Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism Books
HarperCollins Publishers The God Species How Humans Really Can Save the Planet...
Book SynopsisThe green movement has got it very wrong.Trade Review'Radical. Will outrage many readers’ Independent 'Wonderfully sane and cogent’ Guardian ‘Mark Lynas is one of a growing band of influential figures, along with James Lovelock, Stewart Brand and George Monbiot, who now argue that the approach of most Greens to climate change needs to change… He is wonderfully sane and cogent on difficult issues… He has written the clearest exposition so far of the choices facing us. We may wince at the book's title (it derives from Stewart Brand's remark: "We are as gods and have to get good at it"), but Lynas is not playing God, simply making a passionate pitch for good global resource management.’ Peter Forbes, Guardian ‘An intriguing thesis and Lynas outlines it with clarity and panache’ Observer ‘Planetary boundaries richly merit a popular treatment, and The God Species taps their potential to offer a sharply focused vision of planetary dynamics that goes beyond warming and extinctions.’ Financial Times ‘The power of Lynas’s voice comes not just from his deep research but also his authority as a campaigner’ Sunday Times ‘This is a clear-eyed, hard-headed assessment of the ecological challenges facing us – and all the more bracing for it’ Evening Standard ‘Before reading this book, worrying about biodiversity had seemed a chattering class luxury to me’. Independent, Book of the Week ‘A redemptive manifesto for humanity’ New Scientist
£10.44
Profile Books Ltd The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to
Book Synopsis'Essential brain food' Condé Nast Traveler 'As much a manifesto as a guide' Los Angeles Times 'Read this book and save the planet' Soho House Notes One of Business Insider's Most Anticipated Non-fiction Books of 2022 We cannot save the planet without uplifting the voices of its people - especially those most often unheard. Leah Thomas coined the term 'intersectional environmentalism' to describe the inextricable link between climate change, activism, racism and privilege. The fight for the planet should go hand in hand with the fight for civil rights. In fact, one cannot exist without the other. This book is a call to action, a guide to instigating change for all and a pledge to work toward the empowerment of all people and the betterment of the planet - an indispensable primer for activists looking to create meaningful, inclusive and sustainable change. Driven by Leah's expert voice and complemented by the words of young activists from around the globe, it is essential reading on the issue - and the movement - that will define a generation.Trade ReviewAn overarching yet detailed introduction to intersectional environmentalism ...Thomas's work is essential brain food * Condé Nast Traveler *An essential read, this book gives voice to a movement that will define a generation * Yale Climate Connections *As much a manifesto as a guide * Los Angeles Times *Read this book and save the planet * Soho House *Vital * The Revelator *The founder of Intersectional Environmentalist is building toward a greener, more equitable future by advocating for both sustainability and social justice while spotlighting communities that have been underrepresented in the space ... She's aiming to set the movement on the right path with her new book, The Intersectional Environmentalist * InStyle *Magnificent, unapologetically questioning ... helps readers frame their experiences and those of their community, question concepts of privilege and ownership, and better understand how climate change impacts the most marginalised -- Tony Rollinson * Permaculture Magazine *Too often, environmentalist proposals and platforms appear willing to sacrifice people - usually the most vulnerable - in exchange for saving the planet. Leah Thomas' The Intersectional Environmentalist aims to fix this problem, offering philosophical defenses for protecting those affected most by climate change, as well as strategies young activists can use to turn theory into practice * Bustle *Leah's urgent work has caused a sea-change in how we talk about the climate crisis online, her timely book expands on that essential work. I'm so grateful that it exists. It not only breathes the much-needed life that youth bring into the movement, but also honors the wisdom of those who paved the way for Intersectional Environmentalism. We need more voices like Leah's - and the many included in the book - in every space. A livable and just future for all of us depends on it -- Mikaela Loach, climate justice activist, author and co-host of the Yikes podcast[The Intersectional Environmentalist] shares data in an accessible, compelling, and engaging manner, and explores a variety of topics, including ableism, veganism, green energy, representation and more. It's dense, but not overwhelming, and it also provides a "tool kit" and a supplementary reading list, to help you expand your knowledge once you finish this book. The Intersectional Environmentalist is at once a call to action, a guide to galvanize change, and a way to empower all people towards the betterment of the planet * She Does the City *The Intersectional Environmentalist is a useful start for anyone looking to get involved with or understand more about environmental justice, and who wants to learn about it through a framework that ensures the most vulnerable are centered * Shondaland *Significant and impactful ... The Intersectional Environmentalist is helpful not only for people who work within this field but also for those who are looking to learn more or enter it and become the next generation of activists ... a necessary read -- John Evans * Buzz Magazine *
£12.34
Dorling Kindersley Ltd Miles E Nature Is A Human Right
Book SynopsisAn inspiring collection of original writing from world-leading 'green' voices on why contact with nature is vital for our mental, physical and social wellbeingAlready, concrete outweighs every tree, bush and shrub on Earth. Nature deprivation is a fast-growing epidemic, harming the health and happiness of hundreds of millions of people worldwide - especially vulnerable and marginalized groups. To combat this, Nature is a Human Right, founded by Ellen Miles in 2020, is working to make access to green space a recognized right for all, not a privilege. This book brings together a collection of engaging essays, interviews and exercises, curated by Ellen, from a selection of expert ambassadors and supporters (including authors, scientists, human rights experts, TED speakers, and climate activists). Through each contributor, we discover a new perspective on why contact with nature should be a protected human right, journeying through personal narratives on mental health, disability, racism, environmental inequality, creativity, and activism. This is a captivating collection of original writing and ideas that highlights the importance of nature, the threats of nature deprivation, and the work that must be done to make our future happier, healthier and more equal.
£13.49
Princeton University Press Picture Ecology
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£32.30
Duckworth Books The Case for Nature
Book SynopsisA deeply informed, radically hopeful manifesto for regenerating our economies and societies through the power of nature and natural capital.Trade Review'Shrikanth provides clear and tangible examples of how to not only safeguard humanity’s future, but fuel economic growth and prosperity’ Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States'Shrikanth argues we cannot afford to succumb to what he calls “a false binary” between the intrinsic and the economic cases for nature… Shrikanth’s… central point that we need to urgently come up with smarter and more effective ways to tackle a surging natural catastrophe is undeniable' Pilita Clark, Financial Times’Eloquent, informed and inspiring: a must-read for all those who care about the planet’ Isabella Tree, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Wilding’A triumph and a vital resource as we move towards a world in which the intrinsic value of healthy, vibrant nature is recognised’ Ben Goldsmith, environmentalist and financier’A deeply engaging and insightful guide to natural capital, and a much-needed reflection on our relationship with the planet we love’ Alice Seiger, MD of the Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative‘The natural world is disappearing at an alarming rate. Siddarth Shrikanth has written a thorough and heartfelt guide to the strategies that we might use to change course’ Henry Mance, author of How to Love Animals: In a Human-shaped World‘A powerful new book that argues that we can, and should, place the regeneration of nature at the heart of our economic thought and practice’ Julian Cribb, Co-founder of the Council for the Human Future'Fascinating and deeply informed, The Case for Nature offers a radically optimistic yet eminently practical new path towards tackling the twin crises of climate and biodiversity. Essential reading' Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and Adjunct Professor for Climate Justice, Trinity College Dublin'The case that The Case for Nature actually makes is that there needs to be an economic argument—and economic incentives—for protecting nature, just as there is for climate action. Shrikanth’s prescriptions for actually achieving this are detailed and world-tested' Prospect's 25 Nominees for Top Thinkers 2024!
£18.00
Manchester University Press Globalisation and Ideology in Britain
Book SynopsisExamines the impact of globalisaton across the ideological landscape of British politics by profiling the discourse on globalisation of several political groups involved in making and contestign British foreign economic policy. -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Globalisation studies, the materialist bias and the ‘third wave’2. Political economy and ideology3. Competition and change: the case of New Labour4. Serving the ‘offshore’: the case of International Financial Services, London5. The free trade dilemma: the case of the Liberal Democrats6. Trade justice and development: the case of Oxfam7. Capitalism’s final phase: the case of the Socialist Workers’ Party8. Conclusion: towards a new understanding of globalisation in the ideological landscape of British politicsReferences
£76.50
Pluto Press Socialist States and the Environment
Book SynopsisReclaims the contentious legacy of state socialism in order to build an ecosocialist futureTrade Review'A fascinating account. For too long we have tended to demonise socialist states, this book shows that to overcome the climate crisis, there are positive lessons to be learnt, from Lenin's promotion of conservation to Cuba's achievements in promoting ecological policymaking' -- Derek Wall is a former International Coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales and teaches economics at Goldsmiths, University of London'Many people have realised that ecological sustainability cannot be achieved under capitalism. But how about (eco-) socialism? For everyone who is interested in a sustainable future and a new society without oppression, I strongly recommend this book' -- Minqi Li, Professor of Economics, University of Utah and author of 'China and the 21st Century Crisis' (Pluto, 2015)'In our current moment of a near total co-optation of environmentalism where billionaires and military forces are looked to for solutions to the problems they create, Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro provides a serious, data-driven, and sober look at what socialist states have been able to do for the environment' -- Justin Podur, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University'Compelling - by doing a deep analysis of environmental policies and practices on the USSR, China, and Cuba, Engel-Di Mauro answers these questions: is possible to build ecosocialist futures from previous accomplishments of state-socialist countries? And what they can offer for future socialist projects?' -- Ana Isla, Professor Emerita at the Department of Sociology and the Centre for Women and Gender Studies, Brock University'Sharply erudite... takes us on a brilliant guided tour of the environmental programs of socialist states and a variety of community-led initiatives. Among them, Thomas Sankara's Burkina Faso, Cuba and its agroecology, the PRC up to 1978, the USSR and many of the Eastern European countries up to 1990, various African people's republics through 1992, and, despite their largely privatised economies, the Bolivias, Venezuelas, and Vietnams of today' -- Rob Wallace, author of 'Big Farms Make Big Flu' (Monthly Review Press, 2016)Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 A Brief History of Socialist States and Ecosocialism 3 The Poverty of Comparisons 4 Environmental Impacts in Context 5 Reckoning with Contradictions to Build Ecosocialism Postface References Index
£68.00
Pluto Press Socialist States and the Environment
Book SynopsisReclaims the contentious legacy of state socialism in order to build an ecosocialist futureTrade Review'A fascinating account. For too long we have tended to demonise socialist states, this book shows that to overcome the climate crisis, there are positive lessons to be learnt, from Lenin's promotion of conservation to Cuba's achievements in promoting ecological policymaking' -- Derek Wall is a former International Coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales and teaches economics at Goldsmiths, University of London'Many people have realised that ecological sustainability cannot be achieved under capitalism. But how about (eco-) socialism? For everyone who is interested in a sustainable future and a new society without oppression, I strongly recommend this book' -- Minqi Li, Professor of Economics, University of Utah and author of 'China and the 21st Century Crisis' (Pluto, 2015)'In our current moment of a near total co-optation of environmentalism where billionaires and military forces are looked to for solutions to the problems they create, Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro provides a serious, data-driven, and sober look at what socialist states have been able to do for the environment' -- Justin Podur, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University'Compelling - by doing a deep analysis of environmental policies and practices on the USSR, China, and Cuba, Engel-Di Mauro answers these questions: is possible to build ecosocialist futures from previous accomplishments of state-socialist countries? And what they can offer for future socialist projects?' -- Ana Isla, Professor Emerita at the Department of Sociology and the Centre for Women and Gender Studies, Brock University'Sharply erudite... takes us on a brilliant guided tour of the environmental programs of socialist states and a variety of community-led initiatives. Among them, Thomas Sankara's Burkina Faso, Cuba and its agroecology, the PRC up to 1978, the USSR and many of the Eastern European countries up to 1990, various African people's republics through 1992, and, despite their largely privatised economies, the Bolivias, Venezuelas, and Vietnams of today' -- Rob Wallace, author of 'Big Farms Make Big Flu' (Monthly Review Press, 2016)Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 A Brief History of Socialist States and Ecosocialism 3 The Poverty of Comparisons 4 Environmental Impacts in Context 5 Reckoning with Contradictions to Build Ecosocialism Postface References Index
£20.69
Pluto Press The Politics of Permaculture
Book SynopsisA clear introduction to the politics of permaculture, from a renowned writer and practitioner within the movementTrade Review'Based on decades of experience in the Global South and in the Global North, this concise book analyses the multiple dimensions of permaculture as a practice, an ethic, an experience, a worldview, a personal commitment and, for sure, a part of a social movement that will hopefully contribute to a deep change our world very much requires' -- Geoffrey Pleyers, Vice-President of the International Sociological Association and author of 'Alter-Globalization: Becoming Actors in the Global Age' (Polity, 2011)'Some declare that permaculture is the biggest and fastest moving people's movement in the world. Terry Leahy gives us what is possibly the first permaculture book to examine thoroughly permaculture from a sociological point of view and its potential to undermine the systems driving Earth to degradation and immoral social inequity' -- Rosemary Morrow, founder of the Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute and author of 'Permaculture Teaching Matters' (Permanent Publications, 2010)'Critical theorists often restrict themselves to criticizing the prevailing conditions of the system. They rarely turn a critical gaze on initiatives based in solidarity and aiming at transformation. Terry Leahy's book is not only a proof that this is fruitful but a proof that this pathway may lead us to widen the horizon of what transformation can mean' -- Friederike Habermann, author of 'Ecommony: UmCARE zum Miteinander''Inspiring. [...] Crammed with lively interviews and grounded examples showing the relevance of the approach to the Global South, this volume is an invaluable contribution to the growing material on how we can still show ourselves to be truly sapiens, by being responsible stewards of a wonderful, life-celebrating world' -- Ashish Kothari, founder of Kalpavriksh (Environmental Action Group) and co-editor of 'Pluriverse' (Tulika Books, 2019)'A valuable discussion, including connections with class, feminism, colonialism and differing ideas about social change' -- Ted Trainer, author of 'Transition to a Just and Sustainable World' (Environbooks, 2010)'Permaculture has been described as 'a revolution disguised as organic gardening.' That may be so, but vision without political strategy can be empty. Terry Leahy explores the political significance and latent potential of permaculture, which is terrain that has been sorely neglected' -- Samuel Alexander, Research Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and author of 'Wild Democracy: Degrowth, Permaculture, and the Simpler Way' (Simplicity Institute Publishing, 2017)'A lucid sociological analysis, arguing that the permaculture movement is multi-variegated and paradoxical. Highly recommended for readers who are looking for a concise overview of permaculture not only as an agricultural practice but as a pre-figurative experiment' -- Hans A. Baer, University of Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and author of 'Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia: Transitioning to an Alternative World System' (Berghahn, 2017)'This is permaculture revealed in all its splendour [...] an invaluable approach for exploring future strategic pathways' -- Noel Blencowe, long term Co-Team Leader, CERES Environmental Park, Melbourne'Important reflections on theories and practices to address the climate crisis, proving the important role of that progressive social movements have in the development of alternative knowledge' -- Donatella Della Porta, Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence‘Helped deepen my understanding of the movement that has defined my life and shaped that of countless others. It is hard to imagine a better portrait of the movement’ -- David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept and author of ‘Permaculture One’Table of ContentsSeries Preface Acknowledgements Preface 1. What Is Permaculture? Three Perspectives 2. Permaculture as a Social Movement 3. Strategies and Visions 4. Permaculture Practice: Prefiguring System Change 5. Gender and Colonialism Conclusion: Permaculture Politics Notes Index
£20.69
Pluto Press The Politics of Permaculture
Book SynopsisA clear introduction to the politics of permaculture, from a renowned writer and practitioner within the movementTrade Review'Based on decades of experience in the Global South and in the Global North, this concise book analyses the multiple dimensions of permaculture as a practice, an ethic, an experience, a worldview, a personal commitment and, for sure, a part of a social movement that will hopefully contribute to a deep change our world very much requires' -- Geoffrey Pleyers, Vice-President of the International Sociological Association and author of 'Alter-Globalization: Becoming Actors in the Global Age' (Polity, 2011)'Some declare that permaculture is the biggest and fastest moving people's movement in the world. Terry Leahy gives us what is possibly the first permaculture book to examine thoroughly permaculture from a sociological point of view and its potential to undermine the systems driving Earth to degradation and immoral social inequity' -- Rosemary Morrow, founder of the Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute and author of 'Permaculture Teaching Matters' (Permanent Publications, 2010)'Critical theorists often restrict themselves to criticizing the prevailing conditions of the system. They rarely turn a critical gaze on initiatives based in solidarity and aiming at transformation. Terry Leahy's book is not only a proof that this is fruitful but a proof that this pathway may lead us to widen the horizon of what transformation can mean' -- Friederike Habermann, author of 'Ecommony: UmCARE zum Miteinander''Inspiring. [...] Crammed with lively interviews and grounded examples showing the relevance of the approach to the Global South, this volume is an invaluable contribution to the growing material on how we can still show ourselves to be truly sapiens, by being responsible stewards of a wonderful, life-celebrating world' -- Ashish Kothari, founder of Kalpavriksh (Environmental Action Group) and co-editor of 'Pluriverse' (Tulika Books, 2019)'A valuable discussion, including connections with class, feminism, colonialism and differing ideas about social change' -- Ted Trainer, author of 'Transition to a Just and Sustainable World' (Environbooks, 2010)'Permaculture has been described as 'a revolution disguised as organic gardening.' That may be so, but vision without political strategy can be empty. Terry Leahy explores the political significance and latent potential of permaculture, which is terrain that has been sorely neglected' -- Samuel Alexander, Research Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and author of 'Wild Democracy: Degrowth, Permaculture, and the Simpler Way' (Simplicity Institute Publishing, 2017)'A lucid sociological analysis, arguing that the permaculture movement is multi-variegated and paradoxical. Highly recommended for readers who are looking for a concise overview of permaculture not only as an agricultural practice but as a pre-figurative experiment' -- Hans A. Baer, University of Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and author of 'Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia: Transitioning to an Alternative World System' (Berghahn, 2017)'This is permaculture revealed in all its splendour [...] an invaluable approach for exploring future strategic pathways' -- Noel Blencowe, long term Co-Team Leader, CERES Environmental Park, Melbourne'Important reflections on theories and practices to address the climate crisis, proving the important role of that progressive social movements have in the development of alternative knowledge' -- Donatella Della Porta, Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence‘Helped deepen my understanding of the movement that has defined my life and shaped that of countless others. It is hard to imagine a better portrait of the movement’ -- David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept and author of ‘Permaculture One’Table of ContentsSeries Preface Acknowledgements Preface 1. What Is Permaculture? Three Perspectives 2. Permaculture as a Social Movement 3. Strategies and Visions 4. Permaculture Practice: Prefiguring System Change 5. Gender and Colonialism Conclusion: Permaculture Politics Notes Index
£68.00
Pluto Press The Paradox of Svalbard
Book SynopsisClimate change has meant that the future of the Arctic is important to the future of the world. This book is a glimpse into the changes affecting a community within the Arctic circle.Trade Review'In a rich and deeply textured account of the human communities that call Svalbard “home”, Zdenka Sokolíčková demonstrates how the logic of extraction intersects awkwardly with community, environment, geopolitics and sustainability. If Svalbard is a paradox then it will demand explicit recognition of the competing interests, pressures and wishes that make the archipelago and its communities such intriguing places to live, work and study.' -- Klaus Dodds, Professor of Geopolitics Royal Holloway University of London'Lucidly captures the dilemmas of maintaining community in the world’s northernmost settlement, where climate change is particularly evident. Through fine-grained ethnography, this weaves together questions of belonging, labor, and inequality with the paradoxes of ‘green growth’- initiatives and geopolitics. Highly recommended!' -- Cecilie Vindal Ødegaard, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen'Sokolíčková profoundly and poetically reveals Svalbard as a site of concentrated uncertainty: simultaneously microcosm and periphery, container for a range of peculiarly 21st century meanings, and home to a community unique in the world.' -- Adam Grydehøj, Editor-in-Chief of 'Island Studies Journal''More than a tourist destination, Svalbard is a hotspot of geopolitics, climate change, transient migration and social inequalities. Engaging, rich and nuanced, this book gives voice to people whose stories are rarely told, and exposes the deep dilemmas facing this Arctic archipelago. This book is a must for anyone with an interest in Svalbard, and the challenges of a melting world. Ethnography at its best.' -- Marianne E. Lien. Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo'A rich introduction to Svalbard across temporalities, where the past is as present as the future. While located on the rim of the world, Sokolickova makes a strong case for why Svalbard offers insight into many and entangled ‘burning’ issues of modernity. A skilled storyteller, she tells us something important about our world ... balancing on paradoxes that are perhaps not as unique to Svalbard, as Svalbard makes them apparent.' -- Annette Löf, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute‘Makes the convincing case that Svalbard, despite being a sparsely populated area in the extreme north … offers crucial lessons to the world’ -- ‘Jacobin’Table of ContentsFigures Abbreviations Series Preface Acknowledgements Foreword by Thomas Hylland Eriksen Introducing the Fieldwalk: Field, Companions and Path Part I: Fluid Environments 1. Fairy Tales of Change 2. Once Upon a Time - So What? Why and How Changing Environments Matter 3. The Viscosity of the Climate Change Discourse Part II: Extractive Economies 4. The Art of Taking Out: From Extracting Coal to Extracting Knowledge and Memories 5. Big Powers and Little People: Scaling Economic Change 6. Sustainability with a Footnote: Leaving out Justice Part III: Disempowered Communities 7. The Trouble with Local Community 8. In the Neighbourhood 9. 'Make Longyearbyen Norwegian again': Denying Superdiversity Conclusion: The Paradox of Svalbard Afterword by Hilde Henningsen References Index
£22.49
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Take Heart Encouragement for Earths Weary Lovers
Book SynopsisPresents a collection of short essays that offer courage, hope, and even some laughter to the people who have for years been working for environmental sanity and social justice. To weary activists, Kathleen Dean Moore brings encouragement to join or keep on with the struggle.
£16.11
Cambridge University Press Uncertain Futures
Book SynopsisWhy is it hard to solve the climate crisis, and what can we do? This book answers these questions, which are of interest to the public, academics, and businesspeople. Using stories from the front lines of the energy transition, we show how to unlock the climate impasse.Trade Review'Uncertain Futures builds around the seldom acknowledged reality that the clean energy transition involves place-based economic disruption of breathtaking scale and pace, generating legitimate worker and community concerns. The political headwinds generated by inattention to these concerns are stiff, especially given the low credibility of governments to manage major transitions for the benefit of all. Uncertain Futures, laying out the issues clearly and providing direction for breaking the climate action logjam, is a must-read for all those at the forefront of advancing social equity while addressing the climate challenge.' Ernest J. Moniz, 13th US Secretary of Energy; Director, MIT-Harvard Roosevelt Project'Overcoming the political impasse on climate requires rethinking the way we do politics. Alexander Gazmararian and Dustin Tingley show us how: we need a climate politics from the ground up, one that listens to those whose lives will be upended by the transition to a green economy and offers a credible path to new jobs and strong communities. This pathbreaking book offers our best hope for overcoming the climate impasse.' Michael J. Sandel, author of Democracy's Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times'This compelling, well-documented, and stunningly insightful account of community-based opposition to green policies in the US begins and ends with respect for and consultation with the affected communities. Gazmararian and Tingley document widespread perceptions of governments' inability to make credible commitments, aggravating citizen uncertainties about the future. The authors go beyond diagnosis with detailed prescriptions designed to increase government transparency and trustworthiness - and make a green future possible.' Margaret Levi, Professor of Political Science, Stanford UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Problems and solutions; 3. Asking people, communities and companies; 4. Opportunity knocks?; 5. Making government policy credible; 6. Bargaining for the future; 7. Making workforce programs work; 8. Green jobs under the spotlight; 9. Conclusion.
£21.84
Cambridge University Press The Behavioral Economics and Politics of Global
Book SynopsisThe main goal of this Element is to provide a psychological explanation for why actual global climate policy is so much at odds with the prescriptions of most neoclassical economists. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Fear Based on Scientific Models of Global Warming; 3. The Nordhaus Integrated Assessment Model; 4. Behavioral Analysis of the Nordhaus-Stern Debate; 5. Psychology, Politics, and Climate Policy; 6. Hope for Reversing Global Warming.
£17.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Art and Creativity in an Era of Ecocide
Book SynopsisWhat can creativity achieve in an era of ecocide? How are people using creative and artistic practices to engage with (and resist) the destruction of life on earth? What are the relationships between creativity and repair in the face of escalating global environmental crises? Across twelve compelling case studies, this book charts the emergence of diverse forms of artistic practice and brings together accounts of how artists, scholars and activists are creatively responding to environmental destruction. Highlighting alternative approaches to creativity in both conventional art settings and daily life, the book demonstrates the major influence that ecological thought has had on contemporary creative practices. These are often more concerned with subtle processes of feeling, experience and embodiment than they are with charismatic eco-art' works. In doing so, this exploratory book develops a conception of creativity as an anti-ecocide endeavour, and provides timely theoretical and pracTrade ReviewThis book address some of the most urgent ecological issues of our time from a wide range of creative perspectives. As such, it offers readers a variety of valuable prompts to alternative and much needed ways of thinking and acting. * Iain Biggs, Visiting Research Fellow, Environmental Humanities Research Centre, Bath Spa University, UK *‘A real gem which can immediately be taken to the classroom and into one’s own writing. The myriad disciplinary voices work exceptionally well here, all trying to look through and beyond ecocidal gloom, violence and mourning towards something more attentive, feeling and radically grounded. It adds something urgent yet subtle to the scholarship.' * Andrew Patrizio, Professor of Scottish Visual Culture, University of Edinburgh, UK, and author of The Ecological Eye: Assembling an Ecocritical Art History (2018) *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction, Anna Pigott (Swansea University, UK), Owain Jones (Bath Spa University, UK) and Ben Parry (Bath Spa University, UK) 1. A conversation through listening to everyday walks, Michelle Duffy (University of Newcastle, Australia), Kaya Barry (Aalborg University, Denmark), Caroline Scarles (University of Surrey, UK), Peter Varley (Northumbria University, UK) and Michele Lobo (Deakin University, Australia) 2. Entangled encounters with an estuary: Making-with, making as coping,Lydia Halcrow(Independent researcher, UK) 3.Behavioural adaptation through reflective imagination via artistic experience in an era of ecocide, Alejandra Wah (University of Groningen, Netherlands) 4. Deep materialism and care-taking: A study of material relationships for the twenty-first century, Alison Harper (Independent researcher, UK) and Sarah Chave (University of Exeter, UK) 5. Willow, weaving, worlding and a politics of change, Anna Pigott (Swansea University, UK) 6. Be mindful: Plant intelligence, art and patience,Sue Spaid (Independent researcher) 7.The beckoning silence: Reconnecting humanity and nature on the Silent Trail, Laila Chin-Hui Fan (Ph.D. candidate at National Normal University, Taiwan) 8.Ancient boglands and the Irish peat industry: Does culture mitigate ecocide? Tim Collins (Collins & Goto Studio, UK) and Reiko Goto (Collins & Goto Studio, UK) 9.Interim Bangalore: Bodies as Sensory Data Collectors, Laura Denning (Independent researcher) 10.Rewriting the machinic Capitalocene: Using speculative fictional methods, Charlie Tweed (Bath Spa University, UK) 11. Incendiary: Curating art protest in the toxic airs of Stroud’s rural green idyll, Patricia Brien(Ph.D. candidate at Bath Spa University, UK) 12. A zone to defend: The role of art and ritual in prefiguration, Ben Parry (Bath Spa University, UK) 13. Did the sky used to be full of birds? Claire Loder (Independent researcher, UK) Index
£85.50
Bristol University Press Towards a New Civic Bureaucracy
Book SynopsisMatthew Quinn plots a landmark reimagination of governance and public administration, underpinned by sustainable development and civic republicanism.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Framing the Thinking 2. Governance and Sustainable Development as Governmentality 3. Bureaucratic Practice and Governmentality 4. Lessons from Governing for Sustainable Development 5. Towards a New Civic Bureaucracy Closing Words
£72.00
Bristol University Press Towards a New Civic Bureaucracy
Book SynopsisMatthew Quinn plots a landmark reimagination of governance and public administration, underpinned by sustainable development and civic republicanism.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Framing the Thinking 2. Governance and Sustainable Development as Governmentality 3. Bureaucratic Practice and Governmentality 4. Lessons from Governing for Sustainable Development 5. Towards a New Civic Bureaucracy Closing Words
£24.29
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the
Book SynopsisThe world faces a climate crisis and an ascendant far right. Are these trends related? How does the far right think about the environment, and what openings does the coming crisis present for them? This incisive new book traces the long history of far-right environmentalism and explores how it is adapting to the contemporary world. It argues that the extreme right, after years of denying the reality of climate change, are now showing serious signs of reversing their strategy. A new generation of far-right activists has realized that impending environmental catastrophe represents their best chance yet for a return to relevance. In reality, however, their noxious blend of conspiracy, hatred and violence is no solution at all: it is the ‘eco-socialism of fools’. Only a real commitment to climate justice can save us and stop the far right in its tracks. No-one interested in the struggle against right-wing extremism and the crusade for climate justice can afford to miss this trenchant critique of burgeoning ecofascism.Trade Review“An urgent and comprehensive survey of the risks generated by the nature politics of today's far right – and how to fight them.”Paul Mason, author of How to Stop Fascism “Since the attacks in Christchurch and El Paso in 2019, public discussion of ecofascism has become more urgent than ever. This book adds substantially to our understanding of a challenging subject through critical examination of rapidly evolving environmental politics on the far right.”Peter Staudenmaier, co-author of Ecofascism: Lessons from the German Experience “Essential reading for anyone concerned with politics in a warming world.”Andreas Malm, co-author of White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism“The book ranges widely […], from individual terrorists and the fringes of the internet to main stream political parties.”Adam Weymouth, Resurgence & Ecologist“a captivating and important read.”International AffairsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. A History of Far-Right Ecologism 2. The far right and nature now 3. Online far-right ecologism and far-right movements 4. Deadly Ecofascist Violence 5. Towards Ecofascism Proper? Notes
£40.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the
Book SynopsisThe world faces a climate crisis and an ascendant far right. Are these trends related? How does the far right think about the environment, and what openings does the coming crisis present for them? This incisive new book traces the long history of far-right environmentalism and explores how it is adapting to the contemporary world. It argues that the extreme right, after years of denying the reality of climate change, are now showing serious signs of reversing their strategy. A new generation of far-right activists has realized that impending environmental catastrophe represents their best chance yet for a return to relevance. In reality, however, their noxious blend of conspiracy, hatred and violence is no solution at all: it is the ‘eco-socialism of fools’. Only a real commitment to climate justice can save us and stop the far right in its tracks. No-one interested in the struggle against right-wing extremism and the crusade for climate justice can afford to miss this trenchant critique of burgeoning ecofascism.Trade Review“An urgent and comprehensive survey of the risks generated by the nature politics of today's far right – and how to fight them.”Paul Mason, author of How to Stop Fascism “Since the attacks in Christchurch and El Paso in 2019, public discussion of ecofascism has become more urgent than ever. This book adds substantially to our understanding of a challenging subject through critical examination of rapidly evolving environmental politics on the far right.”Peter Staudenmaier, co-author of Ecofascism: Lessons from the German Experience “Essential reading for anyone concerned with politics in a warming world.”Andreas Malm, co-author of White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism“The book ranges widely […], from individual terrorists and the fringes of the internet to main stream political parties.”Adam Weymouth, Resurgence & Ecologist“a captivating and important read.”International AffairsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. A History of Far-Right Ecologism 2. The far right and nature now 3. Online far-right ecologism and far-right movements 4. Deadly Ecofascist Violence 5. Towards Ecofascism Proper? Notes
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Manchester University Press Trade Winds: A Voyage to a Sustainable Future for
Book SynopsisIn 2020, Christiaan De Beukelaer spent 150 days covering 14,000 nautical miles aboard the schooner Avontuur, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel that transports cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Embarking in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he wanted to understand the realities of a little-known alternative to the shipping industry on which our global economy relies, and which contributes more carbon emissions than aviation. What started as a three-week stint of fieldwork aboard the ship turned into a five-month journey, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced all borders shut while crossing the ocean, preventing the crew from stepping ashore for months on end.Trade winds engagingly recounts De Beukelaer's life-changing personal odyssey and the complex journey the shipping industry is on to cut its carbon emissions. The Avontuur’s mission remains crucial as ever: the shipping industry urgently needs to stop using fossil fuels, starting today. If we can’t swiftly decarbonise shipping, we can’t solve the climate crisis.Trade ReviewOne of the Financial Times' Notable new books on climate and environment‘This book is both important and beautiful: important, in that it describes one of the best ways we can move into a post-fossil fuels civilisation, which is to say by sail; and beautiful, because it shows on every page how this bursting out of the cocoon of heavy oil that we have been living in will return us to a life in the real world, with the wind felt in the hands and on one’s face, and every day an adventure. What a joy to read these pages and learn their news.’ Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Ministry for the Future ‘The story is original – a sailing ship undertaking a quixotic mission to deliver a tiny amount of cargo (in order to demonstrate that it can be done) when the pandemic descends, trapping the narrator – makes for a diverting narrative.’ Horatio Clare, author of Down to the Sea in Ships ‘This is a book that should change the world. Beautifully written and brimming with bold yet careful analysis, Christiaan De Beukelaer has given the world a tremendous gift.’ Deborah Cowen, author of The Deadly Life of Logistics ‘De Beukelaer tackles a subject that’s growing in importance, giving us his perspective from the deck of a sailing cargo boat. No mean achievement.’ Tom Cunliffe, sailor, presenter and author of The Complete Yachtmaster ‘Trade winds is an absorbing account of a voyage that starts off as an effort to prove the continuing viability of sail, but becomes far more challenging than expected when the COVID-19 pandemic shuts off all access to the shore. It is also a thoughtful analysis of practical ways for shrinking the carbon footprint of one of the world’s most polluting industries – shipping.’ Amitav Ghosh, author of The Nutmeg’s Curse ‘A truly fascinating account – of a voyage, but also of an idea that is counter-intuitive in a world based on speed, but revelatory for a planet that is going to have to start taking real care of itself. There’s a bit of romance here, and a lot of reality.’ Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature ‘Simultaneously engaging and scholarly, Trade winds combines sailing memoir and environmental analysis to provide important insights about the environmental effects of global shipping and about what plausible alternatives might be. De Beukelaer brings together personal experience with an impressive command of scholarly literatures across history, economics, philosophy, climate science, among many others, and brings them all together in an interdisciplinary tour de force that is realistic and yet ultimately hopeful.’ Elizabeth R. DeSombre, Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies, Wellesley College ‘Scientists, scholars, and sailors have long turned to the ocean to conjure futures that lie just beyond reach. In his dive into the quixotic movement to revive shipping by sail, Christiaan De Beukelaer leaves us wondering which is more of a folly: imagining that sail could once again be a viable technology for transporting goods around the world, or imagining that we can continue practicing business as usual.’ Philip Steinberg, UArctic Chair in Political Geography, Durham University ‘Finally a book that delves deeply into the urgent need to decarbonise the shipping industry by connecting political economy and environmental challenges. Christiaan De Beukelaer poignantly describes day-to-day life aboard a twenty-first-century sail cargo vessel in its social and historical context. In doing so, this book raises essential questions about the future of shipping while offering suggestions on how to resolve them. This story of adventure on the high seas sketches a liminal space that will inspire realists and dreamers alike.’ Dr Lucy Gilliam, Senior Shipping Policy Officer, Seas at Risk ‘The decarbonisation of shipping does not need to be a sacrifice. Instead, as Christiaan De Beukelaer eloquently shows, sailing to a sustainable future for shipping can be exciting and full of enriching experiences for both the author and us, the readers. Admittedly, I personally do not share all the views of Christiaan about open registries and the workings of the maritime industry, but I appreciate his sincere and enthusiastic voyage. I recommend reading this thought-provoking book.’ Jan Hoffman, Chief of UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch ‘Trade winds is a riveting book that talks about seafarers’ workers’ rights, sustainable trade that’s fair and equitable, the human struggles of the lockdown and the COVID pandemic, the climate crisis, and the emissions of the shipping industry. It says all this in a beautiful story that emphasizes the need for storytelling and radically imagining the better world that we’re fighting for. It puts practical solutions to take our first steps towards climate justice while simultaneously challenging us to think about how and where we’re going next.’ Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines & Fridays for Future ‘This book brings the environmental and social challenges facing the shipping industry to the fore. After five months at sea, Christiaan reveals how the radical changes necessary to decarbonise shipping will rely on the skill, tenacity and sacrifices of seafarers. This book rightly asks the big question, how do we build an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable shipping industry? An important contribution to the challenges facing shipping that exposes the work needed to ensure the fundamental rights of seafarers are protected.’ Stephen Cotton, General Secretary, International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) ‘As the famous quote goes: “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” This is a book that does just that! Christiaan’s intense interest and vast knowledge on this subject matter jumps out from every page, whether it is directly recounting his extended sail cargo adventure in lively detail or using those experiences to bring alive the fabric and challenges of maritime transport and trade past and present. A story of sustainability, shipping and a glimpse of a maritime future full of possibilities that will sustain your interest throughout.’ Gavin Allwright, Secretary General of the International Windship Association (IWSA)'I am convinced that the Trade Winds is, indeed, an important addition to literature that might serve as support and guidance for academics and the general public on this very timely and complex topic. Additionally, the book can serve as a reference background for students and young researchers in their initial approach to the topics, providing a good base as well as interdisciplinary and multi-faceted approach to the topic.'Fabio Ballini, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (2023)'The book is very well written, and it is interesting to read about the practical details of navigation, work and social life onboard such an unusual vessel.'Nautilus Telegraph 'De Beukelaer's book Trade Winds about his adventure on the Avontuur, [is] an interesting interweaving of travelogue, scientific research and climate activism.'Roel Verrycken, De Tijd'During his search for low-carbon alternatives for international shipping, Christiaan De Beukelaer ended up in the niche of sailing cargo ships. He planned to conduct fieldwork for three weeks on board an old sailing ship, until the Corona crisis suddenly erupted and he was marooned at the sea for months. He documented his personal odyssey in Trade Winds, a book that moves between an in-depth analysis of modern shipping, climate research and a memoir about life at sea.' Gie Goris, MO* Magazine'A plausible, engaging account of the many problems that plague today’s shipping industry.'A. A. Batabyal, CHOICE (Vol. 61 No. 6) -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: Annus pandemicus 1 Departure2 What is wrong with the shipping industry?3 Crossing the Atlantic4 Coffee, rum, and chocolate5 Point of return6 The eternal frontier7 Ship Earth8 Where are we headed?9 Sailing homeIndex
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Bristol University Press Unsustainable: The Urgent Need to Transform
Book SynopsisExamines the political and economic factors that determine how climate change is portrayed and perceived, and frames environmental problems in a social and behavioural context.Table of ContentsPart 1: The State of the World 1. Setting the Context 2. The State of the World 3. Implications of COVID-19 Part 2: The Process of Change 4. Preparing for Change 5. Effective Government Intervention 6. The Energy Transition 7. Moving Away from Growth and Profit 8. Factors Critical to Successful Change 9. Barriers to Change 10. Perceptions and Reality Part 3: The Call to Action 11. The Great Transition 12. Action Plans for Governments 13. Personal Accountability 14. A New Political Movement 15. Can We Make It?
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Bristol University Press All We Want is the Earth: Land, Labour and
Book SynopsisThis book brings together ideas from the environmental humanities, cultural geography, Science and Technology studies, political ecology, postcolonial and decolonial theory in an accessible way, and offers a fresh way to think about environmental politics that is adequate to the challenges facing us in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“An act of recovery, a reclaiming of movements and struggles that have been pushed out of frame by dominant interpretations of what gets to count as environmental politics.” Kai Heron, Lancaster UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: Beyond Modern Environmentalism 2. Suburb, Field, Laboratory: Recomposing Geographies of Early Environmentalism First Interlude: Green and White Dreams 3. Revolt Against One-Worldism: Radical Claims on Land and Work Post-1968 Second Interlude: Planetary Icons 4. The Right to Subsist: Transnational Commons Against the Enclosure of Environments and Environmentalism Third Interlude: Witnessing in the Global Resonance Machine 5. Earth Politics: Disagreement and Emergent Indigeneity in the So-Called Anthropocene Fourth Interlude: Making Things Resonate 6. Conclusion: Resonance Beyond Environmentalism Coda: Afterlives
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Bristol University Press All We Want is the Earth: Land, Labour and
Book SynopsisSixty years ago, an upsurge of social movements protested the ecological harms of industrial capitalism. In subsequent decades, environmentalism consolidated into forms of management and business strategy that aimed to tackle ecological degradation while enabling new forms of green economic growth. However, the focus on spaces and species to be protected saw questions of human work and histories of colonialism pushed out of view. This book traces a counter-history of modern environmentalism from the 1960s to the present day. It focuses on claims concerning land, labour and social reproduction arising at important moments in the history of environmentalism made by feminist, anti-colonial, Indigenous, workers’ and agrarian movements. Many of these movements did not consider themselves ‘environmental,’ and yet they offer vital ways forward in the face of escalating ecological damage and social injustice.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Beyond Modern Environmentalism 2. Suburb, Field, Laboratory: Recomposing Geographies of Early Environmentalism First Interlude: Green and White Dreams 3. Revolt Against One-Worldism: Radical Claims on Land and Work Post-1968 Second Interlude: Planetary Icons 4. The Right to Subsist: Transnational Commons Against the Enclosure of Environments and Environmentalism Third Interlude: Witnessing in the Global Resonance Machine 5. Earth Politics: Disagreement and Emergent Indigeneity in the So-Called Anthropocene Fourth Interlude: Making Things Resonate 6. Conclusion: Resonance Beyond Environmentalism Coda: Afterlives
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John Murray Press 365 Ways to Save the Planet: A Day-by-day Guide
Book SynopsisARE YOU READY TO CHANGE THE WORLD?365 WAYS TO SAVE THE PLANET is a full year's worth of daily wisdom, carefully selected to inspire you to take the urgent action our very existence desperately needs. You'll find actions and challenges, surprising facts about the climate crisis, templates for writing to political representatives, scientific explanations of important concepts, popular misconceptions about sustainability, and much more. 365 WAYS TO SAVE THE PLANET goes way beyond predictable sustainability advice about how to recycle. Here you'll discover the small stuff you can do every day to change the world. Because when you get the little things right, the big things follow.
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Milkweed Editions The Tarball Chronicles: A Journey Beyond the
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2013 ASLE Book Award Winner of the Reed Award for the Best Book on the Southern Environment 2011 Named a Top Book from the South 2011 by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A San Francisco Chronicle Gift Book Recommendation for 2011 A Southern Independent Booksellers Bestseller "For those interested in putting the Gulf crisis in perspective, there can be no better guide than this funny, often uncertain, frank, opinionated, always curious, informed and awestruck, accounting of how we've gone wrong and could go right, a full-strength antidote to the Kryptonite of corporate greed and human ignorance." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution Traveling the shores of the Gulf from east to west with oceanographers, subsistence fisherman, seafood distributors, and other long-time Gulf residents, acclaimed author and environmental advocate David Gessner offers a lively, arresting account of the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. With The Tarball Chronicles Gessner tells a story that extends beyond the archetypal oil-soaked pelican, beyond politics, beyond BP, and beyond other oil spill books in the market. Instead, heart on his sleeve and beer in hand, he explores the ecosystem of the Gulf as a complicated whole and focuses on the people whose lives and livelihoods have been jeopardized by the spill. With hisTrade ReviewWinner of The Southern Environmental Law Center's Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment Praise for The Tarball Chronicles "Anyone who wanted a first-hand look at the Gulf after the news cycle ended will find it here ... brilliant, thoughtful." -- Publishers Weekly (STARRED review) "If you read only one book about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill this year, it should be this one. If you plan not to read any books about it, make an exception for this blunt, funny, eye-opening quest to find the real stories behind the Gulf crisis." -- Shelf Awareness "Expressive and adventurous. A profoundly personal inquiry into the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe unique in its hands-on immediacy and far-ranging ruminations." --Donna Seaman, Booklist "Brilliant--the best and most original writing coming out of the Gulf." --Scott Dodd, OnEarth Magazine, Natural Resources Defense Council " The Tarball Chronicles [is] an eye-opening, jaw-dropping account ... Gessner crafts a powerfully informative but also immensely relatable narrative. Entertaining and rousing." -- Mother Nature Network "Gessner's account of his journey blazes out with a fiery, pugilistic style...His journey around the Gulf of Mexico offers us a powerful and sobering reminder that whether or not we feel the direct effects of the oil spill in our backyards, we are all implicated, all compromised, and--the most important for Gessner--all connected" --James Lang, America: The National Catholic Weekly "David Gessner is on a roll." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune "For those interested in putting the Gulf crisis in perspective, there can be no better guide than this funny, often uncertain, frank, opinionated, always curious, informed and awestruck, accounting of how we've gone wrong and could go right, a full-strength antidote to the Kryptonite of corporate greed and human ignorance." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution " The Tarball Chronicles is well worth your time. It's a darkly entertaining tribute to the Gulf coast, our 'national sacrifice zone.' But be warned: You'll come away discomfited and with more than a few questions of your own." -- Tampa Bay Online "Gessner has the heart and mind of an investigative journalist... Not everyone will be pleased with this Jeremiah in our midst, but the word is a fire and a hammer, and Gessner delivers it well." -- Mobile Press-Register "Highly readable, strongly recommended." --Fred Kasten, WWNO's "The Sound of Books" "An expert naturalist, he not only observes but talks with people who are in the know--forceful, insightful, blood-and-guts people who will speak their minds (like David). There is grit and heartbreak and energy in just about everything he writes." --Clyde Edgerton, the author of Lunch at the Piccadilly and Walking Across Egypt "Vivid, funny, opinionated, poignant, and mold breaking--Gessner takes us deep into the environmental and personal tragedies of the spill." --Jim Campbell, the author of The Final Frontiersman "Plenty of people are writing about the BP oil disaster, but few indeed will be able to make us feel the reality of it like David Gessner can. The likelihood that his account will also be action-filled and darkly funny is pure bonus." --John Jeremiah Sullivan, the author of Blood Horses "In this highly readable, firsthand account of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, David Gessner considers the catastrophe in the Gulf as a symptom of even bigger economic and cultural challenges that loom in our future. This excellent book is not judgmental, but thought provoking and well worth reading." --David Allen Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds Praise for Soaring with Fidel: An Osprey Odyssey from Cape Cod to Cuba and Beyond "David Gessner's writing is not only a testament of hope but a beautiful bow to the osprey he lives among."--Terry Tempest Williams "Gessner writes beautifully, with grace and humor."-- Publishers Weekly "An engaging, lyrical guide to osprey migration, Cuba, and a common humanity."-- Orion Magazine "Gessner's travels are filled with small delights. He has a great gift for conveying reverence without sanctimony, and even at his most sardonic and self-deprecating, his sense of wonder at the osprey never falters. As he stands on a rock above Cuba's Sierra Maestra, watching ospreys rocket past, we wish we could be up there beside him, binoculars in one hand, a cold beer in the other."--George Black, OnEarth "A grand and cheering journey on the wings of one of nature's most sociable predators."--Carl Hiassen, author of Nature Girl Praise for The Prophet of Dry Hill: Lessons From a Life in Nature "Sharing a philosophy of life and living, Gessner eloquently reacquaints readers old and new to [legendary naturalist John] Hay's magnificent contributions to the art of nature writing."-- Booklist "This book is an enormous gift, an act of preservation as important as any chunk of land purchased by The Nature Conservancy. John Hay's stature cannot be overestimated, and David Gessner has done him great justice." --Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth "If Thoreau had wanted a disciple, he couldn't have had a better one than David Gessner...This beautiful book should inspire the reader to 'get down in nature, down in the water and the dirt,' as Hay urges. I am sending my copy of this book to the wildlife-destroyer in the White House."--Alice Furlaud, NPR reporter Praise for Sick of Nature "Comical, energetic, and reverentially irreverent...Gessner's literary voice in this book is something new, something different...In particular, he argues for--and then gleefully demonstrates--the enlivening contribution of farce and other modes of narrative in the field of nature writing...More like a gulp of laughing gas than the standard breath of fresh air."-- Orion Magazine "Reminiscent of Edward Abbey, and, like that writer, [Gessner] leaves you with plenty to ponder. Highly recommended."-- Library Journal "Here is an environmental read with irreverent laughter and attentive awe both."-- Virginia Quarterly Review "Our best writer of creative nonfiction period."--Mark Spitzer, author of Bottom Feeder Praise for Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder "David Gessner's writing is not only a testament of hope but a beautiful bow to the osprey he lives among."--Terry Tempest Williams "Through textured anecdotes and graphic details, Gessner provides insights into the life and history of this great sea bird of prey that will delight both the committed birder and the general reader."-- Publishers Weekly "This beautifully written story of a season with birds of prey makes for engrossing reading as we learn about osprey life from a master essayist."-- Booklist "Thrilling...Memorable...Among the classics of American nature writing."-- Boston Globe "Engrossing...An author who's both sensuous and lyrical while also being pristinely concise."-- Rocky Mountain News
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Film History for the Anthropocene: The Ecological
Book SynopsisFrom its beginnings, some of German film's most prominent genres and directors have focused on the natural world and its transformations by humans. Heimat films, "city symphonies," mountain films, and rubble films all blend the boundary between landscape documentary and fiction film. Yet German film studies has been slow to adopt an environmental focus, concentrating (understandably) on its subject matter's political implications. This book reveals critical connections between German film, sociopolitical context, and environment, showing it to have been a creative catalyst for the social and ecological transformation of the Anthropocene. The book first considers the interplay between German film and environmental history in films and discourses of Heimat. Weimar-era films such as E. A. Dupont's Die Geierwally (1921), Carl Ludwig Achaz-Duisberg's Sprengbagger 1010 (1929), and Phil Jützi's Hunger in Waldenburg (1929) document and create a forum for discussing environmental change. The book then looks at film as a visual archive of and catalyst for infrastructure development, focusing on Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927), the mountain films of Arnold Fanck, and the Berlin films Stadt der Millionen (Adolf Trotz, 1925), Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (Walter Ruttmann, 1927), and Menschen am Sonntag (1930). Nazi-era and postwar films are also examined. By exploring German film history alongside environmental history and theory, this book provides a case study of the power of film within processes of environmental transformation.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. Filmic Worlds, Creativity, and Materiality, or: Welcome to the Anthropocene? PART I 1. Companions and Combatants (or, Hugs, Fights, and Bites): Curating Multispecies Environments in Die Geierwally 2. From Industrial Heimat to Bavarian Heimatfilm: Sprengbagger 1010, Hunger in Waldenburg, and the Consolidation of a Genre PART II 3. Infrastructure in the Anthropo(s)cene: Fritz Lang's Metropolis as Ecological Archive 4. Image, Environment, Infrastructure: The Social Ecologies of the Bergfilm 5. Greenwashing in Black and White: Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt, Die Stadt der Millionen, Menschen am Sonntag Epilogue. Welcome Back: Reflexive Environments in Recent German Cinema Works Cited Index
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Rocky Mountain Books Mr. Mindbomb: Eco-hero and Greenpeace Co-founder
Book SynopsisA collection of personal essays detailing the life and achievements of a renowned environmental hero and activist.Mr. Mindbomb is a chronology of the significant events of Bob Hunter's life, written chapter by chapter by those who knew him. Where one contributor leaves off, the next picks up, moving the reader through another moment in time, sharing some new insight. This is the real life and legacy of Bob Hunter: Canadian eco-hero, author of 14 books, winner of a Governor General's Award, popular journalist, and recipient of a magical salute of gratitude from a pod of whales.Part adventure thriller, part comedy, part documentary, and part provocation for individuals to stand up for the environment, it's a rare look through the lens and perspective of those touched by Bob's influence. By finding kindred spirits in the voices of each of the contributors, many of whom continue the work, it's a powerful reminder that things don't happen in a vacuum. Fifteen years after Bob's much-too-early passing, Mr. Mindbomb is a reminder that any one person, fuelled by commitment and love, can find others who feel the same, and together they can do extraordinarily heroic deeds for the well-being of all.Contributors include: Cathy Anderson, Aline Barber, David Berner, Jim Deacove, Marlayna Demco, Patricia Demco, Janine Ferretti, Bill Gannon, Douglas Gibson, Bobbi Hunter, Darren Hunter, Donald Hunter, Emily Hunter, Justine Hunter, Will Hunter, Stephen Hurlbut, Teri Innes, Ryan Jackson, Lea Ann Mallett, Marnie Marchant, Rod Marining, Sandy Maskell, Elizabeth May, Joyce Mclean, Peter O''Brian, Chris Pash, Walt Patterson, Ronald Precious, Jim Robb, Jerry Rothwell, Paul Ruzycki, Stephen Scharper, Steve Shallhorn, Todd Southgate, Peter Speck, Paul Spong, Carlie Trueman, Captain Paul Watson, Linda Weinberg, Rex Weyler, Hap Wilson, Dinah Yvonne, and Moses Znaimer.
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Emerald Publishing Limited The Notorious ESG: Business, Climate, and the
Book SynopsisEnvironment, Social, Governance (ESG) has become the noun, verb, and adjective of the modern business era. Faced with societal and regulatory pressure, big business in America, Asia, and Europe has been forced to define and articulate ESG goals to combat climate change and save the planet. The only problem is that ESG has been captured by the PR hype machine as a few prominent business leaders make bold promises to save the planet but are vague about how they propose to achieve this. Eager to showcase their green credentials, companies are making all kinds of promises to reduce their carbon footprint and to play their part in reducing global warming and improving social outcomes. How to separate fact from fiction and exaggerated commitments from realistic goals? Vasuki Shastry spent several years at the coal face itself – running ESG for a major international bank in the City of London – and argues that corporate cultures are too focused on the profit motive and quarterly business targets. Change can only really come through a paradigm shift for business which aligns business with social purpose. Getting there will require a corporate revolution which will disrupt and dislodge the ancien régime and usher in a new age of sustainable business. The author offers a solution in the form of a Climate Manifesto for Business that will Make Our Planet Great Again!Trade ReviewAt a time when 'woke capitalism' and the ESG construct are under attack, Vasuki Shastry gives his readers a comprehensive, yet easy to follow overview of the ESG landscape as a predicate to calling out the urgent need for the business community to play its part in combatting the climate crisis and furthering social justice objectives. By addressing head-on both the challenges and the imperatives of addressing the challenges, Shastry, with the benefit of his insider’s perspective, provides a much needed and valuable roadmap for business leaders and their advisers to navigate the ESG landscape. -- Mark Bergman, Founder, 7Pillars Global Insights LLC and former Head, Global Securities and Capital Markets Group, Paul WeissVasuki Shastry has achieved the impossible: his book makes a serious topic both accessible and entertaining. It’s a reminder to us all that we have to stop paying lip-service to ESG – the planet’s survival depends on it. Every Chief Executive should be forced to read this and forced to question their approach. -- Jonathan Charles, Communications Strategist, Broadcaster, and former Executive Committee Member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)Table of ContentsChapter 1. The ABC of ESG Chapter 2. A Brief History of Grime Chapter 3. Our Carbon-Industrial Complex Chapter 4. The Prophet Motive Chapter 5. Emission Omissions Chapter 6. The Merits of “Woke” Capitalism Chapter 7. Bored of Directors Chapter 8. Rebels Without a Pause Chapter 9. Making ESG Great Again
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Amber Books Ltd Reefs: The Oceans' Underwater Ecosystems
Book SynopsisWhen we hear the word ‘reef’ we most often think of tropical coral reefs and, indeed, those are the most diverse habitats with thousands of different species living on them. But reefs can also be found off the coast of Canada, Brazil and even further north. Off Canada’s coast there are both the Atlantic deep-water coral habitat and the Pacific rocky reef habitat. Reefs is a pictorial celebration of the hugely varied marine life on coral, rock and sand reefs all around the world. From the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia, to Mabul Island off Borneo, from east African coral reefs stretching from the Red Sea down to Madagascar to the Amazon Reef off Brazil, from the Mesoamerican Reef off Belize to Vancouver Island, the book explores how life on each reef is interdependent. The book also includes examples of how coral bleaching has killed off reefs. Arranged geographically by reef and illustrated with more than 200 colour photographs, each entry is completed with a caption explaining the magnificent natural world on display. From the gender-swapping clownfish to single-cell zooxanthellae, from coral polyps to purple starfish to harlequin shrimp and octopuses, the book is a feast of marine life.Table of ContentsContents to include: Introduction AFRICA African coral reefs – Red Sea to Madagascar THE AMERICAS Amazon Reef – Off Brazil and French Guiana. The Amazon Reef (also referred to as the Amazonian Reef) is an extensive coral and sponge reef system. It is one of the largest reef systems in the world known to exist, with scientists estimating its length to be over 600 miles (970 km) long Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, Mexico – part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System Belize Barrier Reef – part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System Bullenbaai, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada – Purple Starfish and green anemone PACIFIC Great Barrier Reef – Queensland, Australia – School of Sweet Lips, Lionfish Cape Tribulation, Daintree region, Queensland, Australia Lansdowne Bank, Coral Sea – between Australia and New Caledonia Apo Reef – Philippines. The world’s second-largest contiguous coral reef system. Tubbataha Reef – Philippines North Sulawesi, Indonesia – Pseudanthias Bunaken Marine National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia – Blue Seastar Mabul Island, Borneo, Malaysia – maroon clownfish and bubbletip anemone, jellyfish, sea slug Bohey Dulang Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia – including Soft Coral, western clownfish Minami-Tori-shima – Japan’s most easterly island French Frigate Shoals – Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
£16.99
Atlantic Books Masters of the Lost Land: The Untold Story of the
Book Synopsis'Powerful' Financial Times'More twists and turns than a Hollywood spy thriller' Spectator'A story we all need to hear' New Statesman'Gripping... Araujo's accretion of detail has a powerful effect' New York Times'Excellent' Kirkus ReviewsDeep in the heart of the Amazon, an entire region has lived under the control of one notorious land baron: Josélio de Barros. Josélio cut a grisly path to success: having arrived in the jungle with a shady past, he quickly made a name for himself as an invincible thug who grabbed massive tracts of public land, burned down the jungle and executed or enslaved anyone trying to stop him.Enter Dezinho, the leader of a small but robust farm workers' union fighting against land grabs, ecological destruction, and blatant human rights abuses. When Dezinho was killed in a shocking assassination, the local community held its breath. Would Josélio, whom everyone knew had ordered the hit, finally be brought to account? Or would authorities look the other way, as they had hundreds of times before?Dezinho's widow, Dona Joelma, was not about to let that happen. After his murder, she stepped into the spotlight, orchestrating a huge push to bring national media attention to the injustices in the Amazon.Set against the backdrop of Bolsonaro's devastating cuts to environmental protections, Brazil's rapidly changing place in the geopolitical spectrum, and the Amazon's crucial role in climate change, Masters of the Lost Land is both a gripping epic into one of the last wild places on Earth and an urgent illustration of how people are fighting for - and winning - justice for their futures and the environment.Trade ReviewGripping... Araujo's accretion of detail has a powerful effect * New York Times *Heriberto Araújo tells a story you likely haven't heard before... this book is uniquely informative about one of the most important social conflicts of our time * Prospect *A compelling and forensically researched piece of investigative reporting... [with] more twists and turns than a Hollywood spy thriller. * Spectator *Such narrative diligence feels like a necessary corrective to a reality mired in crime and cover-up... this book tells a story we all need to hear. * New Statesman *A meticulously researched, vivid and complex picture of the violence and corruption at the heart of the Amazon * Geographical *[A] deeply researched report from the front lines of the battle for the Amazon. * Publishers Weekly *An arresting examination of the history of extreme deforestation and violence in the Brazilian Amazon... Excellent * Kirkus Reviews *A gripping true crime mystery that transports readers into the heart of the Amazon to witness the human toll of its destruction and the incredible will of its people to fight for the future of this unique place - and the planet. Masterfully reported and engagingly written, this is a must-read. * Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The End of the Myth *This is journalism at its absolute best, made even more impressive when one considers the obstacles, obfuscation and threats so often encountered there when trying to ferret out the truth... an essential book. * Joe Jackson, author of The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire *With a journalist's insight and a scholar's scrutiny, Heriberto Araujo tells the timeless story of dominance, displacement, murder and social injustice that drive large-scale environmental destruction * Roman Dial, author of The Adventurer’s Son *A tour de force... Araújo's masterful reporting from the frontlines in the war for the world's most important tropical biome should be required reading for policy makers, and for anyone who cares about the fight for social and environmental justice for Amazonia's forest peoples. * Jeremy M. Campbell, author of Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in the Brazilian Amazon *Heriberto Araújo, drawing on his years of research, has written an essential journalistic account of the murder, mayhem and mind-boggling corruption surrounding the assault on the Amazon. * Dr. Gary Sick, Columbia University, Board Member of Human Rights Watch *Heriberto Araujo does a significant service to Amazonia by providing a look into the social hell that accompanies the destruction of the Amazon rainforest... No one can read this account without coming to the conclusion that we must prevent such events from continuing. * Philip M. Fearnside, National Institute for Research in the Amazon *Highly readable * The Economist on China's Silent Army *Fascinating and vivid * Spectator on China's Silent Army *Truly impressive * Financial Times on China's Silent Army *Table of Contents1: The Escape 2: The Criminal Syndicate 3: Terror on the Nut Road 4: The Chainsaw Murder 5: The Boomtown 6: Early Challenges 7: Crickets and Cattle 8: No Longer Meek 9: Hunting Souza 10: Nowhere to Hide 11: Nothing Shining in Eldorado 12: Death and Salvation 13: An Unusual Case 14: The Evidence Man 15: A Cause Larger Than Death 16: The Law of the Gun 17: Land or We Burn the Jungle 18: Amazonian Justice 19: Sink or Swim 20: The Widow Must Fall 21: "Load the Trucks" 22: She Is Out 23: The Trial 24: A Certain Sense of Justice 25: Epilogue
£19.00
Atlantic Books Masters of the Lost Land: Murder and Corruption
Book Synopsis'Powerful and Important' Guardian'Powerful' Financial Times'More twists and turns than a Hollywood spy thriller' Spectator'A story we all need to hear' New Statesman'Gripping... Araujo's accretion of detail has a powerful effect' New York Times*Shortlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing*Deep in the heart of the Amazon, an entire region has lived under the control of one notorious land baron: Josélio de Barros. Josélio cut a grisly path to success: having arrived in the jungle with a shady past, he quickly made a name for himself as an invincible thug who grabbed massive tracts of public land, burned down the jungle and executed or enslaved anyone trying to stop him.Enter Dezinho, the leader of a small but robust farm workers' union fighting against land grabs, ecological destruction, and blatant human rights abuses. When Dezinho was killed in a shocking assassination, the local community held its breath. Would Josélio, whom everyone knew had ordered the hit, finally be brought to account? Or would authorities look the other way, as they had hundreds of times before?Dezinho's widow, Dona Joelma, was not about to let that happen. After his murder, she stepped into the spotlight, orchestrating a huge push to bring national media attention to the injustices in the Amazon.Set against the backdrop of Bolsonaro's devastating cuts to environmental protections, Brazil's rapidly changing place in the geopolitical spectrum, and the Amazon's crucial role in climate change, Masters of the Lost Land is both a gripping epic into one of the last wild places on Earth and an urgent illustration of how people are fighting for - and winning - justice for their futures and the environment.Trade ReviewGripping... Araujo's accretion of detail has a powerful effect * New York Times *Heriberto Araújo tells a story you likely haven't heard before... this book is uniquely informative about one of the most important social conflicts of our time * Prospect *A compelling and forensically researched piece of investigative reporting... [with] more twists and turns than a Hollywood spy thriller. * Spectator *Such narrative diligence feels like a necessary corrective to a reality mired in crime and cover-up... this book tells a story we all need to hear. * New Statesman *A meticulously researched, vivid and complex picture of the violence and corruption at the heart of the Amazon * Geographical *[A] deeply researched report from the front lines of the battle for the Amazon. * Publishers Weekly *An arresting examination of the history of extreme deforestation and violence in the Brazilian Amazon... Excellent * Kirkus Reviews *A gripping true crime mystery that transports readers into the heart of the Amazon to witness the human toll of its destruction and the incredible will of its people to fight for the future of this unique place - and the planet. Masterfully reported and engagingly written, this is a must-read. * Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The End of the Myth *This is journalism at its absolute best, made even more impressive when one considers the obstacles, obfuscation and threats so often encountered there when trying to ferret out the truth... an essential book. * Joe Jackson, author of The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire *With a journalist's insight and a scholar's scrutiny, Heriberto Araujo tells the timeless story of dominance, displacement, murder and social injustice that drive large-scale environmental destruction * Roman Dial, author of The Adventurer’s Son *A tour de force... Araújo's masterful reporting from the frontlines in the war for the world's most important tropical biome should be required reading for policy makers, and for anyone who cares about the fight for social and environmental justice for Amazonia's forest peoples. * Jeremy M. Campbell, author of Conjuring Property: Speculation and Environmental Futures in the Brazilian Amazon *Heriberto Araújo, drawing on his years of research, has written an essential journalistic account of the murder, mayhem and mind-boggling corruption surrounding the assault on the Amazon. * Dr. Gary Sick, Columbia University, Board Member of Human Rights Watch *Heriberto Araujo does a significant service to Amazonia by providing a look into the social hell that accompanies the destruction of the Amazon rainforest... No one can read this account without coming to the conclusion that we must prevent such events from continuing. * Philip M. Fearnside, National Institute for Research in the Amazon *Highly readable * The Economist on China's Silent Army *Fascinating and vivid * Spectator on China's Silent Army *Truly impressive * Financial Times on China's Silent Army *Table of Contents1: The Escape 2: The Criminal Syndicate 3: Terror on the Nut Road 4: The Chainsaw Murder 5: The Boomtown 6: Early Challenges 7: Crickets and Cattle 8: No Longer Meek 9: Hunting Souza 10: Nowhere to Hide 11: Nothing Shining in Eldorado 12: Death and Salvation 13: An Unusual Case 14: The Evidence Man 15: A Cause Larger Than Death 16: The Law of the Gun 17: Land or We Burn the Jungle 18: Amazonian Justice 19: Sink or Swim 20: The Widow Must Fall 21: "Load the Trucks" 22: She Is Out 23: The Trial 24: A Certain Sense of Justice 25: Epilogue
£10.44
Anthem Press Democratic Management of an Ecosystem Under
Book SynopsisUsing case studies from Florida and the Caribbean region, this book summarizes the state of coral reef conservation today. The question this book answers is, what is the best way to protect the vulnerable coral reefs, with an ever-worsening climate crisis? The book’s contribution is looking closely at people’s avenues to participate in coral reef management, and how the public is increasingly making their voices heard in the management process. Trade Review“This is an important piece of scholarship that applies a solid theoretical foundation to real world situations. The blending of theories from ecosystem services, conflict studies, and environmental governance within this book will speak to a wide array of readers, and I expect this book to be on the shelf of marine biologists and public policy experts alike.” — Joshua A. Drew, Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Conservation Biology, Department of Environmental Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry“Employing striking photos with a familiar style, Professor Dunning and her students lead the reader on a dive into the rugosities of coral reef governance. Using clear arguments supported by salient examples, one is invited to consider the strengths of participatory management, comprising local adaptations in the face of human insults. A must-read for all who would conserve the beauty and diversity of the Peoples’ reefs.” — Porter Hoagland, Emeritus Research Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution“Based on case studies from Florida and the Cayman Islands, Dunning and colleagues apply policy concepts and theories to understand (and make suggestions about) how to successfully govern coral reefs. This is a must-read for students and practitioners of coral reef governance as well as those interested in adaptive governance in general.” — Tomas Olivier, Assistant Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University"Democratic Management of an Ecosystem Under Threat: The People's Reefs" is a timely study in view of the peril of extinction facing so many marine ecosystem environments due to human activities enhanced climate change. "Democratic Management of an Ecosystem Under Threat: The People's Reefs" is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, college, and university library Marine Environmental Studies collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists —Midwest ReviewTable of ContentsPart 1. The Climate Change Challenge to Coral Reefs that will require Conservation Theory and Practice to Evolve; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Climate Change, Coral Bleaching and Other Threats; Chapter 3. Status of Coral Reefs; Chapter 4. Approaches to Coral Reef Management ; Part 2: Case Studies; Chapter 5: The Case of The Florida Reef Tract: Bureaucracies, Participation, and Managing Novel Ecosystems ; Chapter 6. How communities are organizing to contest major infrastructure projects that may damage coral reefs: The Port of Miami Case; Chapter 7. How communities are organizing to contest major infrastructure projects that damage coral reefs: The Cayman Islands Case; Chapter 8: Cultural Services of Reefs: The Case of the Cayman Islands MPAs and What Would Be Lost With A Major Infrastructure Project; Chapter 9: How Coral Reefs are Placed on the Decision-making Agenda ; Chapter 10: Summary of case studies and the changes to stakeholder-driven, participatory management of reefs; Chapter 11: Call to Action: Participation and Managing Reefs Under Global Change; Appendix Chapter 5; Appendix Chapter 6; Appendix Chapter 7; Appendix Chapter 8; Appendix Chapter 9
£72.00
Luath Press Ltd The Hydro Boys: Pioneers of Renewable Energy
Book SynopsisThis work is an account of the pioneering days of hydro-electricity in Scotland. It shows how each hydro project brought its own set of technical challenges, underlining the remarkable engineering achievements involved in bringing hydro-electric power to the wild glens of the Scottish Highlands. It concludes by looking at the future of hydro-electric power worldwide. Is hydro-electric power the sustainable technology of choice in a new century already riven with ecological angst.Trade ReviewMixing human interest, political details and some of the more technical aspects...the book charts the factual development while telling the personal story... THE PRESS AND JOURNALNobody should forget the human sacrifice made by those who built the dams all those years ago. The politicians, engineers and navvies of the era bequeathed to us the major source of renewable energy down to the present day. Their legacy will continue to serve us far into the 21st century. - BRIAN WILSON MP, Energy Minister
£8.54
Scribe Publications Rethinking Our World: an invitation to rescue our
Book SynopsisA radical vision for a better future: an economy that works for us, rather than the other way around. As this major German bestseller reports, our world is at a tipping point, and we feel it every day. Costs are rising, the gap between the rich and poor is increasing, natural resources are depleted, and the effects of climate change are starting to take hold. We are under increasing social and environmental stress. But, as leading economist Maja Göpel argues here, there is another path forward. She invites us to imagine what we want our future to look like, and offers solutions that will help us to get there. It’s time to question our principles, set new goals, and re-evaluate our priorities. Time to rethink our world and find new ways of living that don’t drain our planet any further. We need a fair distribution of wealth, and a way to reconcile the social with the ecological. We need to work smarter, not harder. Critical, yet full of encouragement, Maja Göpel chooses surprising and enlightening examples to illustrate how we can leave behind our familiar ways of living to achieve a better future.Trade Review‘After so much fake information born of post-factual hoaxes, this level-headedly argued book by economist Maja Göpel for a reform of our economic system is an insanely soothing read … Maja Göpel’s pleasantly calmly written book helps to understand this new reality.’ -- Denis Scheck, ARD broadcasting service‘Maja Göpel’s book is a successful attempt to pack human history from the evolution of Homo sapiens to Greta Thunberg, economic theory from Adam Smith to Thomas Piketty, environmental research and system criticism into a concise space in an entertaining read — and she does it well.’ -- Jessica von Blazekovic * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *‘At some point, the central ideas of the English thought leaders were taken out of context and elevated to “supposed universal laws of economics”, according to Göpel’s thesis. Göpel’s invitation is to see through the laws of this “illusory world” and to question them. Like a patient teacher, she tries to steer readers from chapter to chapter: with repetitions (“You remember …”) and interposed questions (“How does that sound to you?”) as well as catchy examples by means of which the problems of the neoliberal world quickly become obvious. A big plus in this context is the renunciation of the flood of numbers that is seemingly unavoidable in such books.’ -- Robert Probst * Süddeutsche Zeitung *‘Her findings are precise, her book comes at the right time — a time when the consequences of climate change are just as unmistakable as the half-heartedness of politics. It is a forcefully presented plea for future-oriented thinking, “an invitation” that one wishes many would accept.’ -- Ralph Gerstenberg * Deutschlandfunk Kultur *‘A stirring blueprint for radical reforms to save the planet.’ -- Andreas Bocher, Emma magazine‘The book of the hour.’ * ARD *‘Göpel rigorously analyses traditional theories of economic growth, privatisation, consumption, and the infallibility of ‘the market’ … she is skilfully bringing together ideas from psychology, economics, philosophy, science and history to create a highly readable interdisciplinary summary of the crisis at hand … Göpel reminds us that awareness is one of the first steps, and the knowledge and belief that business as usual is not an option can be a powerful place to start.’ -- Kara Nicholson * Readings *‘[A]ccording to German political economist Maja Göpel, the days of “business as usual” are over. There is a new reality caught in the phrase “overshoot day” — when the demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what the earth can give. We’re already there and, among other things, progress and capitalism as we’ve known them need to be reconfigured to create a fairer, less exploitative society. This sounds like a dire read, but it’s strangely upbeat and, using often telling examples, Göpel calmly makes her dramatic point.’ -- Steven Carroll * The Sydney Morning Herald *‘[Rethinking Our World] is an easy read, challenges the standard economic models and has encouraging suggestions.’ -- Paul Costigan * City News *‘Göpel explains things well. She is lucid, succinct, and avoids strident polemic. And she enforces her argument with compelling narratives.’ -- Jane Goodall * The Conversation *
£11.69
Canbury Press Going Zero: One Family's Journey to Zero Waste
Book SynopsisONE FAMILY’S REVOLT AGAINST EVERYDAY POLLUTION When a beanbag sent thousands of polystyrene balls flying through her garden, Kate Hughes decided to make a break with the throwaway society. She and her husband transformed the lives of their ordinary family of four. They ditched plastic, shunned supermarkets, cooked all meals from scratch, bought only second-hand clothes, and made their own cleaning agents. Then they went deeper – greening every aspect of their home life, from their gas and electricity to their car, from their money to their IT. The Hugheses have achieved the ‘zero waste’ goal of sending nothing to landfill. Now they are going even further… Told with refreshing humility and humour, this eye-opening story shows that a well-lived life doesn’t have to come wrapped in plastic. Packed with handy tips, it reveals much about what makes a fulfilling modern family – and how readers can empower themselves to preserve the climate, forests and seas. And, heart-warmingly, how that can lead to a more relaxing life. Extract Cooking our own meals Wrestling out of the firm grip of the supermarkets has had other, unexpected benefits, too. It’s undoubtedly cheaper to cook from scratch, especially if you can batch cook and fill every available space in your oven to reduce energy costs. The need to become the more organised, list-writing type of shoppers has also helped dramatically cut our food waste. We’re lucky that we can and do buy our raw ingredients from small, independent retailers that source from nearby suppliers and growers and pass on our questions about sustainability, sometimes even with enthusiasm. But what we hadn’t anticipated were the indirect effects of a brand vacuum. If you ever pop round to ours and start randomly opening our kitchen cupboards, fridge or freezer they would probably remind you of a blind taste test or an episode of the BBC’s Eat Well for Less. There’s definitely food in there, but it’s all in label-less jars, paper bags or sometimes even sacks for bulk items like bread flour and oats. At first, visitors find the lack of familiar packaging quite unsettling. We get a lot of questions that start: ‘Is this proper/real/like…?’ as guests hold jars up to the light with badly disguised scepticism. On the plus side, our children now have zero pester power. We don’t need to navigate the snack shuffle at the supermarket checkout because they have no hope of deploying the ‘It’s not the one I like’ argument at mealtimes. Nor, for that matter, have the adults. ... But we were starting to realise that making the journey was leading to more questions than answers, more grey areas, misinformation and conflicts of interest than we ever imagined – and that was just about food. We hadn’t even got started on anything else that came into our home yet. Take a single, uncontroversial ingredient, let’s say peppers. Should we buy them grown in a UK hothouse or ones trucked in from Spain? What if the Spanish ones are organic? Or the only UK option is wrapped in plastic? Which is better for the environment? Or at least less harmful? If we ever want to eat peppers again without negatively impacting the planet in some way are we going to have to grow our own? Because self-sufficiency wasn’t really part of the plan.... All we could do was dive in and hope we didn’t drown in the detail as we swam around looking for food that worked for us and the planet. We started with the problem of transport because food mileage was a well established measure that meant we could actually make some decisions based on numbers for once. Or, at least, we thought we could. Three quarters of all the fruit and veg now eaten in the UK is imported. Almost all the fruit we eat has been grown overseas, and soft fruit in particular is flown in. It turns out that the UK only produces half of all the food that is consumed on these shores – which is somewhat patriotically disconcerting as well as practically unsustainable. Global sourcing is not a new approach to feeding a nation. One of our family stories is the recollection of the first banana my great uncle ever tasted after the Second World War, shipped from the other side of the world and unloaded onto the Liverpool docks. We were very aware that bananas came from overseas. But the fact that such a vast proportion of the apples eaten in Britain are imported from South Africa, or at best France, when the fruit grows very well in the miles of orchards you can see from the motorway near our house seemed to be absurd. The obvious solution appeared to be only to buy food produced not just in the UK but as close to our immediate vicinity as possible. That immediately threw up two questions. The first we were becoming increasingly familiar with. Were we really prepared to give up things we took great pleasure in for the sake of an unquantifiable, but undoubtedly minuscule effect? Or even just to settle for not adding to the runaway levels of damage that our disconnected food shop was causing each and every day? We are children of the 90s. We grew up safe in the knowledge that the world’s produce was at our fingertips at any time of the year. When we were kids, cuisine was regularly valued on the exoticism of its ingredients. Even if your palate was resolutely British, a Sunday roast at an ageing auntie’s always included the smug mention that the family was consuming lamb imported from the other side of the world. Even in our twenties, the craze for exotic bottled water shipped, plastic encased, in vast quantities from tropical islands thousands of miles away, packed a serious economic punch. And then there’s the avocado – a native of Mexico and now all but a dictionary definition of the British Millennial. We had come of age and then brought our children into the world on the assumption that it was normal to buy exotic food cheaply all year round. Things were clearly going to have to change, starting with my obsession with avocado on toast. But the second question was whether a straightforward food mile approach was even a worthwhile aim. When I put the question of food miles to Riverford Organic Farmers, the sustainably produced veg box people, they told me that for most of the year our carbon impact would be smaller if we bought organic tomatoes trucked in from Spain than those heated thanks to fossil fuels in a UK hothouse. That means the answer has to be to eat food grown in the UK at the time of year it is traditionally produced. We finally arrived at a robust solution – seasonal, native eating. Buy the book to find out how they tackled this!Table of Contents1. The Eye Opener. English journalist Kate Hughes starts a zero waste lifestyle. Mentioning plastic pollution, going zero waste, polystyrene, EPS, takeaway containers, marine pollution, Sea Empress tanker disaster, impact of cattle grazing, BPA, bisphenol A, BBC Blue Planet series 2. Unravelling a Lifetime’s Training. The challenges of starting a zero waste lifestyle. Mentioning landfill, shopping habits, farmer's market, throwaway society, plastic pollution, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, supermarket shopping, microplastics, plastic carrier bags 3. Assume Nothing. Adopting a flexi diet and eating seasonally. With breakout boxes on palm oil and slow cookers and flexi diets Mentioning processed food,home-churned butter, slow cooker yoghurt, nanoplastic particles, polypropylene, palm oil ingredients, eating seasonally, flexi diet 4. Down the Drain. Learning to reduce plastic and micro plastic pollution by using homemade cleaning agents and homemade cosmetics. Mentioning green washing machines, volatile organic compounds, parabens, Environmental Protection Agency, water pollution, homemade cosmetics, homemade cleaning agents 5. Wardrobe Malfunction. Finding a way to avoid environmental damage when buying and looking after clothes, including vintage clothes and hiring costumes and party outfits. Breakout boxes on synthetic fibres and the trust cost of fast fashion 6. Loving the Preloved. Reducing household waste by repairing, repurposing and buying products second-hand, including sourcing on auction sites such as eBay. Breakout box on E-Waste. Mentioning preloved, pre-loved, eBay, e-waste, Commons Environmental Audit Committee, Fairphone, Ida Auken 7. Generation Fear. Creating happy family and looking after environmental concerns about, and for, children. Breakout box on eco-anxious children. Mentioning Christmas toys, plastic toys, laminator, sequins, McDonald's Happy Meals, PVA glue 8. Throw Away Tradition. Celebrating festivals such as Christmas, Easter and Halloween in a zero-waste household. Breakout box on the environmental cost of Christmas. Green Christmas, Beltane, recycled wrapping paper, Christmas dinner, Christmas carbon footprint, All Hallows’ Eve pick 'n' mix 9. Seeing It All. Using sustainable transport by reducing air travel, taking the train, and buying and using an electric car. Breakout box on production of electric (EV) cars including environmental cost of lithium battery. Mentioning diesel and petrol costs, Jaguar iPace, second-hand EV 10. Widening the Net. Broadening out the family's attempts to reduce carbon by eating out sustainably and having ethical holidays. Breakout boxes on a zero waste restaurant: La Petite Bouchée in Witheridge in Devon, and the UK's international environmental performance. Mentioning Earth Overshoot Day 11. Green Energy. Switching the family to green energy and avoiding electricity and gas greenwashing; assessing UK energy mix, including the proportion of renewable power; and improving household energy efficiency. National Grid, renewable energy supplier, renewable energy tariff, Renewable Energy Guarantee 12. A Bit More Zero. The role and uses of household recycling including greenwashing by supermarkets, assessing different types of recycling by material such as glass and plastic and aluminium drinks cans. How to use a garden to provide food. Breakout box on shipping UK waste abroad. 13. Ghost in the Machine. Reducing waste from miscellaneous sources such as junk mail, printed catalogues; going paper-free; reducing junk emails, using a green browser Ecosia, and reducing purchases of new tech such as phones and PCs, and reducing energy waste from streaming services such as Netflix 14. Follow the Money. The family decide to green their finances, by assessing the sustainability of their pensions, investments and savings. As a financial journalist, Kate knows where to look and assesses ESG Funds (Environment, Social and Governance) 15. Meeting Ourselves Coming Back. Taking stock of the family's journey, including drawbacks such as one parent's employment in motorsport and plans to launch organic farming. Breakout box on carbon offsetting. Motorsport environmental responsibility, Formula e, Carbon offsetting, organic farming 16. House on Fire. A problem emerges as the family make further progress towards their zero waste goal. Going zero waste has cut their food bill by 40% and improved many other areas of life. Mentioning the warning of an eco-catastrophe given by António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations Top 10 Ways to Lower Your Impact. No 1: Ask yourself the three questions: Are you comfortable about how this item or service has reached you? Are you comfortable with its environmental impact while you use it? Are you comfortable about what happens to it afterwards? Acknowledgements. Author Kate Hughes thanks everyone who has made her journey to a green lifestyle and later the writing of this sustainability guide, including contacts at the UK Environment Agency Source of Information. Such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations Environment Programme, UK Environmental Audit Committee, Green Alliance, ShareAction, Make My Money Matter, Rainforest Alliance Network, Greenpeace, Monga Bay, Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures More Reading. Such as: Zero Waste Home; Seasonal Food: A Guide to What’s in Season When and Why; Doughnut Economics; There Is No Planet B; How to Live a Low-Carbon Life; The Uninhabitable Earth; How Bad are Bananas?; Feral; Wilding: The Return to Nature of a British Farm; This Changes Everything References. A full list of source material for important facts on the cost of modern lifestyles, the switch to sustainable living and the benefits of modern families putting less strain on the Earth
£8.54
RIBA Publishing Design Studio Vol. 4: Working at the
Book SynopsisWithout environmental justice, there can be no social justice. The critical symptoms of human suffering, climate collapse and animal maltreatment are now global and far-reaching. Despite their interdependence, the treatment of these afflictions remains disconnected. What follows is policy and design decisions that fail to tackle the problems collectively. Exposing the narrow perspectives that dominate architectural discourse and practice, this volume sets the table for inclusive architectural engagement during a time circumscribed by pandemic, climate change and inequality. An respected group of international voices amplifies interactions relating to sexism, racism, classism, homophobia, transphobia and environmental catastrophe, exploring how they are inextricably linked. Without acknowledging the interconnectedness of these injustices, we will not find effective ways to halt the deepening crisis. Or be able to experience an architecture that addresses the effects of the human-centred Anthropocene age. Readers are invited to imagine, rage, rail, protest, contest, channel, dream and envision from a position of humility, equity, and in some instances, experiential fury. The future of architecture is contingent on working at the intersection. Features: Marcos Cruz, Casper Laing Ebbensgaard, Antón García-Abril, Alexandra Daisy Ginsburg, Ariane Lourie Harrison, Kerry Holden, Walter Hood, Joyce Hwang, Kabage Karanja, V. Mitch McEwen, Débora Mesa, Timothy Morton, Stella Mutegi, Brenda Parker, Carolyn Steel, McKenzie Wark, Kathryn Yusoff and Joanna Zylinska.Table of ContentsEditor’s Introduction: Beyond the Spaces of Speciesism An Architectural History of Intersectionality by V. Mitch McEwen Architecture is Dysphoric and Wants to Transition by McKenzie Wark Non-Binary Ecologies by Harriet Harriss & Naomi House Loser Images: A Feminist Proposal for Post-Anthropocene Visuality by Joanna Zylinska Planetary Portals in the Upside-Down World by Casper Laing Ebbensgaard, Kerry Holden, Kathryn Yusoff From Anthropocene to Biocene: Novel Bio-integrated Designs as a Means to Respond to the Current Biodiversity and Climate Crisis by Marcos Cruz and Brenda Parker Sitopia: A Landscape for Human and Non-Human Flourishing by Carolyn Steel The Anthropocene Museum: A Troublesome Trail of Improvision Towards the Chthulucene by Kabage Karanja and Stella Mutegi Ca’n Terra: For Landscapes of the Post-Anthropocene by Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa Pollinators Pavilion: The Architecture of Analogous Habitats by Ariane Lourie Harrison The Wilding of Mars by Alexandra Daisy Ginsburg Bat Cloud by Joyce Hwang In Between Landscape – Nvidia Headquarters by Walter Hood Final Word by Timothy Morton
£30.40
Peter Lang AG Development and implementation of the EU grand
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the challenging and exciting issues of the implementation of the European Union’s grand strategies, with a particular interest in the implementation of the current Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals. It provides insight into the impact of this strategic process on some of the current global issues relevant to the European Union, such as the European and global energy market, food supplies, industrial components etc. Some of the challenges have such a strong short-term impact, that already accepted strategic priorities and decisions are being questioned and re-examined. This is a particularly exciting subject, both as a research topic and as a policy issue.Table of ContentsCultural Political Economy, Retention, Variation, Selection, Political-economic discourses, Structural, Discoursive, technological agential selectivities, Regional Policy, European Union, Cohesion Policy, Strategy development, Innovation Policy, Agenda 2030, Circular Economy, European Green Deal, Industrial Symbiosis, Sustainable Development Goals, Innovation
£18.05
Verlag Barbara Budrich Transdisciplinary Impulses towards
Book SynopsisEducation for sustainable development should enable people to think and act in a way that is fit for the future – in the face of challenges such as climate change, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, poverty and inequality. How can different disciplines address this task? In this volume, academic interdisciplinary contributions from philosophy, social sciences and education are complemented by transdisciplinary contributions from practical fields (e.g. museum education, journalism). The current contributions provide impulses for reflection and open up spaces for thinking in order to do justice to the complexity of the task of socio-ecological transformation.
£29.01
NIAS Press Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and
Book SynopsisThe worldwide search for new and secure supplies of energy is especially visible in Asia where rapid industrialization in states such as China and India has fomented a scramble for energy resources. Due to entrenched societal inequities and widespread authoritarian governance, however, the pursuit of national energy security through transnational energy projects has had a devastating impact on the human and environmental security of local populations. This is especially so in Thailand and Myanmar, countries that are increasingly engaged in the cross-border energy trade. Based on extensive fieldwork and theoretical analysis, this ground-breaking book proposes a new critical approach to energy and environmental security. It also explores the important role that local and transnational environmental movements play, in the absence of effective and democratic governments, by providing 'activist environmental governance' for energy projects throughout the region. By comparing the nature of this activism under two very different political regimes, it delivers crucial theoretical insights with both academic and policy implications for the sustainable and equitable development of the South's natural resources. First published in hardback in 2014, this new, updated paperback edition offers much to scholars, professionals, policy-makers, NGOs, businesses, journalists and others working or concerned with energy issues.
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United Nations Plastic pollution: the pressing case for natural
Book SynopsisAs the world looks for solutions to address climate change amid growing concerns regarding negative environmental impacts caused by human habits, the problem of plastics is gaining momentum. There is a sober awareness that pollution caused by plastics needs a more aggressive approach while designing policies to prevent future plastic dependency and mismanagement. Nevertheless, plastics are here to stay as they provide some important functions for today's societal needs. Therefore, plastic substitutes are not a solution to be implemented overnight without a carefully designed and informed set of policies, as well as a system that would incentivise such substitution and prevent any further potential harm to the environment and human health. For plastic substitutes to become a viable solution in the mid and long-term, decisive global action is needed today. Moving away from silo policies and towards coherence and coordination between measures to address plastic pollution across the plastic life cycle and in favor of circular economies is an important initial step
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