Vital Signs The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

From meat consumption to automobile production to hydropower, Vital Signs, Volume 20 documents over two dozen trends that are shaping our future in concise analyses and clear tables and graphs. The twentieth volume of the Worldwatch Institute series demon

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vital signs VOLUME 20

the trends that are shaping our Future

VITAL SIGNS

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VITAL SIGNS VOLU M E 20

The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE Michael Renner, Project Director Eric Anderson Samantha Bresler Seyyada A. Burney Xing Fu-Bertaux Gary Gardner Lori Hunter Mark Konold Supriya Kumar Petra Löw Matt Lucky Shakuntala Makhjani Evan Musolino

Danielle Nierenberg Alexander Ochs James Paul Grant Potter Judith Renner Michael Renner Laura Reynolds Reese Rogers Cameron Scherer Katie Spoden Catherine Ward

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