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Spaceship Earth is a metaphor which suggests that the earth is a small, vulnerable craft in space. Adlai Stevenson used the metaphor in his presidential campaign speeches during the 1950s, but it is not clear who originated it. Perhaps R. Buckminster...
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Spaceship Earth is a world view term usually expressing concern over the use of limited resources available on Earth. It may have been derived from a passage in Henry George's best known work, Progress and Poverty[1] (1879). From book IV, chapter...


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The Boston Globe
Spaceship Earth's decision-making suffers a scourge of ignorance
07/03/1996: 809 words, approx. 3 pages
OXFORD, England - When I got here in April to take up a stint as a Reuter Foundation Fellow, the British papers were full of the mad cow disease scare that decimated the British beef industry and prompted strident denunciations of the European Union...
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Journal of Population Research
Population goals and ecological strategies for spaceship earth.(Perspective)
11/01/2003: 6,061 words, approx. 20 pages
The last century has seen extraordinary growth in human populations and economies. This growth has imposed huge and ever-increasing pressures on Earth's ecosystems, prompting fears concerning the integrity of their life-supporting functions and the high rate of extinction of species. Quite simply, ecological...
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Globe sculpture rebuilt after collapse
10/23/2007: 282 words, approx. 1 pages
It took Finnish-born sculptor Eino roughly four months to rebuild the world.His million-dollar stone sculpture, "Spaceship Earth," mysteriously collapsed in December at Kennesaw State University. The artwork was intended to remind future generations of the Earth's fragility.After working since the end of June to rebuild...
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Teacher-astronaut talks about space life
9/10/2007: 542 words, approx. 2 pages
Three weeks after returning to Earth, teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan cheerfully carried out her first space education assignment Monday, sharing the magic of flying in orbit with children at Walt Disney World."Our mission to the international space station truly was a dream come true," Morgan told...
 


 

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