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Intro -- Sommaire -- Préface -- Introduction -- Les Alertes -- Les enjeux du changement climatique -- Agriculture. S'adapter pour préserver les sols -- Les multiples conséquences de la mobilité et des transports -- L'image écornée d'une mer à jamais recommencée -- L'humain dans la biodiversité -- Les options possibles -- Écomimétisme et solutions bio-inspirées appliquésaux éléments-traces métalliques -- L'énergie photovoltaïque, un catalyseur de mutation -- L'entreprise face aux défis de l'adaptation -- De Malthus à Easterlin, ou de la nécessité pour l'hommede se comprendre afin de s'accepter -- Les causes d'imprécision des prévisions démographiques à long terme -- Et l'homme dans tout ça ? -- Temps court, confiance et espérance : les options du politique -- Le refus des limites -- Interactions entre culture et génétiquedans l'évolution de l'homme -- L'homme malade de lui-même -- La biologie de l'attachement -- Mythes et réalités de la plasticité cognitive et cérébrale -- Les perspectives -- Le temps long : les critères anthropologiques -- Les défis conceptuels de l'Anthropocène -- Les tortues nous donnent des leçons -- conclusion -- FIGURES ET SCHÉMAS COMPLÉMENTAIRES.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- WAYS IN TO THE TEXT -- Who Are Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees? -- What Does Our Ecological Footprint Say? -- Why Does Our Ecological Footprint Matter? -- SECTION 1: INFLUENCES -- Module 1: The Authors and the Historical Context -- Module 2: Academic Context -- Module 3: The Problem -- Module 4: The Authors' Contribution -- SECTION 2: IDEAS -- Module 5: Main Ideas -- Module 6: Secondary Ideas -- Module 7: Achievement -- Module 8: Place in the Authors' Works -- SECTION 3: IMPACT -- Module 9: The First Responses -- Module 10: The Evolving Debate -- Module 11: Impact and Influence Today -- Module 12: Where Next? -- Glossary of Terms -- People Mentioned in the Text -- Works Cited

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