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Australia State of the Environment 2001: Natural and Cultural Heritageby Australian State of the Environment CommitteeISBN 0643067469 (0-643-06746-9)
Softcover, Csiro
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Softcover, Csiro - Australia State of the Environment 2001: Natural and Cultural Heritage: ISBN 0643067469 (0-643-06746-9)
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Australia State of the Environment 2001: Natural and Cultural Heritageby Australia, Australian State of the Environment CommitteeISBN 0643067450 (0-643-06745-0)
Hardcover, Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of the Department of Environment and Heritage
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Better Environmental Decisions: Strategies for Governments, Businesses, and Communitiesby Alfred A. Marcus, Ken SextonISBN 1559636149 (1-55963-614-9)
Softcover, Island Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Better Environmental Decisions: Strategies for Governments, Businesses, and Communities'Book summary:A broad-based interdisciplinary introduction to the topic of environmental decision-making which emphasizes finding solutions to real world problems. The book examines the subject from the complementary and interrelated perspectives of three major groups involved in environmental decisions: regulatory agencies, businesses and affected communities. Each chapter describes an important aspect of environmental decision making and identifies key issues and problems and recommends ways to improve the decision-making process and its outcomes. [via]
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Biosphere Politics : A New Consciousness for a New Centuryby Jeremy RifkinISBN 0517577461 (0-517-57746-1)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Biosphere Politics: A Cultural Odyssey from the Middle Ages to the New Ageby Jeremy RifkinISBN 0062506951 (0-06-250695-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Bjelke-Petersen Premiership, 1968-1983: Issues in Public Policyby Allan PatienceISBN 0582714869 (0-582-71486-9)
Softcover, Longman Cheshire
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Waterby Marc ReisnerISBN 0670199273 (0-670-19927-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Cannibals With Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Businessby John ElkingtonISBN 0865713928 (0-86571-392-8)
Softcover, New Society Pub
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Changing Track: A New Political Economic Direction for Australiaby Frank StilwellISBN 1864031689 (1-86403-168-9)
Hardcover, Pluto Pr Australia
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Climate Change: Debating America's Policy Optionsby David G. VictorISBN 0876093438 (0-87609-343-8)
Softcover, Brookings Inst Pr
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Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeedby Jared DiamondISBN 0143036556 (0-14-303655-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed'Book summary:Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is the glass-half-empty follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. While Guns, Germs, and Steel explained the geographic and environmental reasons why some human populations have flourished, Collapse uses the same factors to examine why ancient societies, including the Anasazi of the American Southwest and the Viking colonies of Greenland, as well as modern ones such as Rwanda, have fallen apart. Not every collapse has an environmental origin, but an eco-meltdown is often the main catalyst, he argues, particularly when combined with society's response to (or disregard for) the coming disaster. Still, right from the outset of Collapse, the author makes clear that this is not a mere environmentalist's diatribe. He begins by setting the book's main question in the small communities of present-day Montana as they face a decline in living standards and a depletion of natural resources. Once-vital mines now leak toxins into the soil, while prion diseases infect some deer and elk and older hydroelectric dams have become decrepit. On all these issues, and particularly with the hot-button topic of logging and wildfires, Diamond writes with equanimity.
Because he's addressing such significant issues within a vast span of time, Diamond can occasionally speak too briefly and assume too much, and at times his shorthand remarks may cause careful readers to raise an eyebrow. But in general, Diamond provides fine and well-reasoned historical examples, making the case that many times, economic and environmental concerns are one and the same. With Collapse, Diamond hopes to jog our collective memory to keep us from falling for false analogies or forgetting prior experiences, and thereby save us from potential devastations to come. While it might seem a stretch to use medieval Greenland and the Maya to convince a skeptic about the seriousness of global warming, it's exactly this type of cross-referencing that makes Collapse so compelling. --Jennifer Buckendorff [via]
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Conservative Conservationist: Russell E. Train And the Emergence of American Environmentalismby J. Brooks FlippenISBN 0807132039 (0-8071-3203-9)
Hardcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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A Conspiracy of Optimism: Management of the National Forests Since World War Twoby Paul W. HirtISBN 080327288X (0-8032-7288-X)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Corporate America And Environmental Policy: How Often Does Business Get Its Way?by Sheldon KamienieckiISBN 0804748322 (0-8047-4832-2)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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Earth in Mind: On Education, Enviroment, and the Human Prospectby Robert GeddesISBN 1559634952 (1-55963-495-2)
Softcover, Island Pr
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Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospectby David W. OrrISBN 155963295X (1-55963-295-X)
Softcover, Island Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect'Book summary:In "Earth in Mind," noted environmental educator David W. Orr focuses not on problems in education, but on the problem "of" education. Much of what has gone wrong with the world, he argues, is the result of inadequate and misdirected education that: alienates us from life in the name of human domination causes students to worry about how to make a living before they know who they are overemphasizes success and careers separates feeling from intellect and the practical from the theoretical deadens the sense of wonder for the created world The crisis we face, Orr explains, is one of mind, perception, and values. It is, first and foremost, an educational challenge.The author begins by establishing the grounds for a debate about education and knowledge. He describes the problems of education from an ecological perspective, and challenges the "terrible simplifiers" who wish to substitute numbers for values. He follows with a presentation of principles for re-creating education in the broadest way possible, discussing topics such as biophilia, the disciplinary structure of knowledge, the architecture of educational buildings, and the idea of ecological intelligence. Orr concludes by presenting concrete proposals for reorganizing the curriculum to draw out our affinity for life. [via]
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Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spiritby Al GoreISBN 1594866376 (1-59486-637-6)
Softcover, Rodale Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit'Book summary:What's most inspiring about Earth in the Balance is who wrote it. It's a big deal, after all, that a sitting senator was willing to write, "We must make the rescue of the environment the central organizing principle for civilization." And that's not all. In his 1992 book, Al Gore also wrote:
I have become very impatient with my own tendency to put a finger to the political winds and proceed cautiously.... [E]very time I pause to consider whether I have gone too far out on a limb, I look at the new facts [on the environment crisis] that continue to pour in from around the world and conclude that I have not gone far enough.... [T]he time has long since come to take more political risks--and endure more political criticism--by proposing tougher, more effective solutions and fighting hard for their enactments.
And the buzz on the street is that Gore actually wrote those words himself.
When Earth in the Balance first came out, it caused quite a stir--and for good reason. It convincingly makes the case that a crisis of epidemic proportions is nearly upon us and that if the world doesn't get its act together soon and agree to some kind of "Global Marshall Plan" to protect the environment, we're all up a polluted creek without a paddle. Myriad plagues are upon us, but the worst include the loss of biodiversity, the depletion of the ozone layer, the slash-and-burn destruction of rainforests, and the onset of global warming. None of this is new, of course, nor was it new in 1992. But most environmentalists will still get a giddy feeling reading such a call to action as written by a prominent politician.
The book is arranged into three sections: the first describes the plagues; the second looks at how we got ourselves into this mess; and the final chapters present ways out. Gore gets his points across in a serviceable way, though he could have benefited from a firmer editor's hand; at times the analogies are arcane and the pacing is odd--kind of like a Gore speech that climaxes at weird points and then sinks just as the audience is about to clap. Still, at the end you understand what's been said. Gore believes that if we apply some American ingenuity, the twin engines of democracy and capitalism can be rigged to help us stabilize world population growth, spread social justice, boost education levels, create environmentally appropriate technologies, and negotiate international agreements to bring us back from the brink. For example, a worldwide shift to clean, renewable energy sources would create huge economic opportunities for companies large and small to design, build, and maintain solar panels, wind turbines, fuel cells, and other ecofriendly innovations.
Gore doesn't mince words when describing just how hard it will be to get out of this jam. Real hope is contingent on a swelling up of concern among the public--and fast. A year into the vice presidency, in an interview with writer Bill McKibben, Gore paraphrased a key passage in his book, "The minimum that is scientifically necessary far exceeds the maximum that is politically feasible." Ah, a political out. Some readers will ask of Gore: what has he done since publishing his book to advance the political feasibility of decisive environmental action? --Chip Giller [via]
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Eco-Nationalism: Anti-Nuclear Activism and National Identity in Russia, Lithuania, and Ukraineby Jane I. DawsonISBN 0822318377 (0-8223-1837-7)
Softcover, Duke Univ Pr
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Ecological Modernisation Around the World: Persectives and Critical Debatesby Arthur P. J. Mol, David Allan SonnenfeldISBN 071468113X (0-7146-8113-X)
Softcover, Frank Cass & Co
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Ecologically Sustainable Development: A Submissionby Australian Conservation Foundation, J. P. Marlow, W. L. HareISBN 0858020890 (0-85802-089-0)
Hardcover, Australian Conservation Foundation
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Ecology of Fear : Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disasterby Mike DavisISBN 0805051066 (0-8050-5106-6)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ecology of Fear : Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster'Book summary:The 1990s have not been kind to Los Angeles. As Mike Davis writes, "The destructive February 1992, January 1993, and January 1995 floods ($500 million in damage) were mere brackets around the April 1992 insurrection ($1 billion), the October-November 1993 firestorms ($1 billion) and the January 1994 earthquake ($42 billion)." But, he argues, the increasing fear about nature's reign of terror in Southern California reflected in Hollywood's preoccupation with apocalypse--L.A. has been destroyed on screen by everything from lava (Volcano) to nukes (Miracle Mile) to alien death rays (Independence Day)--is in reality a strong case of denial. Again, Davis himself says it best: "For generations, market-driven urbanization has transgressed environmental common sense. Historic wildfire corridors have been turned into view-lot suburbs, wetland liquefaction zones into marinas, and floodplains into industrial districts and housing tracts. Monolithic public works have been substituted for regional planning and a responsible land ethic. As a result, Southern California has reaped flood, fire, and earthquake tragedies that were as avoidable, as unnatural, as the beating of Rodney King and the ensuing explosion in the streets."
As in City of Quartz, his earlier book about Los Angeles, Davis reveals the deeper ideological narratives behind historical events. Whether he's explaining the motivations behind the persistent refusal of civic leaders to admit that a tornado alley runs down the middle of the region, from Long Beach to Pasadena, or discussing, as one chapter refers to it, "the case for letting Malibu burn," he outlines his arguments with a fascinating amount of detail and a subtle sense of irony. There are wonderful chapters here, such as "Maneaters of the Sierra Madre," a zoology of the wild beasts Angelenos fear, including mountain lions that descend from the hills to eat joggers and small children, swarms of Africanized killer bees making their way across the deserts, and El Chupacabra, the "goat-sucking vampire" that joined L.A.'s roster of faddish icons in 1996.
Although this book is specifically about Los Angeles, its lessons about the relationship between urban developments and natural ecosystems and about the dangerous influence of class politics on environmental safety policy are applicable to any city. Anyone with a serious interest in natural history or urban policy should make a point of reading this book. --Ron Hogan [via]
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The Environmental Case: Translating Values into Policyby Judith A. LayzerISBN 1568028989 (1-56802-898-9)
Softcover, CQ Press
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The Environmental Ethics and Policy Book: Philosophy, Ecology, Economicsby Christine Pierce, Donald Van De VeerISBN 0534561888 (0-534-56188-8)
Softcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Applicationby Louis P. PojmanISBN 0534543715 (0-534-54371-5)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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Environmental Justice: Issues, Policies, and Solutionsby Bunyan BryantISBN 1559634170 (1-55963-417-0)
Softcover, Island Pr
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Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Centuryby Norman J. Vig, Michael E. KraftISBN 1933116013 (1-933116-01-3)
Softcover, CQ Press
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Environmental Politics and Policy Making in Australiaby Aynsley Kellow, Timothy DoyleISBN 0732927935 (0-7329-2793-5)
Softcover, Macmillan Co of Australia
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Environmentalism and Economic Justice: Two Chicano Struggles in the Southwestby Laura PulidoISBN 0816516057 (0-8165-1605-7)
Softcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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Envisioning: A Sustainable Society Learning Our Way Outby Lester W. MilbrathISBN 0791401634 (0-7914-0163-4)
Softcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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Ethics and Environmental Policy: Theory Meets Practiceby Frederick Ferre, Peter HartelISBN 0820316571 (0-8203-1657-1)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ethics and Environmental Policy: Theory Meets Practice'Book summary:In this collection of essays, leading environmentalists and philosophers explore the relationship between environmental ethics and policy, both in theory and practice. The first section of the book focuses on four approaches to change in ethical theory: ecological science, feminist metaphysics, Chinese philosophy, and holistic postmodern technology. In subsequent sections the contributors emphasize the need for nontraditional solutions and attempt to expand awareness of the most pressing practical problems. Among the topics discussed are the possibilities of real international cooperation, the inequitable but economically intractable issue of global gasses, the political and ethical challenges of city planning, and the growing evidence of fundamental inappropriateness in treating land as legal private property.[via]This volume is based on essays presented in 1992 at the Second International Conference on Ethics and Environmental Policy. The conference was held in response to the increasing need for a new ethics that would counter the traditional human-centered, dominantly individualistic approach of the industrial world toward the environment.
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, And Climate Changeby Elizabeth KolbertISBN 1596911301 (1-59691-130-1)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, And Climate Change'Book summary:An argument for the urgent danger of global warming in a book that is sure to be as influential as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.[via]
Known for her insightful and thought-provoking journalism, New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert now tackles the controversial subject of global warming. Americans have been warned since the late nineteen-seventies that the buildup of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere threatens to melt the polar ice sheets and irreversibly change our climate. With little done since then to alter this dangerous course, now is the moment to salvage our future. By the end of the century, the world will likely be hotter than it's been in the last two million years, and the sweeping consequences of this change will determine the future of life on earth for generations to come.
In writing that is both clear and unbiased, Kolbert approaches this monumental problem from every angle. She travels to the Arctic, interviews researchers and environmentalists, explains the science and the studies, draws frightening parallels to lost ancient civilizations, unpacks the politics, and presents the personal tales of those who are being affected most--the people who make their homes near the poles and, in an eerie foreshadowing, are watching their worlds disappear. Growing out of a groundbreaking three-part series for the New Yorker, Field Notes from a Catastrophe brings the environment into the consciousness of the American people and asks what, if anything, can be done, and how we can save our planet.More editions of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, And Climate Change:
Ghost Bears: Exploring the Biodiversity Crisisby R. Edward GrumbineISBN 1559631511 (1-55963-151-1)
Softcover, Island Pr
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Global Warming: The Complete Briefingby John Houghton, . T.ISBN 0521528747 (0-521-52874-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Kyotoby Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda, Ken Conca, Geoffrey D. DabelkoISBN 0813368820 (0-8133-6882-0)
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Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Rioby Ken Conca, Michael Alberty, Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda, Geoffrey D. DabelkoISBN 0813325978 (0-8133-2597-8)
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The Greening of the Red: Sustainability, Socialism, and the Environmental Crisisby Graham DunkleyISBN 0949138800 (0-949138-80-0)
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Growth Fetishby Clive HamiltonISBN 1741140781 (1-74114-078-1)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societiesby Jared DiamondISBN 061318114X (0-613-18114-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies'Book summary:Explaining what William McNeill called The Rise of the West has become the central problem in the study of global history. In Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond presents the biologist's answer: geography, demography, and ecological happenstance. Diamond evenhandedly reviews human history on every continent since the Ice Age at a rate that emphasizes only the broadest movements of peoples and ideas. Yet his survey is binocular: one eye has the rather distant vision of the evolutionary biologist, while the other eye--and his heart--belongs to the people of New Guinea, where he has done field work for more than 30 years. [via]
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Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companionby Jared DiamondISBN 1586638637 (1-58663-863-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companion'Book summary:Scholar and professor Jared Diamond made a huge splash with this fascinating but controversial book, which argues that geography and environment have almost singlehandedly determined the course of human history. Dig deeper into his contentions with the information inside this invaluable reader's handbook:- Why did Europe colonize Africa and Asia rather than the other way around?
- Why is geography the most important factor in human history?
- How has the rest of the scientific community received Diamond's theory?
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In Timber Country: Working People's Stories of Environmental Conflict and Urban Flightby Beverly A. BrownISBN 156639273X (1-56639-273-X)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr
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Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warmingby Al GoreISBN 0670062715 (0-670-06271-5)
Hardcover, Viking Childrens Books
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About Itby Al GoreISBN 1594865671 (1-59486-567-1)
Softcover, Rodale Pr
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Law and Ecology: The Rise of the Ecosystem Regimeby Richard O. Brooks, Ross Jones, Ross A. VirginiaISBN 0754620387 (0-7546-2038-7)
Hardcover, Ashgate Pub Ltd
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The Making of Green Knowledge : Environmental Politics and Cultural Transformationby Andrew JamisonISBN 0521796873 (0-521-79687-3)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves: A History of American Environmental Policyby Richard N. L. AndrewsISBN 030011124X (0-300-11124-X)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Maximum Power: The Ideas and Applications of H.T. Odumby Charles A. S. HallISBN 0870813625 (0-87081-362-5)
Hardcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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Natural States: The Environmental Imagination in Maine, Oregon, and the Nationby Richard W. Judd, Christopher S. BeachISBN 1891853600 (1-891853-60-0)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Nature's Experts: Science, Politics, and The Environmentby Stephen BockingISBN 0813533988 (0-8135-3398-8)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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New Economic Directions for Australiaby Joseph A. Camilleri, Melbourne Economics GroupISBN 0949833509 (0-949833-50-9)
Hardcover, Centre for Australian Social Policy Analysis
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New World, New Mind: Moving Toward Conscious Evolutionby Robert Ornstein, Paul EhrlichISBN 1883536243 (1-883536-24-3)
Softcover, Ishk Book Service
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No Safe Placeby Warner TroyerISBN 0772011176 (0-7720-1117-6)
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One World: The Ethics of Globalisationby Peter SingerISBN 1877008451 (1-877008-45-1)
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Our Endangered Planetby Suzanne Winckler, Mary M. RodgersISBN 082252502X (0-8225-2502-X)
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The Place No One Knew: Glen Canyon on the Coloradoby Eliot Porter, David Brower, Daniel P. BeardISBN 0879059710 (0-87905-971-0)
Softcover, Gibbs Smith, Publisher
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A Plague of Frogs: The Horrifying True Storyby William SouderISBN 0786863609 (0-7868-6360-9)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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The Promise of Green Politics: Environmentalism and the Public Sphereby Douglas TorgersonISBN 0822323702 (0-8223-2370-2)
Softcover, Duke Univ Pr
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Quangos, the Australian Experienceby G. R. Curnow, Australian Institute of Public Administration, C. A. SaundersISBN 0868060860 (0-86806-086-0)
Hardcover, Hale & Iremonger in association with the Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration
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Running from the Storm: The Development of Climate Change Policy in Australiaby Clive HamiltonISBN 0868406120 (0-86840-612-0)
Softcover, New South Wales Univ Pr Ltd
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Silent Springby Rachel Carson, Wilson, Edward O. (AFT), Linda LearISBN 0618249060 (0-618-24906-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the Worldby Bjrn LomborgISBN 0521804477 (0-521-80447-7)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World'Book summary:According to The Skeptical Environmentalist the hole in the Ozone Layer is healing. The Amazon has shrunk by only 14 per cent since the arrival of Man. Only 0.7 per cent of species will be driven to extinction over the next 50 years. Even the poorest humans are getting richer by the year. Things are not good enough; but they are far, far better than we have been taught to believe. Lomborg, a professor of statistics and a former Greenpeace member, reveals the complexity, confusion, and (rarely) misuse of data behind the current Litany of approaching environmental Armageddon. But this is not a comforting or reassuring read. Nor is it a bible for lackeys and do-nothings. Lomborg uses the same figures everyone else uses, from national governments to the Kyoto summit to Greenpeace. Rarely have the raw data been discussed in such detail: their history, how they are calculated, their strengths, and their weaknesses. Lomborg argues persuasively that our sense of approaching human and environmental disaster is an artefact of the valid work of modern scientific, environmental and media institutions. There is, he asserts, no one to blame for our growing sense of despair, but everything to learn. We must learn what real risks are, and what we can do about them. (Kyoto? A very bad idea...) We must prioritise. (30p on the organic basil? Or 30p to buy a child clean water in Sierra Leone?) There is, after all, room for manoeuvre; panic achieves nothing. This is our generation's Silent Spring: a book to rewrite the environmental agenda, and a must-buy for any parent who wonders what kind of world we are leaving for our children.--Simon Ings [via]
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A Story That Stands Like a Damby Russell MartinISBN 0805015515 (0-8050-1551-5)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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A Story That Stands like a Dam: Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul of the Westby Russell MartinISBN 058518299X (0-585-18299-X)
Softcover, University of Utah Press
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Thirst for Growth: Water Agencies As Hidden Government in Californiaby Robert Gottlieb, Margaret FitzsimmonsISBN 0816514186 (0-8165-1418-6)
Softcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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True Grizz - Glimpses of Fernie, Stahr, Easy, Dakota, and other Real Bears in the Modern Worldby Douglas H. ChadwickISBN 1578051002 (1-57805-100-2)
Hardcover, Sierra Club Books
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Up Against the Sprawl: Public Policy and the Making of Southern Californiaby Jennifer Wolch, Manuel Pastor, Peter Dreier, Michael DearISBN 0816642982 (0-8166-4298-2)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Water in the West: A High Country News Readerby Char MillerISBN 0870714805 (0-87071-480-5)
Softcover, Oregon State Univ Pr
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Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and Profitby Vandana ShivaISBN 1896357512 (1-896357-51-2)
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The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate And What It Means For Life On Earthby Tim FlanneryISBN 0802142923 (0-8021-4292-3)
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Armas, germenes y acero/ Guns, Germs and Steelby Jared DiamondISBN 848306667X (84-8306-667-X)
Hardcover, Debate Editorial
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