"Lester Brown has produced another 'planetary survey' book that tells us how to get off the wrecking train we are on by courtesy of a dozen environmental assaults such as climate change. The better news (and there’s plenty) is that turning problems into opportunities generally puts money into our pockets." —Norman Myers, 21st Century School, University of Oxford on World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse

January 19, 2011
Andrew C. Revkin posts an exchange between Vaclav Smil, the University of Manitoba analyst, and Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute in the New York Times Dot Earth blog. Posted January 10, 2011.