Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? by Alan Weisman

“Intrepid planetary journalist Weisman put our minds in a whirl with his best-selling The World without Us, a vivid projection of what would happen if humankind suddenly vanished. Here he asks a really tough question: What will happen on the warming earth if our population continues to grow? Weisman’s cogent and forthright global inquiry, a major work, delineates how education, women’s equality, and family planning can curb poverty, thirst, hunger, and environmental destruction.” —Booklist, starred review