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General environment and nature
Plundered Planet
By Paul Collier
Paperback
Published 25-Aug-2011
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How can we help poorer countries become richer without harming the planet? Is there a way of reconciling prosperity with nature? In this title, the author offers realistic answers to this dilemma.
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User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilization
By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
Paperback
Published 06-Aug-2010
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Argues that the many world crises, including the financial meltdown, climate change and terrorism, are connected problems of a failing global system.
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China and the Environment
By Sam Geall
Paperback
Published 11-Apr-2013
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'China and Environment' provides a unique report on the experiences of participatory politics that have emerged in response to environmental problems, rather than focusing only on macro-level ecological issues and their elite responses.
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Bleakonomics
By Rob Larson
Paperback
Published 05-Oct-2012
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Short and darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world: climate change, inequality and financial crisis.
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Story of the Fly
By Jason Drew
Paperback
Published 30-Aug-2012
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The Story of the Fly and How it Could Save the World will take you behind the pesky reputation and inside the brain and body of the much misunderstood fly. But ultimately it introduces the fly as a future hero that could help save the world. How? By recycling waste nutrients and generating sustainable protein.
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Wisdom of Sustainability
By Sulak Sivaraksa
Paperback
Published 04-Apr-2011
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Superfuel
By Richard Martin
Hardback
Published 14-Jun-2012
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In this groundbreaking account of an energy revolution in the making, award-winning science writer Richard Martin introduces us to thorium, an alternate source of energy and how it is revolutionizing nuclear power, promising a safe and clean future for millions, and why thorium was sidelined at the height of the Cold War.
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Transition Companion
By Rob Hopkins
Paperback
Published 27-Oct-2011
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Occupy World Street
By Ross Jackson
Paperback
Published 08-Mar-2012
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Global Catastrophes
By Bill McGuire
Paperback
Published 26-Jan-2006
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Focuses on the many potential catastrophes facing our planet, from global warming, and New Ice Ages, to asteroid impact, super volcanoes, and mega-tsunami. This book presents a look at both the science behind these events and our chances of survival. It explains both the mechanisms and the risks of global catastrophes.
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