Essay on Pillar of Salt by Sandra Postel

Done for a geography class, about modern irrigation and the malthusian perspective. This is essetially a book review Checks should be done for gramatical errors Pillar of Sand, written by Sandra Postel, illustrates the crisis that out modern irrigation age is facing. Our society is now one based on consumption. Meaning that the more that you consume the better and more powerful one is. The only problem is that on of our more important resources, …

…generations. Though the world we live in today seems to have and abundance of natural resources, one of our resources, water is declining at a rapid rate. The limited water supplies are being used and abused, and as a result our fertile land is suffering along with it. Bibliography Postel, Sandra., Pillar of Sand., W.W. Norton Company: New York, 1999. http://www.mystical-www.co.uk/faust.htm http://www.igc.org/desip/malthus/principles.html