, Empty Plates.
Editor's note: We're proud to support the Earth Policy Institute's online publication of Lester Brown's book Full Planet, Empty Plates by publishing selections from the book.
Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity by Lester Brown is scheduled for release on October 1.
In honor of their father who unexpectedly passed away, the Sloan brothers are distributing copies of Full Planet, Empty Plates to members of Congress.
Lester Brown's book, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity examines the underlying causes of what is likely the first link in our modern civilization to show that we have pushed beyond the boundaries of the natural systems that support us.
May 4: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity, Carnegie Council, 170 East 64 Street, New York, NY 10065.
Our most recent book is Full Planet, Empty Plates, and another is in the works (more about that in a later blog).
Topic: Full Planet, Empty Plates.
The Institute's most intrepid researcher, Lester Brown, has been quietly making a splash speaking at select events in the DC area over the past few months on the findings in his recent book, Full Planet, Empty Plates.
We've also posted a number of other videos on our website, including a synopsis of Full Planet, Empty Plates.
Chapter 1 of Full Planet, Empty Plates is now available on our website and over the next several weeks we will be releasing the rest of the book in installments.
More than 150 data sets accompany Lester R. Brown's latest book, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity.
For more information, see «Meat Consumption in China Now Double That in the United States,» by Janet Larsen, and the latest book from Earth Policy Institute, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity, by Lester R. Brown.
Lester R. Brown is president of the Earth Policy Institute and author of Breaking New Ground: A Personal History (W.W. Norton, 2013) and Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity.
In his review, Jeff McIntire - Strasburg of Sustainablog wrote, «As with all of Brown's books, Full Planet, Empty Plates is very well - documented: over 150 data sets accompany the book.
One of the many things we love about Lester Brown's Full Planet, Empty Plates is its readability.
Take a look at this five - minute video where Lester Brown speaks on some of the major topics covered in Full Planet, Empty Plates.
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