Cover Encyclopaedia of Eco-Myths and Misconceptions

In this book prejudices,
misunderstandings,
lobby-politics and
sheer nonsense
are exposed.

Encyclopaedia of Eco-Myths
and Misconceptions

Surprising facts
about energy, genetic engineering,
health, climate, ozone, forests and
many other environmental topics

From Dirk Maxeiner und Michael Miersch

Hardcover:
Eichborn Verlag,
Frankfurt am Main 1999
ISBN 3-8218-0586-2
416 pages
22,90 Euro

Paperback:
Piper Verlag, München Mai 2000
ISBN 3-492-22873-9
494 pages
9,90 Euro

Summary

Is the climate collapsing? Are resources becoming scare? Are the forests dying? Is the world population really expanding endlessly? Are we experiencing a dramatic extinction of species?

For years a mixture of panic and ideological dogma determined the environmental debate. In the Encyclopaedia of Eco-Myths and Misconceptions conventional wisdom is constantly questioned. Thus, prejudices, misunderstandings, lobby-politics and sheer nonsense are debunked. As a result a considerably differentiated picture of the planet's situation, beyond apocalyptical scenarios and well-meant preaching, develops.
The Encyclopaedia of Eco-Myths and Misconceptions pleads for an enlightened environmental debate and shows ways of practical improvements.

Abundant in facts, it is a critical reference book filled with data, diagrams and tables. A book for all those who wish to distinguish between myths and fallacies, and the real problems. It helps the reader to develop an independent opinion about the important environmental issues of our time.