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Where on Earth Are We Going?

by MAURICE STRONG
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Overview

A surprising call to action from a key business and environmental player at the dawn of the millenium.

From the Report to the Shareholders, Earth Inc., dated January 1, 2030 that begins Where on Earth Are We Going?: world hunger, ecological and environmental disaster, global warming, massive shifts in weather systems, the re-emergence of diseases long thought controlled, and political turmoil in a world where a barrel of water is more expensive than a barrel of oil.

Hard-headed, practical, impassioned, this is a call to action by a key business and environmental leader at the end of the twentieth century that cannot be ignored. To explain how he came by his beliefs, Maurice Strong chronicles his poverty-stricken beginnings as a child in the prairies during the Depression to his appointment as President of Power Corporation at 29, his appointment as Undersecretary of the United Nations at 40, and on the domestic front, as Chairman of Ontario Hydro.

About the Author, MAURICE STRONG

Maurice Strong is currently Undersecretary-General of the UN and Senior Advisor to the World Bank.  He is also a Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the UN and Chairman of The Earth Council. He has been the UN's Secretary of the Environment, and was Secretary General and Chairman of the UN Rio Summit on the Future of the Planet in 1991. He also heads his own environmental business interests. He lives in Ontario and commutes to Washington.

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Editorials

Toronto Star

[T]he enigmatic Maurice Strong is preparing his legacy.

Booknews

A wealthy Canadian businessman, environmental activist, and consultant to international organizations, Strong addresses major issues relating to the environment and explores the politics of the environmental movement. Among his topics are Bush changing positions on environmental policy, new discoveries in ozone damage effects, the California energy crisis, skyrocketing oil prices, and drilling in Alaska. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
February 27, 2001
Publisher
Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2001.
Pages
432
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780676973648

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