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US: Bathroom Readers Press, 1989. Very Good. We can make a difference. If we all recycled our Sunday papers, we could sa ve over 500,000 trees a week! Lots of tips to save our planet.

US: New Press, The, 2021. Hardcover. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A beautiful and engaging guide to global warming's impacts around the world Our planet is in peril. Seas are rising, oceans are acidifying, ice is melt ing, coasts are flooding, species are dying, and communities are faltering. Despite these dire circumstances, most of us don't have a clear sense of h ow the interconnected crises in our ocean are affecting the climate system, food webs, coastal cities, and biodiversity, and which solutions can help us co-create a better future. Through a rich combination of place-based storytelling, clear explanations of climate science and policy, and beautifully rendered maps that use a uni que ink-on-dried-seaweed technique, The Atlas of Disappearing Places depict s twenty locations across the globe, from Shanghai and Antarctica to Housto n and the Cook Islands. The authors… Read More

US: The New Press, 2009. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In a book hailed by Publishers Weekly as a "passionate plea for access to w ater activism," Blue Covenant addresses an environmental crisis that-togeth er with global warming-poses one of the gravest threats to our survival. How did the world's most vital resource become imperiled? And what must we do to pull back from the brink? In "stark and nearly devastating prose" (Bo oklist), world-renowned activist and bestselling author Maude Barlow-who is featured in the acclaimed documentary Flow-discusses the state of the worl d's water. Barlow examines how water companies are reaping vast profits fro m declining supplies, and how ordinary people from around the world have ba nded together to reclaim the public's right to clean water, creating a gras sroots global water justice movement. While tracing the history of internat… Read More

London: Macmillan Press, 1979. Very Good+. Includes index.

US: Verso Books, 2021. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. An engaging conversation with Noam Chomsky--revered public intellectual and Manufacturing Consent author--about climate change, capitalism, and how a global Green New Deal can save the planet. Climate change: watershed or endgame? An engaging conversation public intellectual and Manufacturing Consent auth or Noam Chomsky about the climate change, capitalism, and how a global Gree n New Deal can save the planet. In this compelling new book, Noam Chomsky, the world's leading public intel lectual, and Robert Pollin, a renowned progressive economist, map out the c atastrophic consequences of unchecked climate change--and present a realist ic blueprint for change: the Green New Deal. Together, Chomsky and Pollin show how the forecasts for a hotter planet str ain the imagination: vast stretches of the Earth will become… Read More

US: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Hardcover. Good/Good. A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by of fering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental co ncerns. Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now b eing considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of do llars, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific assumpt ions, and may very well have little impact on the world's temperature for h undreds of years. Rather than starting with the most radical procedures, Lo mborg argues that we should first focus our resources on more immediate con cerns, such as fighting malaria and HIV/AIDS and assuring and maintaining a safe, fresh water supply-which can be addressed at a fraction of the cost and save millions of lives within our lifetime. He asks why the debate over climate change has stifled rational dialogue and killed meaningful dissent . Lomborg presents us with a second generation… Read More

US: Blackwell Pub, 1992. Paperback. Good.

US: Oxford University Press, 2009. Paperback. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This book will appeal to anyone interested in environmental politics, envir onmental movements, and justice theory. The basic task of this book is to explore what, exactly, is meant by 'justi ce' in definitions of environmental and ecological justice. It examines how the term is used in both self-described environmental justice movements an d in theories of environmental and ecological justice. The central argument is that a theory and practice of environmental justice necessarily includes distributive conceptions of justice, but must also embrace notion s of justice based in recognition, capabilities, and participation. Through out, the goal is the development of a broad, multi-faceted, yet integrated notion of justice that can be applied to both relations regarding environmental risks in human populations and… Read More

US: North Point Press, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. From mountain shrines to lowland oases, ethnobiologist Gary Nabhan takes us on a series of journeys with contemporary Papago Indians, the Tohono O'odham, or "Desert People." From these journeys we discover how much the Desert People know about the dynamics of their arid homeland in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. The Desert Smells Like Rain offers insights into the natural history of desert plants and animals as it documents a dying agricultural tradition that has enriched the biological diversity of the Papago's seemingly harsh environment. Drawing on his extensive scientific research and study of Papago folklore, as well as his years of work among the Desert People in village gardening and nutrition programs, Nabhan portrays a desert-adapted way of life that has persisted despite the pressures of modern civilization. Read More

US: 9780520272903, 2012. Paperback. Good. Dirt, soil, call it what you want-it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil t hat sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are-and have long been- using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wi nd and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, Dirt trac es the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Gr eece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and t he American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we… Read More

US: University of Georgia Press, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Global warming. Soil loss. Freshwater scarcity. Extinction. Overconsumption . Toxic waste production. Habitat and biodiversity erosion. These are only a few of our most urgent ecological crises. There are others as well and, d espite the popularity of good-news environmentalism, few of them are going away. In this wide-ranging, grimly entertaining commentary on the environme ntal debate, Tom Athanasiou finds that these problems are exacerbated, if n ot caused, by the planet's division into "warring camps of rich and poor." Writing with passionate intelligence, Athanasiou proposes a simple yet radical solutionâ??stop indulging easy, calming fantasies in which everything seems to change, but nothing important changes at all. Instead, do what needs to be done, now, while there is still time and… Read More

Boston: Plume Books, 1993. Very Good+. What's most inspiring about Earth in the Balance is who wrote it. It's a bi g deal, after all, that a sitting senator was willing to write, "We must ma ke the rescue of the environment the central organizing principle for civil ization." 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 environm ent crisis] that continue to pour in from around the world and conclude tha t I have not gone far enough.... [T]he time has long since come to take mor e political risks--and endure more political criticism--by proposing toughe r, more effective solutions and fighting hard for their enactments. And the buzz on the street is that Gore actually wrote those words himself.

Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 1996. Very Good+. Economic Cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Facing the Challenges.

US: Penguin Press, 2010. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Our relationship with the ocean is undergoing a profound transformation. Whereas just three decades ago nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild, rampant overfishing combined with an unprecedented bio-tech revolution has brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex and confusing marketplace.

US: Earthscan / James & James, 1996. Paperback. Good. Future Nature analyses the problems that conservation faces and seeks the n ew ideas and new energy that conservation needs for the future. Concepts su ch as biodiversity and sustainability, and changes in our understanding, ap preciation and concern for nature, offer unprecedented opportunities. The l inks between nature and culture are tightly intertwined, as are those betwe en economies and the countryside. Bill Adams explores these links, and the scientific, cultural and economic significance of conservation. He argues t hat conservation must move beyond the boundaries of parks and reserves to e mbrace the whole countryside, and that it must be built into ordinary life, not isolated as a specialised product kept only in reserved places. Conser vation action must be founded on the relationship between our daily lives a nd the natural world: its success demands a creative approach, and a recogn ition of the vital wilderness of nature. The… Read More

US: Vintage, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. One of the world's most important scientists, Edward O. Wilson is also an a bundantly talented writer who has twice won the Pulitzer Prize. In this, hi s most personal and timely book to date, he assesses the precarious state o f our environment, examining the mass extinctions occurring in our time and the natural treasures we are about to lose forever. Yet, rather than esche wing doomsday prophesies, he spells out a specific plan to save our world w hile there is still time. His vision is a hopeful one, as economically soun d as it is environmentally necessary. Eloquent, practical and wise, this bo ok should be read and studied by anyone concerned with the fate of the natu ral world. Editorial Reviews Wilson, perhaps our greatest living scientist . . . offers the most powerfu l indictment yet of humanity as destroyer." --San Francisco Chronicle Obser ver "His book eloquently makes one thing clear: . . . we know what we do, and w e have a choice." --The New… Read More

New York: Three Rivers Press, 2007. Near Fine. A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout, not an ex-lib. Ellen DeGeneres, Robert Redford, Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston, Faith Hill , Tim McGraw, Martha Stewart, Tyra Banks, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tiki Barber, Owen Wilson, and Justin Timberlake tell you how they make a difference to the environment. Inside The Green Book, find out how you can too: - Don't ask for ATM receipts. If everyone in the United States refused thei r receipts, it would save a roll of paper more than two billion feet long, or enough to circle the equator fifteen times! - Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth. You'll conserve up to five g allons of water per day. Throughout the entire United States, the daily sav ings could add up to more water than is consumed every day in all of New Yo rk City. - Get a voice-mail service for your home phone. If all answering machines i n U.S. homes were replaced by voice-mail services, the annual energy saving s would total nearly two… Read More

San Francisco, Calif: The Trust for Public Land, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. People long for a sense of community in today's fast-paced world, for conne ctions to one another and to natural places of peace and beauty. Quietly, a nd for more than twenty years, a growing network of community trails, river front parks, forests, farms, gardens, and other green spaces has begun to s atisfy this hunger, offering welcome refuges in neighborhoods, rural towns, and cities across the country. Benefits of these special projects begin to accrue even in the early planni ng stages when likely--and unlikely--partners come together around a common purpose. Along the way citizens discover untapped leadership abilities in themselves and cultivate enduring friendships with others. Written from a practitioner's perspective, Groundswell features a community forest in the… Read More

Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Near Fine. A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: International Environmental Diplomacy: The Management and Resolution of Transfrontier Environmental Problems.

US: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Sting's visit to the Kayapo Indians - An account of the Indians' attempts to save their land - The Rainforest Foundation - Facts and figures about the world's greatest rainforest and the global effects of its destruction.