Die Domestikation der Erde

The story of a self-made resource trap.
A stocktaking of how we deal with the natural foundations of life.
Theses for a necessary resource policy.

Since humans became sedentary, they have slowly increased their demands for water, land, food, energy sources and building materials over the millennia. They domesticated the earth. Now, at the beginning of the 21st century, it is becoming increasingly clear that the ever-growing consumption of natural resources has led to a dead end. This book shows how attempts have been made in the 20th century to correct the negative side effects of resource consumption - sometimes successfully, and sometimes not. Peter Baccini argues that despite this mixed record, humanity has the technical and economic capacity to extricate itself from this "resource trap".