Thomas R. DeGregori 
The Environment, Our Natural Resources, and Modern Technology 

Always controversial, Thomas De Gregori has released another classic
volume that is sure to inform, confound, and present new
perspectives on todays environmental issues. This time he is taking
on the environmentalists, naturalists, green consumerists, and
those that hail the natural lifestyle as the healthy, politically
correct thing to do.

De Gregori examines the economics of green consumerism, the
reality of saving the environment, how historical cultures may have
influenced environmental damage, and how being ecologically correct
may have a more damaging effect on our environment. Not just a
regurgitation of theories; De Gregori offers real-time strategies
and alternatives to enhance our natural resources and our
environment in harmony with today’s modern technology. This
is the book everyone will be talking about for years to come.

Table of Content

Preface.

Introduction.

1. Green Consumerism.

2. Racism, Elitism, and Environmentalism.

3. Life in the Bush.

4. Paradise in the Pacific?

5. The American Indian: The ‘Original Ecologist’?

6. Demystifying the Environment.

7. Technology and the ‘Primitive’.

8. The Human Endeavor as a Creative Force.

9. Technology and the Promise of Modernity.

References.

Index.

About the author

Thomas R. De Gregorio, Ph D., is a professor of economics at the University of Houston, Texas, and author of numerous scholarly books, articles, and reviews. His fields of expertise are economic development; technology and science in economic development; and African, Asian, and Caribbean economic development. Dr. De Gregorio has served on many editorial boards and boards of directors and is currently on the board of directors of the American Council on Science and Health. He is a popular speaker, lecturer, and consultant, both nationally and internationally.