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  • The Lucky Country?

    Reinventing Australia

    by Ian Lowe ...
    Is Australia truly the Lucky Country? Can it reinvent itself for a sustainable future? In this thought-provoking analysis, Ian Lowe revisits Donald Horne's iconic critique, examining Australia's current state and future prospects. He argues that Australia's reliance on resource extraction and a lack of innovative leadership have created an illusion of progress, masking deeper problems.Lowe ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bigger or Better?

    Australia's Population Debate

    by Ian Lowe ...
    A comprehensive and detailed analysis of the controversial debate about Australia's population numbers, this book clarifies the subject and addresses the many misconceptions. It provides a historic account of Australia's population growth and a study of official data while examining the components of that growth in detail, including birth rates and immigration as well as the more recent trend of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Australia on the Brink

    Avoiding Environmental Ruin

    by Ian Lowe ...
    Series series In the National Interest
    In 1996, the first independent national report on the state of Australia's environment found that we faced serious problems. With increasing urgency, five subsequent reports declared those problems were all getting worse, each calling for immediate action to protect our future. The 2021 report determined that, 'Overall, the state and trend of the environment of Australia are poor and deteriorating ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Long Half-life

    The Nuclear Industry in Australia

    by Ian Lowe ...
    Australia has been directly involved in the nuclear industry for more than a century, but our involvement has never been comprehensively documented. Long Half-life tells the social and political history of Australia's role, from the first discovery of radioactive ores in 1906 to contemporary contentious questions. Should the next generation of submarines be nuclear powered? Can nuclear energy help ... Read more

    $34.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Best Australian Science Writing 2014

    Edited by Ashley Hay ...
    Now in its fourth year, this popular and acclaimed anthology steps inside the Australia's finest scientific and literary minds to present a collection that celebrates the nation's finest science writing of the year. Featuring prominent authors—such as Tim Flannery, Jo Chandler, Frank Bowden and Iain McCalman, as well as many new voices—this annual anthology covers topics as diverse and wondrous as ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Voice of Reason

    Reflections on Australia

    by Ian Lowe ...
    Can civilization survive the 21st century? Professor Ian Lowe, author, pre-eminent scientist and president of the Australian Conservation Foundation, thinks we have a chance—but we have to act now, and not just on global warming. Here, collected for the first time, are Lowe's views on topics that concern all Australians—the environment, culture, science, politics, education, technology and the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Science, Technology and Society

    An Introduction

    by Martin Bridgstock, David Burch, John Forge, John Laurent, Ian Lowe ...
    This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the human, social and economic aspects of science and technology. It examines a broad range of issues from a variety of perspectives, using examples and experiences from Australia and around the world. The authors present complex issues in an accessible and engaging form. Topics include the responsibilities of scientists, ethical dilemmas and ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • A Big Fix

    Radical Solutions for Australia's Environmental Crisis, expanded and revised edition

    by Ian Lowe ...
    ‘If civilisation is to survive, this century will have to be a time of dramatic transformation, not just in technological capacity but also in our approach to the natural world - and each other. The road we are travelling now can only end in disaster.' - Ian LoweThe warnings from scientists are unequivocal: we cannot sustain our current levels of consumption and growth. We are depleting the Earth ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Environmental Values in a Globalizing World

    Nature, Justice and Governance

    by Ian Lowe, Jouni Paavola ...
    Series series Challenges of Globalisation
    This multidisciplinary volume presents a refreshing new approach to environmental values in the global age. it investigates the challenges that globalization poses to traditional environmental values in general as well as in politics and international governance.Divided into five parts, the book investigates how environmental values could be reconceived in a globalizing world.Part I explores ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Etchings of Wilfred Fairclough

    by Ian Lowe ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published 1990, this volume consists of an introductory essay by Ian Lowe and a comprehensive catalogue of all Wilfred Fairclough’s prints, some 140, from 1932 to the present (1990). Al the prints are illustrated in the body of the catalogue for ease of identification and 48 are also reproduced as large format duotone illustrations.From the Royal College of Art, Wilfred Fairclough won the ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Australia on the Brink

    by Ian Lowe ...
    Narrated by Ian Lowe ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 56 min

    In 1996, the first independent national report on the state of Australia’s environment found that we faced serious problems. With increasing urgency, five subsequent reports declared those problems were all getting worse, each calling for immediate action to protect our future. The 2021 report determined that, ‘Overall, the state and trend of the environment of Australia are poor and deteriorating ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quarterly Essay 27 Reaction Time

    Climate Change and the Nuclear Option

    by Ian Lowe ...
    Series Book 27 - Quarterly Essay
    Australia is at a crossroads: if we are to halt global warming, do we need to stride resolutely into a nuclear future?In this engrossing and persuasive essay, Ian Lowe discusses his one-time belief in the benefits of nuclear power and explains why that belief has faltered. He engages with the leading environmentalists, like James Lovelock, who advocate going nuclear, as well as with the less ... Read more

    $8.99 USD