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  • Protecting the Atmosphere

    The Climate Change Convention and its context

    by Sten Nilsson, David Pitt ...
    Series series International Environmental Governance Set
    'The authors take us into less-known corridors of climate Realpolitik and energy power play. We are provided with the essential vocabulary to understand what is at stake and how the challenge should be tackled' Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Global warming and the resulting climate change present one of the greatest potential threats humanity has had to face.Every country contributes to them and they ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Mountain World in Danger

    Climate change in the forests and mountains of Europe

    by Sten Nilsson, David Pitt ...
    Series series Sustainable Development Set
    The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century. This book describes, for the first time, the effects of these phenomena on the high mountains and the forests of Europe. Mountains and the frozen regions (the cryosphere) not only play a major part in our climatic system, but are also central to our water ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Water

    The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource

    by Marq de Villiers ...
    An award-winning, alarming account of "one of the central challenges facing civilization" ( The Washington Post Book World).Offering ecological, historical, and cultural perspectives, this "well-researched and thought-provoking book" (Minneapolis Tribune) explains how we are using, misusing, and abusing our planet's most vital resource.Reporting from hot spots as diverse as China, Las Vegas, and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Weaving a Malawi Sunrise

    A Woman, A School, A People

    by Roberta Laurie ...
    Series series Wayfarer
    “When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” —Malawian saying The women of Malawi, like many other women in developing countries, struggle to find their way out of poverty and build a better life for themselves and their families. Weaving a Malawi Sunrise tells the story of Memory Chazeza’s quest to get an education and to build a school for young women. Roberta Laurie was one of many who ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • We Rise

    The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement that Restores the Planet

    by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez ...
    Challenge the status quo, change the face of activism, and confront climate change head on with the ultimate blueprint for taking action.Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is a 16-year-old climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful new voice on the frontlines of a global youth-led movement. He and his group the Earth Guardians believe that today’s youth will play an important role in shaping our future. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Lawlessness and Economics

    Alternative Modes of Governance

    by Avinash K. Dixit ...
    Series series The Gorman Lectures in Economics
    How can property rights be protected and contracts be enforced in countries where the rule of law is ineffective or absent? How can firms from advanced market economies do business in such circumstances? In Lawlessness and Economics, Avinash Dixit examines the theory of private institutions that transcend or supplement weak economic governance from the state.In much of the world and through much ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

  • Gender Planning and Development

    Theory, Practice and Training

    by Caroline Moser ...
    Gender planning is not an end in itself but a means by which women, through a process of empowerment, can emancipate themselves. Ultimately, its success depends on the capacity of women's organizations to confront subordination and create successful alliances which will provide constructive support in negotiating women's needs at the level of household, civil society, the state and the global ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • How Can I Stop Climate Change

    What is it and how to help

    by Friends of the Earth ...
    Don’t just sit there, do something. But what? How Can I Stop Climate Change? explains what climate change is and what you can do to stop it. Written by the experts at Friends of the Earth, it gives you the facts and figures and offers practical advice and simple solutions.What is happening and why?Learn to distinguish myth from fact and find out what the future holds, based on the scientific ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Can Science Fix Climate Change?

    A Case Against Climate Engineering

    by Mike Hulme ...
    Series series New Human Frontiers
    Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called 'Plan B', a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to space, creating a thermostat in the sky.In this book, Mike Hulme argues against this kind of hubristic techno-fix. Drawing upon a distinguished ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Citizen-led Innovation for a New Economy

    Edited by Alison Mathie ...
    This collection of eleven cases from Canada and the United States gives expression to the ideal of a new economy based on fairness and environmental sustainability. Grappling with complex problems in their local communities, organized citizens are forging innovation, prying open cracks in the prevailing economic system and seizing opportunities to redirect economic life. Featured here are examples ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Ecotopia 2121

    A Vision for Our Future Green Utopia?in 100 Cities

    by Alan Marshall ...
    **A 2016 Green Book Festival "Future Forecasts" WinnerA stunningly original, lushly illustrated vision for a Green Utopia, published on the 500th anniversary of the original Big Idea.**Five hundred years ago a powerful new word was unleashed upon the world when Thomas More published his book Utopia, about an island paradise far away from his troubled land. It was an instant hit, and the literati ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Localizing and Transnationalizing Contentious Politics

    Global Civil Society Movements in the Philippines

    by Joel F. Ariate Jr, Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo, Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, Ma Glenda S. Lopez Wui, Thandika Mkandawire, Ronald C. Molmisa, Sharon M. Quinsaat ...
    The Philippines makes an interesting case for examining direct and collective acts of contention against the neoliberal project of economic globalization. Crippled by foreign debt, indiscriminate liberalization of trade, falling stock markets, and perpetual corruption, the Philippines is also a democratic polity and one of the few countries in Asia with a vibrant and dynamic civil society sector. ... Read more

    $47.79 USD