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Author : Brian Tokar
Publisher : South End Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0896085570
'Illuminating ... Earth of Sale is a fantastic primer for those looking for some historical perspectives on the environmental movement.' The Ecologist
Author : Schwartzman David,Schwartzman Peter
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813234260
This book provides a thought provoking outline of the solutions already in hand to the challenges now facing humanity with respect to prevalent gross social and economic inequalities, ecological thresholds and tipping points, and the ever-looming threat of climate catastrophe. The authors find these solutions in the arenas of renewable energy systems, agroecological methods, and reimagined social organization. Clarity is brought to the political economic obstacles standing in the way as well as the false solutions and alleged barriers that pervade the discourse thereby delaying and obstructing progress to the solutions advanced.The authors provoke readers to face up to these challenges by demonstrating how people, all over the world, have already begun this effort through collective action ranging from the local to the global community. Drawing on their own and many other scholar's research, they reject a reliance on the 'business as usual' approach trusting the capitalist market and existing global institutions, and provide an accessible popular account with thoroughly footnoted endnotes that contain technical details and references to the scientific literature.The Earth is Not for Sale informs its readers and provides well-documented solutions in a bid to inspire readers to think critically, and potentially become more active in society.
Author : Javier Blas,Jack Farchy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190078973
The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they have come from. But we should. In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the world economy: the workings of the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard and sell the earth's resources. It is the story of how a handful of swashbuckling businessmen became indispensable cogs in global markets: enabling an enormous expansion in international trade, and connecting resource-rich countries - no matter how corrupt or war-torn - with the world's financial centres. And it is the story of how some traders acquired untold political power, right under the noses of western regulators and politicians - helping Saddam Hussein to sell his oil, fuelling the Libyan rebel army during the Arab Spring, and funnelling cash to Vladimir Putin's Kremlin in spite of western sanctions. The result is an eye-opening tour through the wildest frontiers of the global economy, as well as a revelatory guide to how capitalism really works.
Author : Peter Sale
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520267565
Weaving into the narrative his own firsthand field experiences around the world, the author, an ecologist brings ecology alive while giving a solid understanding of the science at work behind today's pressing environmental issues. He delves into topics including deforestation, biodiversity loss, over fishing, population growth, use of fossil fuel and climate change while discussing the real consequences of out growing ecological footprint. Coral reefs are on track to become the first ecosystem actually eliminated from the planet. So says the author in this crash course on the state of the planet. He draws from his own extensive work on coral reefs, and from recent research by other ecologists, to explore the many ways we are changing the Earth and to explain why it matters. Most important, this book emphasizes that a gloom-and-doom scenario is not inevitable, and as the author explores alternative paths, he considers the ways in which science can help us realize a better future.
Author : Carter Higgins
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781452175959
Maurice rides his bike to his shop every day. Lotta rides her bike to collect sticks every day. Both go about their separate routines, unaware of the friendship that awaits them just a few blocks away. But what happens when a branch and a lemon peel get in the way? This delightful falling-in-like story from acclaimed picture book creators Carter Higgins and Zachariah OHora celebrates the power of coincidence to lead us to the friends we're meant to meet all along.
Author : Edna Kenton
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387785995
Author : Émile Zola
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780191665646
'Only the earth is immortal...the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.' Zola's novel of peasant life, the fifteenth in the Rougon-Macquart series, is generally regarded as one of his finest achievements, comparable to Germinal and L'Assommoir. Set in a village in the Beauce, in northern France, it depicts the harshness of the peasants' world and their visceral attachment to the land. Jean Macquart, a veteran of the battle of Solferino and now an itinerant farm labourer, is drawn into the affairs of the Fouan family when he starts courting young Françoise. He becomes involved in a bitter dispute over the property of Papa Fouan when the old man divides his land between his three children. Resentment turns to greed and violence in a Darwinian battle for supremacy. Zola's unflinching depiction of the savagery of peasant life shocked his readers, and led to attacks on Naturalism's literary agenda. This new translation captures the novel's blend of brutality and lyricism in its evocation of the inexorable cycle of the natural world. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : LLMC
Page : 1171 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Lee Welles
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781603580380
Elizabeth Angier was happy to be at the end of the school year. She thought her summer on the family farm would be full of work and play with her best friend, Rachel, and her other best friend, her dog, Maizey. However, Elizabeth didn't anticipate the Harmony Farms Corporation moving to her town. Her world starts to crumble as her best friend moves away and her parents whisper of farmers selling their land and the effects this factory farm operation could have on them. When she thinks things can't get much worse, she meets the most unusual creature, Gaia, the living entity of the Earth. Strange things begin to happen to her, around her, and through her! Elizabeth discovers that with these new powers comes responsibility. A dire mistake makes Elizabeth wonder if meeting Gaia has been a blessing or a curse. Will Elizabeth have the strength to fight a large corporation? Or will her upstate New York home be spoiled by profit driven pork production that fouls the air, land, and water?
Author : John D. Ivanko,Lisa Kivirist
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1550923382
In the ’60s it was called the "back to the land" movement, and in Helen and Scott Nearings’ day, it was "living the good life." Whatever the term, North Americans have always yearned for a simpler way. But how do you accomplish that today? Blending inspiration with practical how-to’s, Rural Renaissance captures the American dream of country living for contemporary times. Journey with the authors and experience their lessons, laughter and love for the land as they trade the urban concrete maze for a five-acre organic farm and bed and breakfast in southwestern Wisconsin. Rural living today is a lot more than farming. It’s about a creative, nature-based and more self-sufficient lifestyle that combines a love of squash, solar energy, skinny-dipping and serendipity . . . The many topics explored in Rural Renaissance include: "right livelihood" and the good life organic gardening and permaculture renewable energy and energy conservation wholesome organic food, safe water and a natural home simplicity, frugality and freedom green design and recycled materials community, friends and raising a family independence and interdependence wildlife conservation and land stewardship. An authentic tale of a couple whose pioneering spirit and connection to the land reaches out to both the local and global community to make their dream come true, Rural Renaissance will appeal to a wide range of Cultural Creatives, free agents, conservation entrepreneurs and both arm-chair and real-life homesteaders regardless of where they live. Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko are innkeepers, organic growers, copartners in a marketing consulting company, and have previously published books. John is also a photographer. Former advertising agency fast-trackers, they are nationally recognized for their contemporary approach to homesteading, conservation and more sustainable living. They share their farm with their son, two llamas, and a flock of free-range chickens. Rural Renaissance also offers a foreword by Bill McKibben.
Author : Elwood Morris Wherry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Qurʼan
ISBN : OXFORD:303978062
Author : Harold Monro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:29008634
Author : Minnesota. State Auditor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Finance
ISBN : CORNELL:31924112692672
Author : Minneapolis (Minn.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:319510024869811
Author : John Frederick Archbold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Bankruptcy
ISBN : OXFORD:N10982439