Sustainability Books
Nova Science Publishers Inc Perspectives on Sustainable Technology
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£67.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Nature Science & Sustainable Technology
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on technological solutions that promise sustainability in the long term including thermodynamic reversibility, negative entropy, direct applications of solar and wind energy, direct-use fuel cell, and other approaches whose essence is profoundly innovative: economically attractive, environmentally appealing and socially responsible.
£89.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Psychological Approaches to Sustainability:
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£185.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Environment & the Role of Renewable Resources Use
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£189.74
Nova Science Publishers Inc Sustainability Behind Sustainability
Book SynopsisSustainable development is all about integrating all of our present day needs with the needs of society, the environment and global citizenship, in a way that does not compromise future generations. Sustainable development also promotes equality, independence, collaboration and empowerment. By maintaining all of our resources and protecting nature so that future generations can also benefit, we encourage a sustainable society and for the environment to grow. Sustainable development has one main objective, which is to create balance between our social, environmental and economic needs, whilst maintaining equality and justice. The way in which we have chosen to live our lives in the recent past has been responsible for the damage that has been caused to the environment. We are polluting the Earth and consuming far more resources than we produce and are therefore damaging the development of future generations. This book has been prepared in order to provide details regarding Sustainable Development and what is behind Sustainability.
£232.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Towards Sustainable Fisheries Management: A
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£170.39
Nova Science Publishers Inc Sustainable Development & Environment Management:
Book SynopsisThis is an introduction to present sustainable development including its processes, challenges and prospects. We are living in an era of rapid technological change where innovation has increased exponentially. Accordingly, companies with cutting-edge research are facing lots of challenges in creating new products to enable a sustainable human existence and to ensure their acceptance by the society, especially when we hear of reports like tomorrow''s market signalling that the current trends are leading to an unsustainable human society. The relevance and importance of the study is discussed in the communication, which also highlights the objectives of the study and the scope of the book.
£265.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Sustainable Development: Processes, Challenges &
Book SynopsisThe idea and practice of sustainable development has come of age. There is a growing interest in supporting people, communities, society and the earth to adapt to the disturbances and challenges of today and the future. Many new initiatives have emerged to address specific elements of sustainable development. This book discusses the processes, challenges and prospects of sustainable development.
£195.19
Hardie Grant Books Natural Harry: Delicious Plant-Based Summer
Book SynopsisNatural Harry is a recipe book full of creative, simple and life-affirming plant-based recipes coupled with tips on shopping, planting and self-care.With a focus on nutrition and quality ingredients, Natural Harry offers up more than 70 organic recipes and a new way to think about food.What started as a beach-side van serving smoothies and raw desserts has grown into this book, which also includes breakfasts, mains, desserts and even recipes for the body and home – all free from meat, gluten, dairy and refined sugar.
£16.19
University of Alberta Press The Future of Sustainability Education at North
Book SynopsisThis collection explores sustainability education in the North American academy. The authors advocate for a more integrated approach to teaching sustainability in order to help students address the most pressing problems of the world, embrace experimentation, and foster more meaningful involvement with the communities in which universities are located. Throughout, they remain focussed on identifying opportunities for sustainability in higher education and suggesting specific strategies and tactics to achieve them. Recommendations include pedagogical and structural changes aimed at helping students understand the systems in which they can advance sustainability. This timely volume will be of interest to scholars, academic leaders, policy makers, societal partners in research, and private-sector leaders interested in advancing the sustainability agenda. Foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy. Contributors: Apryl Bergstrom, Christopher G. Boone, Ann Dale, Thomas Dietz, Roger Epp, Allison F.W. Goebel, Kourosh Houshmand, Robert H. Jones, Naomi Krogman, Shirley M. Malcom, Robert E. Megginson, Patricia E. (Ellie) Perkins, Vicky J. Sharpe, Toddi A. SteelmanTable of ContentsForeword / Thomas E. Lovejoy Preface Introduction / Naomi Krogman 1 Charting the Landscape 1 An Overview of Sustainability Education in Canadian and US Higher Education / Apryl Bergstrom I | Administrator Point of View 2 Sustainability Thinking: A View from the “Dark Side” / Roger Epp 3 Sustainability Scholarship and Education: Opportunities and Strategies for Success / Christopher G. Boone 4 How Trends in Public Higher Education Can Support Sustainability Education and Research / Robert H. Jones II | Skill Sets or Research Capabilities Needed for Sustainability Education 5 Sustainability Education at US and Canadian Tribal Colleges: Its Goals and Implementations, and the Role of Mathematics / Robert E. Megginson 6 Innovation: Connecting Markets and Money / Vicky J. Sharpe 7 Sustainability and Decision / Thomas Dietz III | Focusing Sustainability Education on Problem-Based Learning 8 Overcoming the Terrors of the Either/Or / Ann Dale 9 Sustainability Education: A Dance Between Knowledge and Experience / Shirley M. Malcom IV | Cultivating Civic-Mindedness, Deliberative Dialogue, and Pathways toward the Public Good 10 Cultivating Courage in an Increasingly Complex, Divided World / Toddi A. Steelman 11 Education for Regeneration / Patricia E. (Ellie) Perkins V | Unique Perspectives from Professor and Student 12 Education for Sustainability: An Ecological Citizenship Approach in a Neoliberal Age / Allison F.W. Goebel 13 Sustainability Pedagogy: Keeping Up with Millennials and Generation Z / Kourosh Houshmand Conclusion / Naomi Krogman Contributors
£24.29
Atlantic Books Saving the Planet Without the Bullsh*t: What They
Book Synopsis'Fast paced and energetic' Financial Times'Punchy, provocative and wonderfully readable' - David Shukman'Eye-popping and essential' - Rowan Hooper'A must-read' - Peter Stott Have you heard that you should plant trees to save the planet? Or buy carbon offsets when you fly? Or recycle plastic? Go vegan? Or not have children? What if all these actions were a distraction, no matter how well-intentioned?In this provocative manifesto, Assaad Razzouk shows that for too long our ideas about what's best for the environment have been unfocused and distracted, trying to go in too many directions and concentrating on individual behaviour. While some of these things can be useful, they are dwarfed by one big thing that simply has to happen very soon if we're to avoid major environmental breakdown: curtailing the activities of the fossil fuel industry.Full of counter-intuitive statistics and positive suggestions for individual and collective action, this ingenious book will change how you view the climate crisis.Trade ReviewFast paced and energetic, this is a very readable book with myriad interesting facts... ultimately it is successful in forcing us to focus more sharply on the bigger picture * Financial Times *A real breath of fresh air. Punchy, provocative and wonderfully readable. Assaad Razzouk not only shares his knowledge and experience, he also allows his impatience to shine through. The result is exactly the kind of no-nonsense clarity that's too often lacking in the climate agenda. * David Shukman, former BBC News Science Editor *If you're in any doubt about the duplicity, the obfuscation and the lies - just the sheer extent of the fight being waged by Big Oil to keep us hooked on fossil fuels - Assaad Razzouk's eye-popping and essential book will sort you out. * Rowan Hooper, Podcast Editor, New Scientist *Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit is a refreshing and provocative look at what needs to happen to overcome the climate crisis. A must-read for anyone concerned about avoiding the climate catastrophe. * Peter Stott, author of Hot Air *Beautifully written and very approachable. Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit covers many of the key issues facing the world with an easy comprehensibility and substantial research. * Chris Goodall, author of What We Need to Do Now: For a Zero Carbon Future *Table of Contents1: Plastic Is Your New Diet 2: Who Put Palm Oil in My Toothpaste? 3: The Fashion Show at the End of the World 4: Your Cat Doesn't Need to Eat Fish 5: Your Fresh Air Is Asphyxiating You 6: We Don't Have Time to Overthrow Capitalism 7: Hydrogen Makes Up 70 Per Cent of the Universe; I Didn't Know That Either 8: Nuclear Power Is So Over 9: Stinky Gas 10: Never Buy Carbon Offsets for Anything, Especially Your Car Gasoline 11: Please Don't Plant Trees 12: Have as Many Babies as You Like 13: Ride a Bicycle, Save the World 14: Fly Without Guilt 15: A Luxury Cruise Liner Is a Stinking Floating Dumpster 16: The Nasty Ninety 17: The Social Media Axis of Evil 18: Dial Down That Air Conditioning, But Not Too Much 19: Going Vegan to Go Green? Don't Bother 20: Drive Electric Shamelessly - the Green Energy Revolution Is Here 21: Green Bonds Do More Harm Than Good 22: Tinker, Lawyer, Banker, Fry 23: The ESG Con 24: Don't Worry (At All) About Bitcoin's Energy Use 25: Love Thy Insect 26: The Royal Baby Versus Biodiversity 27: Sue the Bastards 28: It's Raining Renewable Energy
£20.00
RIBA Publishing Energy / People / Buildings: Making sustainable
Book SynopsisEnergy performance feedback is an essential tool in addressing the current climate crisis. However, this is not simply another theoretical text about energy performance in buildings. This book is for anyone who wants to better understand how energy is used in buildings, and how to drive down operational energy use – whether you’re an architect, student, client, building services engineer, contractor, building operator or other stakeholder. Focusing on evidence from feedback on buildings in use, it explains what it takes to get them to perform as expected, as well as the reasons why they often fail. Energy, People, Buildings draws extensively on the findings of studies, UK government-funded building performance evaluations and on original research into seven case studies from across the UK and abroad that have achieved exemplary energy use through building performance feedback. Providing a clear roadmap to understanding aspects that impact building users’ comfort and satisfaction, it also outlines the factors behind energy use and how to track it across the life of a project to ensure that your building performs as intended. Case studies include: the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool; Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center, Colorado; and Carrowbreck Meadow, Norwich. Featured architects: AHMM, AHR, Architype, Hamson Barron Smith, Haworth Tompkins, Henning Larsen Architects and ZGF Architects.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbout the authorsForewordIntroduction Chapter 1 The challengeChapter 2 Design for peopleChapter 3 Energy basics and benchmarksChapter 4 Design for feedbackChapter 5 Building context and configurationChapter 6 Fabric firstChapter 7 Integrating technical systemsChapter 8 Control systems and user experienceChapter 9 Case study 1: Everyman Theatre, UK Case study 2: Morelands rooftop offices, UK Case study 3: Carrowbreck Meadow, UK Case study 4: Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center, USA Case study 5: Frederiksbjerg School, Denmark Case study 6: Kenysham Civic Centre, Library & Information Service, UK Case study 7: UEA’s Enterprise Centre, UKChapter 10 Contract for performanceConclusionReferencesGlossaryFurther readingIndexImage credits
£44.65
RIBA Publishing ZEDlife: How to build a low-carbon society today
Book SynopsisIn his seminal new book, Bill Dunster demonstrates that zero-carbon, zero-waste design doesn’t have to come with a hefty price tag, and is achievable today. This book presents a range of tools that form key ingredients in a low carbon society. Focusing on technologies that are already in use, ZEDlife explores both small-scale ideas (such as shelters and lighting) and large-scale solutions in buildings and across cities. An essential resource for both students and practitioners, ZEDlife offers an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability, making connections to a web of technologies through full-colour case studies of new build and retrofit projects from across the globe. The argument for low-cost, zero-energy, zero-waste architecture has never been timelier. This book offers a forceful challenge to the status quo and provides workable, sustainable solutions for zero-carbon, zero-waste design.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction A Beginner’s Guide to ZEDlifeThe ZEDlife: A call to engage Part II: The ZEDlife Tools The ZEDroofSolar-charged exchangeable batteriesLow carbon transport: The ZEDbike, electric vehicles and the filling stations of the futureBuilding-level energy systems: Air sourced head pumps and solar assisted heating and coolingDistrict-level energy systems and food productionRetrofit of existing buildingsRainwater harvesting and water re-useTool combinations Part III: The ZEDlife in practice The Zero-bills homeZEDpodsShoreham Cement Works Holiday ParkRehousing Somalia’s IDPs: From emergency housing to a long-term urban solutionAfricaZEDShanghai Expo ZED PavillionHigher density strategies: living under a parkOne Planet Business CentreJingdezhen Ceramic Centre and the urban solar farmBedZED Conclusions
£35.15
Ovolo Publishing Ltd The Sustainable Building Bible: Building Homes
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£15.15
Bene Factum Publishing Ltd Faith in Food
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£14.24
Umbria Press The Best of Times, The worst of Times: The
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£12.39
Right Book Press Happiness By Numbers: How to measure and manage
Book SynopsisImagine if there was a way to measure your impact on the environment and manage how it affects your happiness. What if you could be sure that everything that matters in your life was on track to maximise your feelings of fulfilment and contentment? In Happiness By Numbers, chartered environmentalist Richard Lupo draws on decades of expert research to provide you with a very neat, science-based framework that shows how your decisions and actions affect your environment, while measuring your progress towards achieving long-term wellbeing. From your own personal happiness to the wellbeing of your family and friends, as well as your impact on the planet as a whole, you’ll discover how, with a clear vision, an effective strategy, a dash of proven science and some very clever number crunching, you can make every part of your life happier and more rewarding. Take an eye-opening journey into happiness and the environment that will change how you think and feel about what they mean and uncover: A blueprint for boosting your own long-term wellbeing Fascinating insights into the science behind what makes us happy Practical tips for creating safe and secure environments for all A roadmap towards better decisions on sustainability and living a net zero life How happiness really looks when you put in into numbers If it’s true that you can only manage what you can measure, by exploring and leveraging what science and data reveals about what makes us happy, we can all build a better world that’s happier not only for ourselves but those around us too.Trade Review'Eye-opening! It sets out the case for a more sustainable future with useful tips and tools for things that matter to people – like happiness, friendship and community.' Sarah Mukherjee MBE, CEO of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment'This is a revelation; a really good read. Fascinating, inspiring and encouraging, it’s a book that you’ll keep coming back to.' Sue Chalkley OBE, FCIH
£14.39
John Libbey Eurotext Hydrogen: Facing the Energy Challenges of the
Book SynopsisThe cars which emit no greenhouse gases or creates no pollution... Cell phones and laptops working for a long time with a single cartridge without the necessity of recharging... The sun, the wind or the water from the river used for heating and lighting even in the night or when there is no wind and the river is dry... The energy from the sun, the wind, the rivers and the nuclear reactors is used to run the car engines... Is it possible? In other words, can we use energy in a way that it can be stored, be renewable and respects the environment and does no harm to health? But the energy: what is it? what purpose does it serve? From where does it come? How is it manipulated? What are the benefits? What are the inconveniences? The Canadian Hydrogen Association is a not-for-profit corporation that promotes the production, transportation, storage and application of hydrogen in its myriad applications and encourages the development of industrial hydrogen and hydrogen energy systems and markets for new energy service technologies to improve the environment. The CHA is the voice of the hydrogen community in Canada and is a trusted advisor to both government and industry. The Association Française de l''Hydrogène, founded in 1998, includes institutions, laboratories, companies and specialists working to promote the development and use of this fuel without carbon and without greenhouse gas emission.
£18.00
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Automotive Disruption and the Urban Mobility
Book SynopsisThis book provides an integrated perspective of the automotive market for the next decade. It shows how customers and producers are shaping the market simultaneously and contends that the first steps of the mobility revolution have already been taken. It compels automotive companies to strike new paths to participate in this journey.The authors provide a comprehensive analysis of the automotive industry, including prevailing business models of OEMs and 'tier-n' automotive suppliers, the competitive environment they are embedded in as well as socio-economic changes affecting future market conditions. Subsequently, elements of the automotive disruption are presented; these enable the provision of novel urban mobility concepts and offer a new source for additional services accompanying the user. A comprehensive insight into consumer behavior, potential automotive business models which can be sustained by 2030, smart city models, transformation strategies, and diverse market penetration scenarios are also provided in the book. It also outlines the challenges and key actions that shape the automotive sector even beyond 2030 as well as knock-on effects across different industries arising from the technological and economic changes in the automotive market are projected.Table of Contents1. Introduction to Automotive Disruption and the Urban Mobility Revolution.- 2. Characterization of the Automotive Industry.- 3. Elements of the Automotive Disruption.- 4. Urban Mobility Revolution: A Quantitative Analysis.- 5. Business Model 2030: A Metamorphosis of the AutomotiveLandscape.- 6. Conclusion to Automotive Disruption and the Urban Mobility Revolution.- 7. Prospects: A Look Beyond.
£22.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Post-Pandemic World: Sustainable Living on a
Book SynopsisThe Covid-19 pandemic is a repeating biophysical shock yet one for which our current socio-economic structure was not prepared. Climate change, scarcity, depletion of natural resources, and the inevitable transition to renewable energy are one time events. Taken together, they present an existential threat to human society. This book is a guide to navigating these megatrends, which confront us now but whose consequences will unfold over decades. By presenting clear options on the path to a renewable energy future, this book gives readers a broad perspective as well as detailed, well-illustrated examples to weigh in making decisions which will secure stability and prosperity for their families, their communities and their nations.Table of Contents
£22.49
Springer International Publishing AG Sustainable Business: Managing the Challenges of
Book SynopsisThis open access book is a compact guide to the development of sustainable business, which has become the central concept in discussions about the future development of humanity and planet earth. It provides basic terminology and concepts on sustainable business and offers insights into a new management paradigm that integrates social and environmental dimensions into business models, strategies, and operations. New business concepts such as the donut economy, the circular economy, social innovation and sustainable leadership are introduced and the book outlines how they influence the way we run businesses today and in the future. This book lays the foundation for new management thinking in business and academia, making it a essential reader for professionals and students alike.
£21.24
De Gruyter Machine Learning for Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisThe book will focus on the applications of machine learning for sustainable development. Machine learning (ML) is an emerging technique whose diffusion and adoption in various sectors (such as energy, agriculture, internet of things, infrastructure) will be of enormous benefit. The state of the art of machine learning models is most useful for forecasting and prediction of various sectors for sustainable development.
£113.50
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Factfulness Sustainability: What you should know
Book SynopsisHumans are overexploiting nature, consuming too much energy, too many raw materials, too much land. In short, the current economic and living conditions of mankind, especially here in the West, are not sustainable.Who would disagree with this verdict? The evidence seems overwhelming: species extinction, rainforest deforestation, scarcity of raw materials, soil erosion, plastic waste, ecological footprint and, of course, climate change. But how reliable are these indicators? Are there perhaps also other indications, positive developments? And are all these problems of equal urgency?This book gives you answers: well-founded, comprehensible, to the point. It proves that the reports and headlines on ecological issues in the mainstream media are often one-sided, exaggerated and thus misleading. The book does not trivialize, but it differentiates. Using the relevant international reports and databases, it presents overall contexts where otherwise usually only individual, striking figures are picked out.With over 70 graphic illustrations, the book thus paints a new picture of the state of the planet and of the effects of human economic activity and consumption. At the end is a clear list of priorities for the real sustainability challenges - for humanity as a whole, and also for the people living in the West.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I - Three theses.- The most important challenge is: Switching from fossil to renewable energy sources.- "The Western way of economy and life is ecologically unsustainable" - not true.- It is worth fighting.- Part II - Basics.- World population.- Land use.- Food.- Drinking water.- Part III - Energy and raw materials.- Energy.- Raw materials.- Part IV - Ecological hotspots.- The "ecological footprint".- Biodiversity and species extinction.- Forest loss - Deforestation. Drinking water.- Part III - Energy and raw materials.- Energy.- Raw materials.- Part IV - Ecological hotspots.- The "ecological footprint".- Biodiversity and species extinction.- Forest loss - Deforestation of rainforests.- Plastic waste in the oceans.- Dead zones in the oceans - the P/N cycle.- Pollutants in the environment.- Bibliography.
£18.74
Transcript Verlag Alternative Economies and Spaces: New
Book SynopsisThe volume entails a collection of contributions by leading scholars (Raymond Bryant, Michael K. Goodman, Benjamin Huybrechts, Andrew E.G. Jonas, Roger Lee, Peter North, and Katinka Weber) concerned with alternative modes of economic and social exchange. The cases addressed in these contributions - including credit unions, alternative currencies, sustainable consumption, and social enterprises - deliver valuable insights into how such alternatives are performed at various scales and spaces in relation to and beyond the economic mainstream. In sum, the collection provides vital grounds for both a transition of the economic system towards a more sustainable one, and a reconceptualisation of the economic itself in our scholarly thinking and everyday lives.
£22.49
Transcript Verlag Futures Worth Preserving – Cultural Constructions
Book SynopsisCultures as well as individuals continually balance the demands of nostalgia and sustainability as they construct historical narratives of "futures worth preserving". The aim of this volume is to explore those narratives and the underlying assumptions which inform them. Drawing on a range of disciplines from the humanities and social sciences, the chapters investigate cultural assumptions about which aspects of the past deserve to be remembered and which aspects of the present should be sustained for the future. In the process, they reveal how contemporary definitions of sustainability are informed by a nostalgic yearning for the past, and how nostalgia is motivated by a reciprocal longing to sustain the past for the future.Trade Review"What remains to be explored, and for which this edited volume has laid an important foundation, is the desire called utopia (sensu Fredric Jameson), its entanglement with values, its cultural manifestations across the globe, and its influence on concepts of nostalgia and sustainability." Anna Tabouratzidis, Kult_online, 64 (2021)
£39.99
Transcript Verlag Climate Protection, Resource Efficiency, and
Book SynopsisThe big societal challenges, such as climate change and public health, call for innovative approaches to address them. The contributors of this book present new ways to tackle these challenges by inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations in light weight engineering. They introduce a framework for transdisciplinary collaboration, explore the potential of light weight engineering in the areas of climate protection, resource efficiency, and sustainable mobility. To do so, they exemplify results and limitations of transdisciplinary collaboration based on three case studies: the optimization of rescue tools, the re-design of products to foster re-use and recycling processes in companies and society, and the additive manufacturing of individualized assistive tools and prostheses.
£40.00
Dattsons Space for Sustainable Development
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£13.99
Deep & Deep Publications Rural Energy for Sustainable Development
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£14.99
The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI Reforms in Drinking Water and Sanitation
Book SynopsisPrivate investment and community initiatives are crucial for improving drinking water and sanitation services. A UNDP and Government of India discussion paper proposes reforms focusing on institutional, regulatory, and legislative aspects in a market-oriented economy to guide professionals and policymakers in managing environmental infrastructure.
£999.99
The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI Cleaner is Cheaper: v. 5
Book SynopsisAs the corporate embraces the idea of sustainable development, this work brings some of the best corporate initiatives into the public domain.
£999.99
The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI Sustainable Urban Planning
Book SynopsisDevelopment of an approach for sustainable framework in the Indian context is very complex due to the diversity in the urban and metropolitan regions of the country.
£999.99
Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Energy and Natural Resources: Sustainability and
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£38.99
ListLab Climatica: The Sustainability of Urban Form
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£20.90
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Insignia de la Nutrición
Book SynopsisLa Insignia de la Nutrición está diseñada para ayudar a los niños y jóvenes a aprender sobre la importancia de una dieta equilibrada y variada para garantizar que se satisfagan todas las necesidades nutricionales del cuerpo para una vida feliz y saludable.Este folleto incluye información sobre cómo elegir alimentos saludables, tomando en cuenta la importancia de la inocuidad de los alimentos, y brinda orientación sobre cómo adoptar una dieta sostenible para reducir los impactos en nuestro medio ambiente.La serie YUNGA ‘Aprender y actuar’– Insignias, desarrollada en colaboración con otras agencias de las Naciones Unidas, consiste en libros cortos que tienen como objetivo sensibilizar a los jóvenes sobre temas de actualidad y alentarlos a convertirse en agentes activos de cambio en sus comunidades locales.
£999.99
The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI From Lattus to Lasers: Realising India's
Book SynopsisThe history of electricity in India traces an inverted arc like a smiley which starts in the colonial period with private electricity capacity leading, regresses to a mode of near complete public sector monopoly by the 1980s and then traces the upward incline to a near 50% share for private electricity suppliers not a full smiley but a slightly lop-sided one. The half-smile like Mona Lisa's masks long periods of misallocation of public capital, unabashed populism, and careless adherence to path dependencies' which plagues bureaucracies the world over.
£14.11
The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI Energy Efficiency Matters
Book SynopsisWould you like to reduce your monthly electricity bill? Help reduce power outages in your neighbourhood? Improve air quality in your city? And all while making a measurable impact in slowing global warming and climate change? If you answered Yes' to any of these questions, this book is for you.That said, if you are looking to buy or replace electrical appliances for your home, this book also outlines the factors and features to consider, including energy efficiency labels, to maximize usage while minimizing electricity consumption.
£999.99
Oxford University Press, USA Fairness and Futurity Essays on Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice
Book SynopsisThe book brings together leading international figures in political theory and sociology, as well as representatives from the political community, to consider the normative issues at stake in the relationship between environmental sustainability and social justice.Trade ReviewA fruitful collaboration ... the volume exhibits a high degree of coherence of purpose. Its purpose, moreover, is not purely academic, but includes a concern to offer guidance for policy-makers ... cutting-edge contributions to this important new area of inquiry. * Environemental Values *A welcome contribution to the debate, especially to the complex relationship between sustainability and social justice ... this book is an important reading for all those who are genuinely interested in sustainability, sustainable development and social justice and their often problematic relationship. * Environmental Politics *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; PART ONE ; 1. Sustainable Development as a Contested Concept ; 2. Sustainability: Should We Start from Here? ; PART TWO ; 3. Sustainable Development and Our Obligations to Future ; 4. Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice ; 5. Ecology and Opportunity: Intergenerational Equity and Sustainable Options ; 6. Social Justice and Environmental Goods ; 7. An Extension of the Rawlsian Savings Principle to Liberal Theories of Justice in General ; 8. Sustainable Development and Accumulation of Capital: Reconciling the Irreconcilable ; PART THREE ; 9. Must the Poor pay More? Sustainable Development, Social Justice, and Environmental Taxation ; 10. Ecological Degradation: A Cause for Conflict, a Concern for Survival ; Index
£96.00
Palgrave MacMillan UK Learning from Wind Power Governance Societal and Policy Perspectives on Sustainable Energy Energy Climate and the Environment
Book SynopsisBringing together contributions from leading researchers, this volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors that have shaped the recent expansion of wind energy, and to consider what lessons this experience may provide for the future expansion of other renewable technologies.Trade Review'What the book does well is to identify and disucss several barriers to making wind projects more acceptable for communities and environmental groups...Learning from Wind Power is an accessible and weighty contribution to the field.' - Ralitsa Hiteva, Sustainable Consumption Institute and School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Environment and PlanningTable of ContentsWind Power: Towards a Sustainable Energy Future?; C.Warren , R.Cowell , G.Ellis , P.A.Strachan & J.Szarka PART I: GOVERNANCE AND POLICY LEARNING Wind Power: Opportunities, Limits and Challenges; D.Elliott Wind Power Policy in Germany and the UK; V.Lauber Wind Power and Spatial Planning in the UK; S.Power & R.Cowell From Laggard to World Leader: the United Kingdom's Adoption of MarineWind Energy; S.Jay Planning with the Missing Masses: Innovative Wind Power Planning in France; A.Nadai PART II: SOCIETAL ENGAGEMENT WITH WIND POWER The Misdirected Opposition to Wind Energy; M.J.Pasqualletti The Social Experience of Noise from Wind Farms; C.Haggett Navigating a Minefield? Wind Power and Local Community BenefitFunds; P.A.Strachan & D.Jones Fostering Public Engagement in Wind Energy Development: the Role of Intermediaries and Community Benefits; P.Devine-Wright Social Acceptance of Wind Energy Projects: Learning from Trans-national Experience; S.Huber , R.Hobarty & G.Ellis Drawing Lessons from Wind Power for Future Sustainable Energy; J.Szarka , G.Ellis , R.Cowell , P.A.Strachan & C.Warren
£85.49
Little, Brown & Company Harvest For Hope A Guide to Mindful Eating
Book SynopsisNow in paperback, Jane Goodall's eye-opening book that draws on a lifetime of work as one of the world's most renowned scientists, conservationists, and animal rights activists and explores her deepest beliefs about the global meaning of food and what all
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C-Space-Solutions Boat Builders Incredible 20 ft Shipping Container Home Concepts for shippable containerbased homes offices workshops or studios
£13.62
Workplace Transformation Facilitation Work Better. Save The Planet
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ecovillages
Book SynopsisIn a world of dwindling natural resources and mounting environmental crisis, who is devising ways of living that will work for the long haul? And how can we, as individuals, make a difference? To answer these fundamental questions, Professor Karen Litfin embarked upon a journey to many of the world's ecovillagesÑintentional communities at the cutting-edge of sustainable living. From rural to urban, high tech to low tech, spiritual to secular, she discovered an under-the-radar global movement making positive and radical changes from the ground up. In this inspiring and insightful book, Karen Litfin shares her unique experience of these experiments in sustainable living through four broad windows - ecology, economics, community, and consciousness - or E2C2. Whether we live in an ecovillage or a city, she contends, we must incorporate these four key elements if we wish to harmonize our lives with our home planet. Not only is another world possible, it is already Trade Review"In lively, honest and reflective prose, Litfin offers deep insight into how this research project has been part of her own mission of living more sustainably. While Litfin provides us with a range of practical information about the principles of ecovillage organising – including countless nuggets of inspiration that will be useful to anyone, not just those intending to live in communities – she also puts forward a theoretical framework for analysing these emerging ways of sustainable living."—Times Higher Education "If you can't take a year off to visit ecovillages around the world, this marvel of a book is the next best thing. It’s actually even better for the carbon it saves, the questions it asks, and the wisdom it shares. Karen Litfin’s journey enlivens our understanding of the Great Turning. I am eager to share it with all my students and fellow teachers."—Joanna Macy, author of Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy "This book offers a unique opportunity to compare several different forms of sustainable communities around the world, giving us a glimpse of the best practices and challenges of the global ecovillage movement."—Environment Magazine "In these times of political gridlock and myopia, Karen Litfin's tremendously engaging and informative exploration of eco-villages around the world points the way to a viable and attractive future very different from the bleak place to which we are now headed. You will enjoy this book!"—James Gustave Speth, author of America the Possible: Manifesto for New Economy "Ecovillages offers that rarest of gifts: wisdom. It asks not simply how to address the build-up of carbon, dwindling of species, and toxification of our world, but how we can live together joyously on a single earth. Among the book's many beauties is that it is written from the wellspring of experience and expressed through Litfin’s hands, voice, and soul."—Paul Wapner, American University "The world is in for a major transition, a huge downshift, ready or not. For those inclined to roll up their sleeves and get ready (as opposed to lament the trends and decry business as usual), ecovillages can offer insight and hope. As Litfin shows in this compelling book, they exemplify an 'affirmative politics,' a politics at once ecological, economic, community-oriented and spiritual. Ecovillages aren't for everyone, but in these uncertain times, their lessons may be."—Thomas Princen, University of Michigan "Karen Litfin is a perceptive, thoughtful, and gifted observer of the human predicament. In writing Ecovillages, Litfin combines her intellectual prowess with her sensitivity and compassion to tell a hugely important and inspiring story."—Chris Uhl, Professor of Biology at Penn State and author of Developing Ecological Consciousness "Karen Litfin has not only written a book of great importance to all of us at this pivotal moment in history, she has also done it in a way that is lively, moving, informative and compelling. This first-rate book deserves to reach the widest possible audience; we must pay attention to it if we are going to thrive as a species on this fragile planet."—Nina Wise, author of A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life "Ecovillages have for many years acted as micro-laboratories for building a low carbon, post-growth society. But what can we learn from them? How much of ecovillage life is scaleable and replicable? Karen Litfin set out to find out, and her learnings and insights are invaluable. We owe her road trip and her research a great deal, there is much wisdom and treasure here!"—Rob Hopkins, author of The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience "An inspiring and instructive journey to the wide range of communities pioneering a sustainable global future."—Jakob von Uexküll, founder of the Right Livelihood Award and former member of the European Parliament "Nature teaches us that nothing disappears when it dies, it merely becomes something new. Karen Litfin's lucid and heartfelt book reveals the new life emerging in the cracks of failing systems. Through her eyes, we meet people everywhere who are building high-joy, low-impact communities. Litfin is the perfect guide: intellectually rigorous, spiritually awake and deeply caring. If you want to create a richer, gentler life for yourself and your community, read this book!"—Vicki Robin, bestselling author of Your Money or Your Life and Blessing the Hands that Feed Us "Karen Litfin understands that today we need inspiration as much as information, to forge the vibrant communities that will carry us into an enduring future. The success stories she brings to life are just what we need to revivify our existing communities on a planet perched at the precipice."—Kurt Hoelting, author of The Circumference of Home: One Man's Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life "One of the most powerful questions asked of us by our world crisis is, 'How can we live together in ways that allow us to 'be the change' together?' Karen Litfin's book gives us answers. These ecovillage experiments – idealistic, imperfect, courageous, creative and honestly described - will help us transform our consciousness and find our way forward."—Terry Patten, co-author (with Ken Wilber) of Integral Life PracticeTable of ContentsList of Figures vi Acknowledgments viii 1 Living a New Story 1 2 Around the World in Fourteen Ecovillages 15 3 Ecology: Living in the Circle of Life 33 4 Economy: Prospering in the Circle of Life 77 5 Community: Relating in the Circle of Life 111 6 Consciousness: Being in the Circle of Life 149 7 Scaling It Up 187 Epilogue 205 Resources 208 Index 213
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