Progress For A Small Planet

Author : Barbara Ward
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134045730

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Progress for a Small Planet by Barbara Ward Pdf

Three topics dominate discussions of the global environment: pollution; the consequences of the affluent running ever faster through finite resources; and the growing tensions between rich and poor as a third of humanity continues to live and die in desperate poverty. In this exceptional book Barbara Ward (co-author with Rene Dubos of the bestselling Only One Earth) refused to see these processes as inevitable. It describes new technologies for recycling waste, for energy, forgetting more or less linking them to ordinary people's working lives. It also suggests a strategy for meeting the basic needs of the disadvantaged, and shows how the vast inequalities between countries can be reduced. This perceptive survey of policies outlines a planetary bargain between the world's nations that would guarantee individual freedom from poverty and keep our shared biosphere in good working order. Originally published in 1988

Author : Tom Bigg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136556227

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Survival for a Small Planet by Tom Bigg Pdf

Few scientific developments have given rise to as much controversy as biotechnology. Numerous groups are united in their opposition, expressing concern over environmental and health risks, impacts on rural livelihoods, the economic dominance of multinational companies and the ethical implications of crossing species boundaries. Among the supporters of the technology are those that believe in its potential to enhance food security, further economic development, increase productivity and reduce environmental pressures. As a result, countries - and sectors within countries - find themselves at odds with each other while potential opportunities for development offered by the use of biotechnology are seized or missed, and related risks go unmanaged. This book, a unique interdisciplinary collection of perspectives from the developing world, examines the ongoing debate. Writing for the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, leading experts address issues such as diffusion of technology, intellectual property rights, the Cartagena Protocol, impacts of international trade, capacity building and biotechnology research and regulation. With the most recent and relevant examples from around the world, Trading in Genes offers the reader a single-volume overview of the connections between biotechnology, trade and sustainability that is both wide-ranging and thorough.

Author : Frances Moore Lappé
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-08
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780307874313

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Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé Pdf

The book that started a revolution in the way Americans eat The extraordinary book that taught America the social and personal significance of a new way of eating is still a complete guide for eating well in the twenty-first century. Sharing her personal evolution and how this groundbreaking book changed her own life, world-renowned food expert Frances Moore Lappé offers an all-new, even more fascinating philosophy on changing yourself—and the world—by changing the way you eat. The Diet for a Small Planet features: • simple rules for a healthy diet • streamlined, easy-to-use format • food combinations that make delicious, protein-rich meals without meat • indispensable kitchen hints—a comprehensive reference guide for planning and preparing meals and snacks • hundreds of wonderful recipes

Author : Johan Rockstrom
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300218367

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Big World, Small Planet by Johan Rockstrom Pdf

We have entered the Anthropocene - the era of massive human impacts on the planet - and the actions of over seven billion residents threaten to destabilize Earth's natural systems, with consequences for human societies. The authors combine the latest science with storytelling and photography to create a new narrative for humanity's future and reject the notion that economic growth and human prosperity can only be achieved at the expense of the environment

Author : Nanette Norris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780739171585

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Words for a Small Planet by Nanette Norris Pdf

Ecocriticism has matured beyond nature writing, beyond writing about nature. The essays in this volume look at the broader cultural, historical, sociological, and psychological implications of ecology in written, visual, and sound culture. In keeping with our sense of a global community, these essays are representative of international scholarship on ecology and the environment, and display the range of insight of which this criticism is capable. Focusing on popular culture, this volume is in the vanguard of our collective reflections on the directions in which our various societies are going.

Author : Frances Moore Lappé
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780593357774

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Diet for a Small Planet (Revised and Updated) by Frances Moore Lappé Pdf

Discover a way of eating that revolutionized the meaning of our food choices and sold more than 3 million copies—now in a 50th-anniversary edition with a timely introduction plus new and updated plant-centered recipes “Frances Moore Lappé is one of the few people who can credibly be said to have changed the way we eat—and one of an even smaller group to have done it for the better.”—The New York Times In 1971, Diet for a Small Planet broke new ground, revealing how our everyday acts are a form of power to create health for ourselves and our planet. This extraordinary book first exposed the needless waste built into a meat-centered diet. Now, in a special edition for its 50th anniversary, world-renowned food expert Frances Moore Lappé goes even deeper, showing us how plant-centered eating can help restore our damaged ecology, address the climate crisis, and move us toward real democracy. Sharing her personal journey and how this revolutionary book shaped her own life, Lappé offers a fascinating philosophy on changing yourself—and the world—that can start with changing the way we eat. This new edition features eighty-five updated plant-centered recipes, including more than a dozen new delights from celebrity chefs including Mark Bittman, Padma Lakshmi, Alice Waters, José Andrés, Bryant Terry, Mollie Katzen, and Sean Sherman.

Author : Leo Marx,Bruce Mazlish
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0472106767

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Progress by Leo Marx,Bruce Mazlish Pdf

Evaluates the foundational idea of progress from many perspectives

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : MSU:31293010830085

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Parameters by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joseph Collins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134183494

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World Hunger by Joseph Collins Pdf

The revised edition of this text includes substantial new material on hunger in the aftermath of the Cold War; global food productioin versus population growth; changing demographics and falling birth rates around the world; the shifting focus of foreign assistance in the new world order; structural adjustment and other budget-slashing policies; trade liberalization and free trade agreements; famine and humanitarian interventions; and the thrid worldization of developed nations.

Author : Loll Kirby
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781647000837

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Old Enough to Save the Planet by Loll Kirby Pdf

An inspiring look at young climate change activists who are changing the world The world is facing a climate crisis like we’ve never seen before. And kids around the world are stepping up to raise awareness and try to save the planet. As people saw in the youth climate strike in September 2019, kids will not stay silent about this subject—they’re going to make a change. Meet 12 young activists from around the world who are speaking out and taking action against climate change. Learn about the work they do and the challenges they face, and discover how the future of our planet starts with each and every one of us.

Author : Norman P. Lieberman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470587942

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Process Engineering for a Small Planet by Norman P. Lieberman Pdf

Methods for more planet-friendly process engineering Our earth is just one big, complex Process Facility with limited air, water, and mineral resources. It responds to a number of process variables—among them, humanity and the environmental effects of our carbon consumption. What can professionals in the Hydrocarbon Process Industry do to retard environmental degradation? Rather than looking to exotic technology for solutions, Process Engineering for a Small Planet details ready-at-hand methods that the process engineer can employ to help combat the environmental crisis. Drawing from the author's professional experience working with petroleum refineries petroleum refineries, petrochemical plants, and natural gas wells, this handbook explains how to operate and retrofit process facilities to: Reuse existing process equipment Save energy Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Expand plant capacity without installing new equipment Reduce corrosion and equipment failures Covering topics from expanding fractionator and compressor capacity and vacuum tower heater expansion to minimizing process water consumption and increasing centrifugal pump capacity, Process Engineering for a Small Planet offers big ideas for saving our small planet.

Author : Elias Loomis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UOM:39015017147300

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The Recent Progress of Astronomy by Elias Loomis Pdf

Author : Barbara Ward,René Jules Dubos
Publisher : New York : Norton
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Ecology
ISBN : UCAL:B3786032

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Only One Earth by Barbara Ward,René Jules Dubos Pdf

An unofficial report commissioned by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, prepared with the assistance of a 152-member committee of corresponding consultants in 58 countries.

Author : Lori Ann Thrupp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : UCSC:32106017462737

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Fruits of Progress by Lori Ann Thrupp Pdf

Based largely on California-based case studies, this volume reviews certified organic, "green," and "sustainable" agricultural practices, identifying the common elements and strategies for success in the sustainable food production and marketing business. Barriers and constraints are also identified, along with recommendations for future improvements. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Lester Brown
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000968491

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Who Will Feed China? by Lester Brown Pdf

Originally published in 1995, but with enduring relevance in a time of global population growth and food insecurity, when it was first published, this book attracted much global attention, and criticism from Beijing. It argued that even as water becomes scarcer in a land where 80% of the grain crop is irrigated, as per-acre yield gains are erased by the loss of agricultural land to industrialization, and as food production stagnates, China still increases its population by the equivalent of a new Beijing each year. This book predicts that in an integrated world economy, China’s rising food prices will become the world’s rising food prices. China’s land scarcity will come everyone’s land scarcity and water scarcity in China will affect the entire world. China’s dependence on massive imports, like the collapse of the world’s fisheries, will be a wake-up call that we are colliding with the earth’s capacity to feed us. Over time, Janet Larsen argued, China’s leaders came to ‘acknowledge how Who Will Feed China? changed their thinking..’ As China’s wealth increases, so do the dietary demands of its population. The increasing middle classes demand more grain-intensive meat and farmed fish. The issue of who will feed China has not gone away.