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Book SynopsisIn this marriage of memoir and manifesto, Elizabeth May reflects on her extraordinary life and the people and experiences that have formed her and informed her beliefs about democracy, climate change, and other crucial issues facing Canadians. The book traces her development from child activist who warned other children not to eat snow because it contained Strontium 90 to waitress and cook on Cape Breton Island to law student, lawyer, and environmentalist and finally to leader of the Green Party and first elected Green Party Member of Parliament. As a result of these disparate experiences, May has come to believe that Canada must strengthen its weakened democracy, return to its role as a world leader, develop a green economy, and take drastic action to address climate change. The book also sets out how these goals might be accomplished, incorporating the thoughts of such leaders and thinkers as Rachel Carson, Jim MacNeill, Joe Clark, Chris Turner, Andrew Nikiforuk, and Robert F. Kennedy. The result is a fascinating portrait of a remarkable woman and an urgent call to action.

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Book SynopsisFramed within the common goal of advancing trade justice and South-North solidarity, The Fair Trade Handbook presents a broad interpretation of fair trade and a wide-ranging dialogue between different viewpoints. Canadian researchers in particular have advanced a transformative vision of fair trade, rooted in the cooperative movement and arguing for a more central role for Southern farmers and workers. Contributors to this book question the limits of fair trade against the broader structures of the capitalist, colonialist, racist, and patriarchal global economy.The debates and discussions are set within a critical development studies and critical political economy framework. However, this book will appeal to a wide range of readers, as it translates the key issues for a popular audience.Includes the graphic story 'a lively bean that brightens lives'!, by Bill Barrett and Curt Shoultz

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Book Synopsis_______________________________— Ever wanted to save the world? —It’s easy to feel like we can’t make a difference. But small, easy actions, if taken by enough people, can move mountains – and save planets.Written in collaboration with leading environmental experts from WWF, this short book provides simple changes we can all make to our everyday lives, from morning to night.These aren’t the only things you can do. Nor are they things you have to do. But these 12 small acts are basic steps anybody can take, and if even one of them sticks, our children will inherit a better world.Acts like:– Turning off devices instead of leaving them on standby– Buying less cotton clothing (a T-shirt needs 2,400 litres of water to make!)– Using reusable straws when possible– Turning off the tap while you brush your teethwill take only moments, but if enough people commit to them, we can make a real difference to our planet._______________________________'Now really is the time to act. You don’t have to be a superhero – everyone can make a difference by following this book’ – Ben Fogle

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Book SynopsisThe onset of global concerns about environmental risks, climate change and threats to the planet from industry have focused the minds of a generation. Throughout the world, new movements are emerging in an attempt to challenge those who would put profits before the planet. This volume brings together global contributions that represent the cutting edge of research in the area of global environmental movements. Contributions include chapters on the spatial impacts of environmental groups in Israel, the work of Greenpeace in Brazil, environmental activism in Ireland, animal rights and anti-hunt activism in Malta, the global de-growth movement, environmental movement mobilization in China, and anti-pollution activism in India. The scope and breath of this research indicates the emergence of both a global grassroots environmental mobilization in addition to analysis and documentation of these responses by researchers world-wide. With increased threats from climatic change and ecological degradation being highlighted as a threat to much of the world's population in the coming century, this activism and ensuing research becomes all the more significant.Table of ContentsJapan’s Evolving Civic Environmentalism. One Global Movement, Many Local Voices: Discourse(s) of the Global Anti-Fracking Movement. Environmental Protest in Ireland. The Mayangna Resolve to Save the Rainforest, their Homelands. Locating Environmental Knowledge in Antipollution Movements of Northern India. Environmental Campaigns in Israel and their Spatial Impacts. Exploring Ideology as a ‘Resource’ for Environmental Justice Activism: Reflections from the Anti-GMO Movement in France. The Art of Contestation and Legitimacy: Environment, Customary Communities, and Activism in Indonesia. From Disparate Action to Collective Mobilization: Collective Action Frames and the Canadian Food Movement. Implications of the Environmental Justice Movement on Redistributive Urban Politics: An Example from Megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh. Spiritual Ecology as an International Environmental Movement. Bird Hunting in European Malta: A Case of ENGO Empowerment?. Acknowledgements. Copyright page. List of Contributors. Occupy the Earth: Global Environmental Movements. Introduction. Occupy the Earth: Global Environmental Movements. Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice. About the contributors.

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Book Synopsis‘Our house is still on fire. Your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour.’ Greta ThunbergOur planet is in danger. Sea levels are rising, natural habitats are being destroyed and the global temperature is rising. There is some good news though: we can halt climate change if we work together. Let Pocket Earth Wisdom teach you how you can make a positive impact, however small. Feauturing a collection of some of the most powerful and inspiring quotes about Planet Earth, Pocket Earth Wisdom will be the call to arms you need to step up as there's no planet B. Together we have the power to make a difference.

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Book SynopsisPacked with simple and practical ways to start reducing the amount of plastic you use, How to Go Plastic Free will show you how to eliminate plastic from your life, one step at a time. With 100 easy-to-follow tips championing the plastic-free cause, this is the stress-free, guilt-free guide to: • Getting started simply • Plastic-free eating and drinking • Maintaining the lifestyle you love, without plastic • Shopping responsibly and resourcefully • Creative ways to phase plastic out of your life. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Start simple. Eating and drinking. Clean living. Getting creative. Smart thinking.

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Book SynopsisThe book sets out a workable holistic strategy to address the underlying causes of the illegal wildlife trade and provide policymakers, NGOs and other stakeholders with an action plan to help bring the multi-billion-dollar trade to an end.

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Book SynopsisHeavy industrialization in the past few decades has caused several global environmental issues including poor air quality, climate change, and outdoor air pollution-related diseases. As such, consumer pressure coupled with strict governmental policies have influenced firms to adopt and implement green practices in their supply chain and business operations in order to improve socio-environmental sustainability.Global Perspectives on Green Business Administration and Sustainable Supply Chain Management is an essential reference book that discusses innovative green practices including recycling, remanufacturing, reduction in waste and adoption of renewable energy in manufacturing. It also examines environmentally friendly policies that have been adopted by many European and Western countries. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as energy analysis, environmental protections, and logistics development, this book is ideally designed for managers, operations managers, executives, manufacturers, environmentalists, researchers, industry practitioners, academicians, and students.

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Book SynopsisOffering insights on violence in conservation in Africa, this timely book demonstrates how and why the state pursues conservation objectives to the detriment of its citizens. It focuses on how the dehumanization of black people and indigenous groups, the insertion of global green agendas onto the continent, a lack of resource sovereignty, and neoliberal conservation account for why violence is a permanent feature of conservation in Africa. Chapters uncover various forms of violence experienced on the continent, revealing the local and global conditions that enable them, and propose pathways towards non-violent conservation. The book concludes that the ideology of conservation is also an ideology about people. Crucially, it highlights the implications of increasing investment in violent instruments and the institutionalization of militarized approaches for conservation, the state, and ordinary people. Scholars and students of political ecology and environmental policy and planning will greatly benefit from this book’s drawing together of perspectives encompassing green violence and the militarization of conservation. It will also be an invigorating read for African studies researchers looking at coloniality and the re-evaluation of the African state, particularly through the lens of nature conservation.Trade Review‘This volume traces the trajectory of the dominant conservation narratives and approaches in Africa, and reveals the myriad ways in which contemporary conservation ideologies and practices reproduce colonial conservation ideologies and practices. The chapters compiled into this volume illuminate the contradictions and contestations of the dominant conservation approaches, and propose alternatives that can produce beneficial outcomes for both people and nature. This book is an important contribution to our understanding of conservation, and is a must read for those who want to envision a conservation which will guarantee sustainable outcomes.’ -- James C. Murombedzi, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia‘The Violence of Conservation in Africa presents a sobering assessment of the toll in human suffering paid by ordinary citizens living in or near Africa's national parks and reserves. The essays reveal the undeniable coloniality of thought permeating twenty-first century nature conservation practices, linking the preservation of Africa’s charismatic wildlife to a long history of “violence against black bodies”. The editors have brought together mostly authors based in African NGOs and universities, giving voice to those close to events on the ground. This is a must read for anyone interested in protecting Africa’s biodiversity without sacrificing the human rights of common citizens.’ -- Rod Neumann, Florida International University, US‘The Violence of Conservation in Africa explores the vexed question of why conservation action in Africa is so often associated with violence and militarisation. Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose and Tafadzwa Mushonga have brought together a strong team of African researchers and practitioners to explore this strain of “green” violence through case studies. In a far-reaching and important book, they ask where conservation violence emerged, why it persists, and whether it is inevitable. They call for a future of non-violence in nature conservation, for the sake of both people and non-human nature.’ -- Bill Adams, University of Cambridge, UK, and The Graduate Institute, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii PART I DIMENSIONS OF VIOLENT CONSERVATION IN AFRICA 1 Conservation and violence in Africa 2 Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose and Tafadzwa Mushonga PART II THE MILITARIZATION OF CONSERVATION 2 The state and contested natural resources in Africa 23 Frank Matose, Dina Dabo, Tichayana Konono and Simphiwe Tsawu 3 The violence of greening the state in Africa 38 Emmanuel Mogende and Maano Ramutsindela 4 The coloniality of “crisis conservation”: the transnationalization and militarization of Virunga National Park from an historical perspective 53 Esther Marijnen 5 Violent forests, local people and the role of the state in Zimbabwe 73 Tafadzwa Mushonga 6 The new turn in the militarization of conservation in Cameroon, Central Africa 90 Guy Patrice Dkamela and Samuel Nguiffo PART III LOCAL IMPACT AND AGENCY 7 ‘We just saw the fence’: infrastructural violence, fencing and the legacy of South Africa’s bantustan 113 Amber Abrams 8 Postcolonialism, protected areas and Basarwa of Central Kalahari Game Reserve 134 Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Olekae T. Thakadu 9 Green violence along the value chain of illicit trade 155 Shaun Cozett 10 Transgression and the making of local heroes in Mozambique: the conflict of contested illegality 168 Nelisiwe L. Vundla PART IV ALTERNATIVES 11 Protecting (with) Mount Mabo: is another form of nature conservation possible? 188 Anselmo Matusse 12 Princess Vlei – a story of entangled vitality 203 Tania Katzschner and Bridget Pitt 13 Non-violent conservation: the need and possibilities 223 Maano Ramutsindela, Tafadzwa Mushonga and Frank Matose Index

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Book SynopsisWith the rapid destabilization, escalation and convergence of various environmental crises, global environmental politics is facing extreme turbulence. Tracing the causes, consequences and dangers of planetary turbulence, this essential book identifies the emerging opportunities to improve governance in environmental politics and transition the world order toward greater equity, justice and sustainability.Providing a comprehensive understanding of the nature and breadth of global environmental politics, leading scholars investigate the intersecting crisis events of this turbulent era. Chapters explore the political, environmental and economic issues surrounding growing inequality: soaring food and fuel prices; record numbers of migrants and refugees fleeing persecution and destitution; and the intensification of climate change. Finding the sources of turbulence to be overlapping and reinforcing, the book digs deeper into how various actors generate turbulence, looking closely at state sovereignty, civil society and societal organizations. Forward thinking, it reflects how different practices, conditions, lenses, and tools can create future avenues to imagine, facilitate, and actualize solutions for global sustainability during times of extreme turbulence.Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this insightful book will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of environmental politics, policy, and governance; alongside policymakers and organizations looking to realize the Sustainable Development Goals.Trade Review‘A genuinely novel take on the broad nature of global environmental politics is a rare thing, but Dauvergne and Shipton have succeeded with gusto. Deploying the concept of turbulence – the sense of constant churn, multiple intersecting crises that never resolve but transform, disrupting lives in myriad ways – to great effect, this book provides an overarching framework for understanding how we might pursue sustainability in this context. It also details this in relation to a wide range of familiar and unfamiliar cases alike. All that is solid may be melting into air, but Dauvergne and Shipton help us guide our way through the turbulence.’ -- Matthew Paterson, University of Manchester, UK‘Dauvergne and Shipton’s remarkable volume brings together an amazing array of scholars who collectively provide a deep engagement with the unsettling forces at the root of overlapping global environmental crises, while also highlighting the opportunities that turbulence brings to transform our world for the better. It is a must read.’ -- Matthew Hoffmann, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: INTRODUCTION 1 Understanding environmental politics in a turbulent era 1 Leah Shipton and Peter Dauvergne PART I THE NATURE AND BREADTH OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL TURBULENCE 2 Turbulence, converging crises, and environmental justice 13 David Schlosberg 3 Plastic turbulence: illusions of containment, clean-up, and control, and the emergent promise of diverse economies 25 Ekaterina Chertkovskaya, Jacob Hasselbalch, and Johannes Stripple 4 Rights, resilience, and water in turbulent times 37 Ekta Patel and Erika Weinthal 5 Promoting environmental rights in turbulent times: Latin America and the Escazú Agreement 49 Hayley Stevenson 6 Compound urban crises in global environmental politics 62 Marielle Papin, Linda Westman, Rachel Macrorie, Ahmad Shoaib Azizi, Michael Dede, Julie Greenwalt, Ibinabo Johnson, and Barbara Summers 7 Extractive industries and mineral resources: turbulence all around 75 Stacy D. VanDeveer, Hyeyoon Park, Yixian Sun, and Michele M. Betsill PART II ACTORS AS AGENTS OF TURBULENCE OR TRANSFORMATION 8 People power, disruption, and survival 91 Peter J. Jacques 9 State sovereignty, turbulence, and environmental disasters in global environmental politics 103 Susan Park 10 How philanthropic foundations fuel transformations and with what consequences for sustainable food systems 116 Agni Kalfagianni PART III PATHWAYS TO GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY IN A TURBULENT ERA 11 Thinking gender in times of crisis: reflecting on gender, turbulence, and global environmental politics 130 Nicole Detraz 12 Is technological turbulence sustainable? 142 Leslie Paul Thiele 13 Beyond islands of sustainability? Opportunities and challenges of jurisdictional approaches in tropical forest governance 156 Philip Schleifer 14 Advancing global environmental politics research through systems-oriented analysis 169 Henrik Selin 15 Turbulence and transition to healthy governance 184 D.G. Webster, Mark Axelrod, and Semra A. Aytur 16 Ratcheting-up through competition: global environmental governance in the era of rising geopolitical tensions between China and the West 197 Yixian Sun and Chuyu Liu CONCLUSION 17 Navigating turbulence for sustainability 211 Leah Shipton and Peter Dauvergne Index 224

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook offers a comprehensive outlook on global environmental politics, providing readers with an up-to-date view of a field of ever-increasing academic and public significance. Its critical perspective interrogates what is taken for granted in current institutions and social and power relations, highlighting the issues preventing meaningful change in the relationship between human societies and their biophysical underpinnings.Featuring contributions from over 60 established and emerging international scholars, the Handbook is organized into six thematic sections. It addresses theoretical approaches, contested notions, key issues, governance processes, mobilizations and emergent directions of inquiry, presenting a vital contemporary analysis of the major social science and political ecology debates over environmental questions.Scholars and students in the social sciences, in particular those studying politics and public policy, with an interest in the environment and climate change will find this Handbook to be essential reading. It will also be useful to academics in other disciplines related to ecology and environmental politics, as well as politicians and practitioners involved in green transition policies.Trade Review‘This terrific new Handbook is “critical” in multiple senses. First, it is critical of the tired and inadequate politics of global environmental summitry. Second, the established and emerging European scholars collected here demonstrate the rich and varied insights that a critical environmental politics can offer in the face of our multi-dimensional climate crisis. And finally, it is critical to the work of envisioning, strategizing, and building a more just future.’ -- John M. Meyer, California Polytechnic State University, Humboldt, US‘This magnificent Handbook shows how 21st century politics occupies the interstices of everyday life – from the digitised molecule to the spouse tax; from geopower to post-work. The editors are relational thinkers, well aware that the environment, so-called, is not the same as “nature”; rather, their title conveys an academic field subjecting itself to a reflexive process of decolonisation. This open textured epistemological stance owes much to the Frankfurt School's refusal of modernity. The spectrum of contested themes runs through debates over financialisation of nature, smart cities, genetic engineering, even a psychoanalysis of sustainability narratives! The call is for regulatory proposals and grassroots transitions sensitive to both feminist critique and to epistemic extractivism from Indigenous cultures. That said, the editors want to see discourse deconstruction replaced by a prefigurative politics, grounded in embodied practices. As they say, the task of critique is to make visible other ways of worlding.’ -- Ariel Salleh, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa‘This is an excellent collection of different schools of thought that offer critical insights to modern environmental politics. Useful for students and researchers alike.’ -- Giorgos Kallis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: what is critical environmental politics? 1 Luigi Pellizzoni, Emanuele Leonardi and Viviana Asara PART I THEORETICAL STRANDS 1 Critical theory: praxis and emancipation beyond the mastery of nature 23 Christoph Görg 2 Decolonial ecologies: beyond environmentalism 40 Malcom Ferdinand 3 Feminisms and the environment 58 Corinna Dengler and Birte Strunk 4 Marxism and ecology: an ongoing debate 71 Emanuele Leonardi and Salvo Torre PART II CONTESTED NOTIONS 5 Anthropocene 91 Marija Brajdić Vuković and Mladen Domazet 6 Buen Vivir 104 Philipp Altmann 7 Degrowth 116 Ekaterina Chertkovskaya 8 Limits 129 Erik Gómez-Baggethun 9 Sustainability: buying time for consumer capitalism 141 Ingolfur Blühdorn PART III KEY ISSUES 10 Agrarian development and food security: ecology, labour and crises 157 Maura Benegiamo 11 Bioeconomies 170 Kean Birch 12 Cities and the environment 181 Hug March 13 Climate justice and global politics 192 Stefan Gaarsmand Jacobsen and Oliver Hunt 14 The Common(s) 206 Angelos Varvarousis 15 The cultural political economy of research and innovation: meeting the problem of growth in the Anthropocene 217 David Tyfield 16 Disasters and catastrophes 232 Laura Centemeri and Isabella Tomassi 17 Energy politics and energy transition 245 Natalia Magnani, Dario Minervini and Ivano Scotti 18 Expertise, lay/local knowledge and the environment 257 Rolf Lidskog and Monika Berg 19 Extractivism and neo-extractivism 270 Maristella Svampa 20 Religion and ecology 282 Jens Koehrsen 21 Social metabolism 295 Dario Padovan, Osman Arrobbio and Alessandro Sciullo 22 Technological fixes: nonknowledge transfer and the risk of ignorance 308 Matthias Gross 23 The values of Nature 318 Clive L. Spash and Tone Smith PART IV GOVERNANCE 24 Democracy and democratisation 333 Marit Hammond 25 Environmental violence 347 Gloria Pessina 26 Environment-related human mobility 362 Eleonora Guadagno 27 Financialisation of nature 374 Tone Smith 28 Fossil fuels and state–industry relations: a case study in environmental non-compliance 388 Edwin A. Edou, Debra J. Davidson and Sydney Karbonik 29 Global environmental governance and the state 402 Alina Brad, Ulrich Brand and Etienne Schneider 30 Just transition: a conflict transformation approach 416 Damian McIlroy, Seán Brennan and John Barry 31 Sustainable welfare: urban areas and transformational action 431 Kajsa Emilsson and Max Koch PART V MOBILIZATIONS 32 Climate change consensus: a depoliticized deadlock 443 Erik Swyngedouw 33 Ecological mobilizations in the Global South 456 Pallav Das 34 Engaging the everyday: sustainability, practices, politics 468 Alice Dal Gobbo 35 Environmental movements 483 Viviana Asara 36 More-than-social movements: politics of matter, autonomy, alterontologies 505 Andrea Ghelfi and Dimitris Papadopoulos PART VI NEW DIRECTIONS 37 Decolonising environmental politics 521 Patrick Bresnihan and Naomi Millner 38 Digitalisation as promissory infrastructure for sustainability 540 Ingmar Lippert 39 Eco-feminism and the commons: the Feminization of Resistance in Latin America 554 Silvia Federici 40 Geopower: genealogies, territories and politics 564 Miriam Tola 41 Post-work and ecology 577 Luigi Pellizzoni 42 Transformative innovation 593 Andreas Novy, Nathan Barlow and Julia Fankhauser Index

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Book Synopsis Whether you have a lifelong love of nature or you cannot identify whether something is an elder or an alder, a daisy or a dandelion, or a heron or a herring gull, The Wonders of the Wild Places is the book for you. From the mountains to the sea, woodland to farmland, heaths and riversides we have many habitats in the United Kingdom, and The Wonders of the Wild Places provides information about some of the many species which inhabit these habitats. It is packed with interesting facts about nature designed to encourage you to go out and about and enjoy the wonders of the wild places. If you have ever wondered how birds migrate or which invertebrate has the largest brain, The Wonders of the Wild Places provides the answers – and many more. It covers many subjects from folklore to language, social history to the latest science. The Wonders of the Wild Places also explains the current threats to the natural world and provides details of what is being done to protect nature and also has suggestions of how individuals can help nature, from cleaning up your nearest beach to building a bug hotel. After reading The Wonders of the Wild Places you will never see the natural world in the same way again.

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Book SynopsisIs the thought of the 51 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans keeping you up at night? Don't panic! The war on plastic has begun and you can help! In this book you'll find 101 little things you as an individual can do to avoid single-use plastics and help save the world.Governments, brands and corporations around the globe are on the case to solve the plastic epidemic, but whilst we wait for the effects of those initiatives to trickle through and alternatives to plastic to be found, let's hit the ground running. In this proactive illustrated book, you'll find 101 simple ways to cut plastic from:-FOOD AND DRINK e.g. freeze fresh veg rather than buying frozen, and buy beeswax wrap over clingfilm- AROUND THE HOUSE e.g. buy bars of soap instead of hand dispensers and swap scourers for natural cloths- YOUR LIFESTYLE e.g. how to have a plastic-free party and find good plastic-free make-upTogether we can save our oceans - and we will!

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Book Synopsis"Advances in Ecopolitics Series" presents a collection of environmental alternatives worthy of consideration in light of the ongoing economic downturn which has accompanied the latest incarnation of unsustainable practices. Each publication discusses a significant element in the environmental theory which now represents an important aspect of sustainable living. The latest volume, "Global Ecological Politics", examines the range of environmental campaigns that are occurring across the planet. It showcases a selection of case studies on grassroots initiatives and activism in areas such as green economic alternatives, regional activism in defence of communities, alternative or utopian communities, green politics and ecotourism. This extensive array of ecological participation demonstrates that viable green alternatives are available in this current era of legitimation crisis across the formal political and economic sectors. "Global Ecological Politics" presents an important collection of articles for researchers, lecturers and academics in the socio-economic and political sector and is essential reading for those involved in all areas of environmentalism.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. List of Reviewers. Preface. Chapter 1 Introduction: The background to global ecopolitics. Chapter 2 The green new deal: Restoring balance and stability to the global financial and ecosystem. Chapter 3 The dilemma of justice: Foreign oil multinationals and human rights violation in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Chapter 4 Alternative currency networks as utopian practice. Chapter 5 Elusive escapes? Everyday life and ecotopia. Chapter 6 Towards a model of green political economy: From ecological modernisation to economic security. Chapter 7 Green politics and anthropology. Chapter 8 Environmental disputes in France. Chapter 9 Ecotourism and sustainability in the tourism sector. Chapter 10 The politics of waste, consumption and sustainability in the republic of Ireland. Global Ecological Politics. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisAimed at all concerned about the environment, this book presents a radical vision of the future of farming and community life, based on hidden insights from the life and spirit of the soil and on the author's experiences of growing up in the small, agricultural community of Clatt in North-East Scotland.

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Book SynopsisThis book scrutinizes the growth of the ecoterrorism movement operating on a global scale, focusing on the main groups and their more radical offshoots, both historically and currently active. These include Earth First!, the Earth Liberation Front, the Animal Liberation Front and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Gerry Nagtzaam critically examines how these groups formed and how they have evolved, their key personnel, their strategies and tactics, principles, motivating philosophies and attitudes to violence. Specifically, this book seeks to understand whether groups such as these inevitably evolve from activists to militants to terrorists who gravitate towards political violence on behalf of the environment. Particular attention is paid to the future of such groups, predicting whether they will become more prominent as more people become ecologically aware and as global environmental conditions deteriorate, or whether groups like these have peaked as a force for environmental change. Gerry Nagtzaam compares and contrasts the selected ecoterrorist groups, highlighting their similarities and differences as regards to their use of political violence and pathways of radicalization. This book will be of interest to a number of different audiences, including scholars, teachers and students of law enforcement, terrorism, environmental politics, environmental law, international relations theory, geography, environmental science, sociology and development studies. It will also be relevant for activists and environmental NGOs.Trade Review‘From Environmental Action to Ecoterrorism? offers perhaps the clearest and most comprehensive examination of radical environmental groups and tactics to date, and does so in a balanced and richly narrated manner. Taking the Animal Liberation Front, Earth First! and the Sea Shepherds as case studies, Nagtzaam focuses upon the processes by which persons and groups undergo radicalization and come to embrace political violence. Tracing the evolution of group strategies, leaders, and philosophies, his detailed narrative and careful theoretical and empirical analysis underscore the need for a better understanding of radicalization processes. Scholars and students interested in the development of radical environmentalism or in the dynamics of more militant forms of environmental resistance will find much to explore. Those merely interested in the history and internal dynamics of radical environmentalism as a social movement, and the cautionary tale that it contains, will also find much to admire in this engaging book.' -- Steve Vanderheiden, University of Colorado at Boulder, US'In a volume that is non-alarmist in tone, yet inherently attentive to the fact that such groups can constitute challenges to law enforcement and society more generally, Nagtzaam enhances our understandings of radicalisation, reaffirming that it is a process not just currently confined and relevant to Islamist groups and exclusivist nationalist organizations. He approaches and frames radical actors and radicalisation in a neutral, technical manner, advocating that neither should be inherently associated or equated with violence and terrorism. His study also reinforces that while mainstream environmental and animal rights groups and their more militant counter-parts occasionally share affinities, they are distinguished by very different philosophies and modes of operation on resolving ecological crises.' -- Peter Lentini, Monash University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I 1. Cage Fighting: the Animal Liberation Front 2. Rattling the Cages: Animal Liberation Front Actions 3. By Other Means: The Animal Liberation Front and its Purported Splinter Groups PART II 4. Direct Action in Defence of Living Systems: Earth First! 5. Elves Running through the Forest: the Earth Liberation Front PART III 6. Gaia’s Navy: the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society 7. Ramming Speed: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Actions 8. Vigilante Justice: The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Law Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book presents a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the effectiveness of environmental policy within the European Union at the dawn of the twenty-first century.The development of environmental policy, including the policymaking process, is analysed from an historical perspective. The authors then examine implementation and enforcement and present a critical appraisal of the impact of environmental policy throughout Europe. Key issues discussed include: trade and the environment environmental protection and the maintenance of industrial competitiveness agriculture and the environment energy and environmental policy transport and the environment tourism and the environment The authors provide insight into the problems of reconciling differing national interests, and present a number of proposals for environmental policy in the future. They conclude that what is required for effective environmental policy is not more radical measures but the opportunity for the measures already in place to be effectively implemented.This book will be of interest to a wide audience including students interested in environmental issues and the European Union, as well as postgraduates and academics working in the fields of environmental management and environmental studies. It will also be of use to environmental policymakers, consultants, advisers and non-government organizations.Trade Review'In the space of some 300 pages, the authors present the reader with a comprehensive treatment of the key features of EU environmental policy. . . This is an excellent addition to the literature and can be recommended to both the academic and practice-based readers of Business Strategy and the Environment.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: The Rationale for a European Union Policy on the Environment 2. Developing the EU’s Environmental Perspective 3. The Makers of Environmental Policy 4. Implementation and Enforcement of Policy 5. Market Forces and the Environment 6. Trade and the Environment 7. Environmental Protection and the Maintenance of Industrial Competitiveness 8. Agriculture and the Environment 9. Energy and Environmental Policy 10. Transport and the Environment 11. Tourism and the Environment 12. The Future for Environmental Policy within the EU Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMammals are among the most popular of all wild creatures. Otters, hedgehogs, dormice-everyone has a soft spot for them. The experts at the People's Trust for Endangered Species have compiled this introduction to the mammals in the UK and around its coast.

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Book SynopsisOtters in this country are a conservation success story. When Paul Chanin first started studying otters their numbers were so low that they had disappeared entirely from most of England. Over the last forty years they have recovered until, in 2011, otters finally returned to Kent, and are once more present in every English county.

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Book SynopsisAs they live underground moles are beneath the notice of most people except when they torment us with their molehills. Most of us see a mole as simply something to be destroyed, and never get to know the astonishing animal that lives under our feet. And yet moles are mighty and beautiful, mysterious and independent, resilient and industrious.

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Book SynopsisWho will protect our planet from the corporations, governments, and individuals who pollute, destroy, and devastate our natural world? Step forward a fresh new breed of passionately purposeful environmental lawyers, whose client is the Earth itself. At the head of this legal army stands James Thornton, who takes governments to court, and wins. In Client Earth, we travel from Poland to Ghana, from Alaska to China, to see how citizens can use public interest law to protect our planet — and our future. Trade Review‘[A] great book about how to save the planet using the long arm of the law.’ * Coldplay *‘A hopeful book about the environment and a page-turner about the law.’ * The Guardian *‘This book is an inspiration for those of us trying to build a sustainable future – and I’d recommend it to anyone who wants to know how and why we must deploy and enforce the law in the fight against ecological destruction.’ -- Caroline Lucas‘ClientEarth have been pioneers in using the tool of environmental legislation to tackle the modern scourge of air pollution. This is the story of how they're doing it.’ -- Ed Miliband‘Client Earth provides a tantalizing glimpse of how a variety of strategies can converge to create a global environmental enforcement effort.’ * Nature * ‘When compassion for life on Earth, or call it fury at the everyday and casual destruction of our stunning biosphere, when these two powers are honed by these exceptional environmental lawyers to a fierce and fine point, change happens, and the world is a better place for it. Humanity's grace and dignity are restored each time a case is successfully brought and won — it is truly a global battle fought between the mindless proponents of tragedy, and the (sometimes extremely) courageous proponents of hope. Read this book.’ -- Emily Young'This excellent book shows how it is possible to use the law to hold politicians to the promises that they make when they sign agreements on environmental and climate change.’ -- Peter Wadhams, Professor of Ocean Physics, University of Cambridge‘The story of ClientEarth – and of its charismatic Founder, James Thornton – is truly inspirational. His only client is our battered, abused planet, and his favoured arsenal is the rule of law in defense of public interest. The hard-fought victories that you’ll hear about are all important, but more important still are the vision, values and gritty dedication of an amazing group of lawyers and campaigners to whom we owe a very great deal.’ -- Jonathon Porritt‘Can lawyers save the planet? Musty court rooms may be less romantic than hugging trees and less dramatic than accosting whalers on the high seas, but the answer may be yes. And guess what, lawyers can hug trees and have a lyrical turn of phrase, too.’ -- Fred Pearce‘Really inspirational.' * Anthony Giddens *‘For an inspiring account of how social entrepreneurialism and ingenuity can make great strides in holding governments to account, this volume is well worth reading.’ * Hackney Citizen *‘An inspiring read. It shows how the law is not just within the gift of the authorities to wield. Engaged citizens can do it too.’ * E&T *‘The book is inspirational in a hard headed, let's go to work-and-get-real-results sort of way … There's a global vision. It's quietly amazing. One of the more significant books of the year.’ * Oxford Today *‘When Ronald Reagan appointed Anne Gorsuch (mother of the newest Supreme Court justice, Neil Gorsuch) to head the EPA, he asked if she was willing to ‘bring it to its knees’. She slashed its budget and, as the New York Times put it, ‘sabotaged the agency’s enforcement effort’. In response, James Thornton, a crusading lawyer, brought private actions to hold polluters to account. In 1982, while the EPA brought 14 cases against industries under the Clean Water Act, Thornton brought sixty.’ * Frederick Wilmot-Smith *‘Anyone with an interest in environmental activism and environmental law will take pleasure in this vigorous account of justice in the making.’ * Kirkus *

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Book SynopsisAn unflinching look at Charleston, a beautiful, endangered port city, founded by English settlers in 1669 as a hub of the sugar and slave trades, which now, as the waters rise, stands at the intersection of climate and race. Unbeknownst to the tourists who visit the charming streets of the Charleston peninsula, rapidly rising sea levels and increasingly devastating storms are mere years away from rendering the city uninhabitable. Weaving science, narrative history, and the family stories of Black Charlestonians, Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm chronicles the tumultuous recent past in the life of the city – from protests to hurricanes – while illuminating the escalating riskiness of its future. Charleston’s vulnerability is emblematic of vast portions of global coastlines that are likely to be chronically inundated in just a few decades. In Charleston, as in other global cities, little planning is underway to ensure a thriving future for all residents. Charleston, by Harvard Law School professor and author Susan Crawford, tells the story of a city that has played a central role in America’s painful racial history for centuries. Foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize winning author of On Juneteenth.Trade Review‘It’s a book that I wish every community could have for facing economic inequality, racial injustice and climate change. In a blend of history, policy, science and journalism, Crawford brings Charleston to life and reveals why the city is a harbinger for the United States and the world.’ — Laura Trethewey, author of Imperiled Ocean: Human Stories from a Changing Sea‘Charleston is a ghost story for the climate age, a sweeping and unflinching analysis of how a history of racism, greed, and political cowardice is creating a wet dystopian future for an iconic American city. Read this book and you’ll understand the enormity of the challenges that coastal cities face in a rapidly warming world, and why people are fighting for change before it’s too late.’ — Jeff Goodell, bestselling author of The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World‘The precarious situation in which this low-lying city finds itself is a microcosm of many other cities by a rising sea. But this is a story of people and not just policy . . . A powerful portrait of the cost of climate denial coming due.’ — David Goodrich, former head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Observations and Monitoring Program, former Director of the UN Global Climate Observing System, and author of On Freedom Road ‘The perfect storm: the US city where rising sea levels and racism collide’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/04/charleston-south-carolina-racist-mistakes-rising-sea-levels -- Susan Crawford * Guardian US *‘The Unequal Racial Burdens of Rising Seas’ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/books/review/charleston-susan-crawford.html?smid=url-share * The New York Times *‘Q&A with Susan Crawford, author of ‘Charleston: Race, Water and the Coming Storm’ https://www.postandcourier.com/features/q-a-with-susan-crawford-author-of-charleston-race-water-and-the-coming-storm/article_93b8bf9a-d567-11ed-acbd-f3ca5019dbe6.html * The Post and Courier *

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Book SynopsisThe world is functioning outside the lines. The governance structures currently abided by are not supportive enough when it comes to fighting climate change and other environmental degradation. Perhaps it's time to start anew. In his first book, Forbes advocates for global taxation and regulation to protect this global asset, the planet. Packed full of facts, data, statistics, and figures, Forbes' book offers a compelling argument to save the planet. Angus Forbes has a long experience working at the coal face of capitalism, consumerism, and capital allocation, and his passion for progressive governance and sound knowledge of environmental degradation have led him to advocate for quite a unique solution, the Global Planet Authority.

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Book SynopsisNow back in print... This groundbreaking handbook (first published in 2015 by Oberon and now needed more than ever in the face of multiple unfolding crises) is a resource for artists, community activists and anyone wishing to harness their creativity to make change in the world. Playing for Time explores the pivotal role artists play in re-thinking the future; re-inventing and re-imagining our world at a time of systemic change and uncertainty. Playing for Time identifies collaborative arts practices emerging in response to planetary challenges, reclaiming a traditional role for artists in the community as truth-tellers and agents of change. Fifty experienced artists and activists give voice to a new narrative – shifting society’s rules and values away from consumerism and commodity towards community and collaboration with imagination, humour, ingenuity, empathy and skill. Inspired by the grass-roots Transition movement, modelling change in communities worldwide, Playing for Time joins the dots between key drivers of change – in energy, finance, climate change, food and community resilience – and ‘recipes for action’ for readers to take and try.Trade Review"Facts and figures are not enough. If humanity is to survive and thrive it must become re-enchanted with the biosphere it depends on. Playing for Time is a dance of the imagination which does that, inviting us to look at and feel differently about the world. Once read, you will care more deeply and joyously about our miracle planet and its beautiful, unlikely diversity of life." Andrew Simms: author, political economist, campaigner and co-director of the New Weather Institute; "Lucy Neal's Playing for Time is an essential resource for thinking about making work in the context of climate change. It introduced me to so many ideas, fellow artists, thinkers and makers - relationships that I treasure to this day. It's been a formative text for my development as an artist and I'm so grateful for its wisdom, warmth, openness and fluidity." Ellen McDougal, Theatre Director and Maker; "The revolution of the imagination upon which our survival depends absolutely needs artists. Artists can nurture longing, bring alternate futures to life, immerse us in possibility, help us make sense of what's unfolding around us, and can be a key ingredient in the mobilisation of communities. Playing for Time is an exhilarating collection of incredibly diverse work along the rich seam where arts meet environmentalism meets community empowerment. It helped me to see my activism as being an arts practice. I can't recommend it highly enough". Rob Hopkins, author From What Is, to What if? and founder of the Transition Town movement; “Picking up this book and flicking through its pages was both heart-warming and frustrating. Frustrating because I wondered why I hadn’t known of it the first time around (where had I been?!), and heart-warming because I recognised so many names of contributors and it’s a joy to know how far back and deep the roots of their work go. The contents of the book spill out on you, reminding us all that there is an abundance of projects, people and practices to be inspired by and to act on at this time. This is the work, all of our work and now I’ve been given a second chance to drink this book in I’m not going to let it pass me by. Thank you Lucy for this re-gifting, and for lighting up the culture-making, the practices and the call on our collective imaginations.” Cassie Robinson, Assoc. Director of Emerging Futures at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Co-lead of Philea’s Philanthropy in Transitions Lab; Strategy Group Member of the Funders’ Collaborative Hub; “Playing for Time... is inspirational and unputdownable, Each line, each sentence is insightful. I am excited and suddenly feel recharged...” Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry theatre artist and Professor Emeritus at Punjab University; "I wish I had read this unique book a long time ago and wholeheartedly recommend it to every changemaker on the planet! Lucy Neal has curated a remarkable collection of stories, creative tools, methods, and practices relevant for everyone trying to dismantle systemic injustices. This collective task often seems too daunting as it requires us to break with old structures and patterns including how we think, feel and act to each other and the planet. Whether it’s in schools, villages, high streets or town square, Playing for Time provides countless real-life examples of communities coming together to re-imagine more joyous futures based on compassion, abundance, and radical inclusivity. Replacing fear with fun is key to creating opportunities for solutions and positive change as we confront the devastation and social upheaval of climate & ecological breakdown." Farhana Yamin, Lawyer & Activist, Visiting Professor, University of the Arts & Honorary Fellow, Somerville College, Oxford; "We desperately need different paths to different futures; who but artists could discover them? And they could wish for no better handbook in their startlesmithing than Playing for Time, a guide through what really matters in our tumultuous times: creativity, community, and re-enchantment. A catalyst to rooting in place and in play; to remarrying future and past; to bringing our world back alive." Shaun Chamberlin, activist, educator, and creator of Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy; “In this inspiring and joyful book artist and activist Lucy Neal shows us the art of the possible, how through writing, games and interventions in the urban fabric, we can create stories and living examples of the world that could be. Playing for Time is deeply participative in its creation and content - it’s a book for everyone - those of us making change and those of us who are simply hungry for new stories to live our lives by." Hilary Cottam, author of Radical Help; "Playing For Time is an example of how art and activism can, together make sense of the world, what we can do ourselves and what we can do together. The voices in this book are all important, early creative pioneers who understand that collaborating for the planet is not just a good thing to do, it is the only thing to do. ... this beautifully gathered collection of stories, insights and helpful ideas is a profound gift to us all." Alison Tickell, Director, Julie’s BicycleTable of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction 5 DRIVERS OF CHANGE 17 THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF HUMAN BEINGS AND ENERGY | PAUL ALLEN 20 RELOCALISATION AND THE TRANSITION MOVEMENT | ROB HOPKINS 27 GROWN-UP ECONOMICS | BETH STRATFORD 34 ART AND CLIMATE CHANGE | HEATHER ACKROYD 41 ART AND ACTIVISM | FARZANA KHAN, JAMES MARRIOTT, KEVIN SMITH AND JANE TROWELL OF PLATFORM 47 REDESIGNING OUR FOOD SYSTEMS | BONNIE HEWSON 55 RECLAIMING THE COMMONS | JONATHAN GORDON-FARLEIGH 60 RESTORATION OF ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY | KATE RAWLES 65 THE PRACTICE 70 Transitional arts practice 71 THE PRINCIPLES 76 FOUR PRACTICES 82 1. Fabio Santos 82 2. Ruth Ben-Tovim 84 3. Hilary Jennings 87 4. Maria Amidu 89 PART 1 THE PRACTICE 92 LAND: GOING TO GROUND 94 Introduction: Song by Waiata Telfer 96 Going To Ground 98 Between Body and Land by Nic Green 100 Emergence Land Journey by Fern Smith 103 Beuysterous: Towards Planetary Sculpture? by Bridget McKenzie 106 Rannoch Wolf by Dougie Strang 110 HOME: BELONGING TO EARTH 112 Introduction: Art Should Be Like the Bread on the Kitchen Table by Eva Bakkeslett 114 Belonging To Earth 116 Singing in a Dark Time by Dougie Strang 118 Away From Home! The Journey of Survival and Creativity in a New World by Cedoux Kadima 120 Florilegium: Honey Flow I, II, III, IV by Amy Shelton 124 Loop: Betty, Pat, Diane, Ivy, Lyn, Bonney by Maria Amidu 127 Humility and the Superhumus by Lucy Neal 130 RITES OF PASSAGE: SEEDING NEW MYTHOLOGIES 132 Introduction: The Sacred in the Everyday by Gilly Adams 134 Seeding New Mythologies 136 Transition Through Nature by Ruth Nutter 138 The Life Cairn by Andreas Kornevall 141 Liminal by Dougie Strang 143 Ulverston Lantern Parade: Ceremony And Celebration by Sue Gill 146 FOOD GROWING: FROM EMPTY PLOTS TO FULL PLATES 150 Introduction: Radical Roots by Josiah Meldrum 152 From Empty Plots to Full Plates 154 The Edible Garden by Fabio Santos 158 Grow Sheffifield and Abundance by Anne-Marie Culhane 160 Fruit Routes by Anne-Marie Culhane 163 Seeds by Azul-Valerie Thome 165 Memories of Mr Seel’s Garden by Michelle Bastian 167 Feast on the Bridge by Clare Patey 169 ACTIVISM: CROSSING THE RIVER OF FIRE 172 Introduction: On The Tightrope Between Art and Activism: Five Promises by John Jordan 174 Graeae by Jenny Sealey 177 Creative Practice of Activism by Danielle Paffard 179 PART 2 Work-A-Thon for the Self-Employed by Ellie Harrison 181 Crossing The River of Fire 182 Shake! – Youth Voices on Art, Race, Media and Power by Farzana Khan 183 Starting From Where We Are: The Co-Operative’s Frack Free Future Campaign by Sarah Woods 189 WATER: WISHING WATER WELL 192 Introduction: Watching From The Shore by Amy Sharrocks 194 Drop in The Ocean by Jess Allen 196 Wishing Water Well 197 Treasures From the Thames by Mike D Webber 199 Delta by James Marriott 202 Message in a Bottle by Fabio Santos and Lucy Neal 204 Coral by Lynette Wallworth and Lucy Neal 206 BODY: RHYTHMS OF SENTIENT BEING 210 Introduction: Putting Your Body on the Line by Fern Smith 212 Rhythms of Sentient Being 214 Charnel House by Dougie Strang 215 Farplayer Ansuman Biswas 217 Bedside Manners by Anna Ledgard 219 Field Sensing by Anne-Marie Culhane 222 HANDS: A SHOW OF HANDS 228 Introduction: Horace’s Hands by Barnaby Stone 230 A Show of Hands 232 Craft by Hilary Jennings 232 Birdyarns by Deirdre Nelson 234 Clay Cargo by Julia Rowntree 239 Craftivist Collective by Sarah Corbett 240 WORD: CHOOSING THE STORY WE LIVE BY 246 Introduction: Words at the End of the World by Paul Kingsnorth 248 Choosing The Story We Live By 249 Diarykeepers by Anne-Marie Culhane 252 Between Ourselves: The Empathy Roadshow by Sarah Woods 254 Objection Overruled: Ecocide Trial by Heather Ackroyd 256 STREET: AT THE CROSSROADS OF POSSIBILITY 262 Introduction: Turning the Tide by Jonathan Bartlett 264 At The Crossroads Of Possibility 266 Encounters Shop by Ruth Ben-Tovim 268 The Happy Museum Project by Hilary Jennings 270 Arnold Circus by Naseem Khan 273 The Trashcatchers’ Carnival by Lucy Neal 275 RECIPES FOR ACTION AND TOOLS 280 Recipes for Action 282 LAND Ten Things You Might Want to Know When Planning A…Land Journey by Fern Smith 286 HOME Diarykeepers by Anne-Marie Culhane 290 RITES OF PASSAGE The Funeral by Gilly Adams 294 FOOD GROWING A Little Patch of Ground by Ruth Ben-Tovim 297 ACTIVISM How To Become a Cultural Activist by Eva Bakkeslett 303 Know Your Place on The Oil Road – And How to Get Off It by James Marriott 306 WATER Waterproof by Simone Kenyon and Lucy Neal 308 BODY Loss, Transition, Beginnings: Art and Metaphor as a Starting Point for Exploring Personal Experience by Anna Ledgard 313 HANDS Digging Underfoot by Julia Rowntree 317 WORD Renga: The Experience of Writing a Poem Together by Anne-Marie Culhane 312 STREET A Bit of a Do: Planning a Community Event by Sarah Woods 323 TOOLS Holding the Space by Gilly Adams 325 Story of Change by Mandy Barnett 326 The Give and Gain Process by Fabio Santos 330 Resourcing: The Heaviness of Money and How To Make It Lighter by Lucy Neal with Julia Rowntree 334 How to Keep Going Advice Gathered by Jane Trowell 338 PART 3 Reading 342 Postscript 344 Notes 350 Contributors 361 Index

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Book SynopsisDie Umweltbilanz der DDR fällt bitter aus. Doch während die vorhandenen Umweltprobleme in den achtziger Jahren in einen unversöhnlichen Konflikt zwischen dem SED-Staat und Teilen der Gesellschaft mündeten, hatte die Situation gut zwanzig Jahre zuvor ganz anders ausgesehen. Die Verabschiedung des Landeskulturgesetzes im Jahr 1970 markierte einen Aufbruch, der nicht nur eine Verbesserung der Umweltsituation in Aussicht stellte, sondern auch gesellschaftliches Umweltengagement gezielt förderte.Die Studie untersucht die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Aushandlung von Umweltfragen in der sozialistischen Diktatur. Der Fokus ist auf die politische Kommunikation in Eingaben, gesellschaftliche Initiativen und die verschiedenartigen Räume des Mitmachens gerichtet. Auf diese Weise ist es nicht nur möglich, die Hintergründe des ökologischen Niederganges jenseits teleologischer Deutungsmuster ausgewogen darzustellen, sondern auch die Vielfalt des Umwelthandelns im Staatssozialismus zu beleuchten.

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Book SynopsisGary Snyder (born 1930) is one of the most important poets of the 20th century. The Pulitzer Prize winner's work includes poems, prose, scientific essays and more. Snyder has been the subject of much academic work over the past five decades, and his writing and environmental activism have been recognized by both the public and politicians. As the central figure of the American subcultures, he mainly influenced the beat generation and the hippie movement; it is also associated with more recent phenomena such as the back-to-the-land movement or eco-villages. Snyder is a figurehead and co-founder of American bioregionalism and the environmental and natural philosophy "Deep Ecology": Both are of central importance for the modern environmental movement. Martin Spenger's biography tracks the interfaces between Gary Snyder's life and the major environmental and sociopolitical events in the United States.

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Book SynopsisDas Buch verfolgt die bewegte Geschichte des Landesbunds von seinen Anfängen als »Staatlich autorisierte Kommission für Vogelschutz im königlichen Bayern« bis zum heutigen Verband mit mehr als 100.000 Mitgliedern. Wenige Umweltverbände haben eine so bewegte Geschichte wie der 1909 gegründete LBV. Anfangs auf Vogelschutz fokussiert, entwickelte er sich zu einem agilen zivilgesellschaftlichen Verband, der Arten- und Biotopschutz in seiner ganzen Breite betreibt. Frank Uekötter zeichnet die Entwicklung des LBV über politische Zäsuren hinweg nach, diskutiert die Alltagsarbeit und das wechselnde Verständnis, welche Vögel zu welchem Zweck zu schützen waren. Sichtbar wird eine lokal und regional fest verwurzelte Organisation, die kooperativer arbeitet als andere Umweltverbände – aber seit dem Volksbegehren »Rettet die Bienen« auch über Bayern hinaus bekannt ist.

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Book SynopsisIntegrale Organisationsentwicklung - bewusst, integral und wirkungsvoll! Der Ruf nach agileren, flexibleren Organisationen, die sinnstiftend tätig sind, wird immer lauter. Nachhaltigkeit, Corporate Social Responsibility und dergleichen mehr bedingen ein neues Verständnis von Organisation. Die alten Modelle sind überholt und es braucht eine neue Form von Orientierung. Hier braucht es dringend ein pragmatisches und trotzdem entwicklungsförderliches Modell, ein Modell, welches den Prozess in den Vordergrund stellt. Die Integrale Organisationsentwicklung stellt ein Modell für die Beschreibung, Gestaltung und Reflexion von Prozessen zur Verfügung. Wenn Sie mehr über Integrale Organisationsentwicklung erfahren und Ihre Kompetenz erweitern möchten, dann ist das Buch von Heiko Veit genau das Richtige für Sie! Das Praxishandbuch Integrale Organisationsentwicklung beschreibt eine Landkarte für die gesamte Komplexität von Entwicklungsprozessen in Organisationen. Es zeigt, wie man sich selbst sowie die Organisation in dieser Landkarte verortet und wie man Wege finden kann, wenn man in der Realität etwas verändern möchte. Das Buch betont die Rolle der eigenen Entwicklungsstufe, wenn man sich mit Organisationsentwicklung beschäftigt. Darüber hinaus enthält es viele Denkmodelle auf dem Weg zu einer integralen Organisation. Es zeigt, wie man eine gesunde Basis schaffen kann, um eine sinnvolle Weiterentwicklung von evolutionären Prinzipien hin zu mehr Komplexität, Sinn, Ordnung, Erkenntnis und Vertrauen im Business-Kontext zu erreichen.Trade Review"Ohne Zweifel schwere Kost. Das liegt allerdings nicht am Verfasser, der ganz wunderbar und aus der Ich-Perspektive schreibt. Die vielen Denkmodelle und Impulse, die der Autor bietet, um eine sinnvolle Weiterentwicklung der Organisation zu mehr Sinn, Ordnung und Erkenntnis zu erreichen, wollen in alle Ruhe durchdrungen sein. Ein im besten Sinn nachdenklich stimmendes Buch." (Managment-Journal im Juli 2018)Table of ContentsVorwort 9 1. Kapitel: Die Integrale Landkarte 11 Quadranten 11 Ebenen 19 Linien 25 Typen 28 Zustände 29 2. Kapitel: Weitere Grundlagen für integrale Organisationsentwicklung 33 Das Menschenbild 33 Ein Modell der Innenwelt des Menschen 34 Mein Organisationsbild 37 Zur Organisationsstruktur 38 Zur Organisationskultur 40 Die Perspektive der Veränderungsarten 43 Dimensionen von Wertproduktion 44 Arten integraler Organisationen 49 Ansätze postkonventioneller Organisationen 50 Die Aufgabe des Beraters 53 3. Kapitel: Voraussetzungen aus Entwicklungsperspektive 57 Wer ist eigentlich mein Kunde/Auftraggeber? 57 Der Auftraggeber als Person 57 Der Auftraggeber als Gruppe 58 Worauf muss man beim Kunden achten? 58 Überblick über die Ich-Entwicklungsstufen 61 E4: Die gemeinschaftsorientierte Stufe 63 E5: Die rationalistische Stufe 66 E6: Die eigenbestimmte Stufe 68 E7: Die relativierende Stufe 70 E8: Die systemische Stufe 71 Überblick der Werteentwicklung 74 Zusammenspiel Ich-Entwicklung und Werte 75 Zukunftsvision 79 4. Kapitel: Ein mögliches Vorgehen 83 Einführung 83 Kontakt und Bindung 85 Auftragsklärung 87 Hintergrundfolie reflektieren 93 Die zehn Systemdynamiken 98 Change-Architektur aufbauen 100 Vertiefung Kernteam 103 Vertiefung individuelle Intervention 106 Change-Architektur leben 109 In der Organisation weiter verankern 110 Was ändert sich? Unterscheidung konventionelle und postkonventionelle Organisation 111 5. Kapitel: Ein Schritt zurück 113 Einführung 113 Vertiefungen zur Phase Kontakt und Bindung 113 Klarheit über den Wir-Raum 114 Der Wir-Raum ist flüchtig 115 Der Wir-Raum des Beratungssystems ist kulturbildend für den Kunden 115 Die Tiefe des erlebten Wir-Raums kann unterschiedlich sein 116 Entwicklungsstufen der Organisation sind anders als die der Person 116 Vertiefung zur Auftragsklärung 117 Ebenen von Impulsen 117 Das Pizza-Modell zur Einpassung in Gruppen 119 Auftragsklärung als Durchlaufen eines U-Prozesses 120 Die Grenzen des Auftrags finden 122 Offen sein für direkte Interventionen 123 Hinweise zum Angebot – das Angebot als Intervention 124 Hinweise zur Einbindung von Partnern 127 Vertiefung zur Reflexion der Hintergrundfolie 129 Die eigene Identität als Hintergrundfolie 129 Vertiefung zur Reflexion der Change-Architektur 131 Das Kernteam 131 Veränderungslandkarte 132 Plan der Interventionen und die konkreten Interventionen 133 Mitarbeiter und Führungskräfte 134 Feedback und Außeneinflüsse 135 Zoom-in und Zoom-out 136 Vertiefung zu Change-Architektur leben 137 Fokussierungsfelder im U 137 Blick auf mögliche organisationale Schatten 139 Noch ein paar Hinweise zum Berater 140 Und eine kleine Übung 141 6. Kapitel: Prinzipien und Konzepte 143 Wirklichkeitskonstruktion 144 Bindungs-Trennungszyklus 147 Problem-Lösungsraum 150 Einfluss-Interessenbereich 152 Komfortzonenmodell 154 Führung – was ist das eigentlich? 157 Rollen und Rollenwelten 161 Vom Drama zum Erfolg 163 Felder des Zuhörens 167 Dysfunktionale Muster – individuell & kollektiv 171 Vier Elemente effektiver Kommunikation 174 Alles, was Sie können und wissen 176 7. Kapitel: Pragmatische Werkzeuge 179 Fleximity 179 Organisationseinheiten-Canvas 185 Das Rollen-Canvas 191 Kooperatives Workshop-Design 195 Reflexion 198 Konsent für kooperative Entscheidungshilfe 204 Alles, was Sie als Werkzeug kennen und einsetzen können 206 Schlusswort 209 Literaturverzeichnis 211 Stichwortverzeichnis 215

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