Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as If We Want to Stay
by Mike Nickerson


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In recent years, unchecked economic growth in the Western world has led to resource depletion and widespread environmental degradation. Life, Money and Illusionwas inspired by the dilemma of having an economic structure that has to grow to remain healthy... (read more)

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Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy
by Mark Jaccard


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Controversially argues that fossil fuels will play a key role in a sustainable energy system.... (read more)

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Down to Earth: Nature's Role in American History
by Theodore Steinberg


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A tour de force of writing and analysis, Down to Earth offers a sweeping history of our nation, one that for the first time places the environment at the very center of our story. Writing with marvelous clarity, historian Ted Steinberg sweeps across the... (read more)

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Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise
by Gaylord Nelson


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Gaylord Nelson is known and respected throughout the world as a founding father of the modern environmental movement and creator of one of the most successful and influential public awareness campaigns ever undertaken on behalf of global stewardship... (read more)

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Annals of the New York Academy of Science #964: Genetically Engineered Foods: Assessing Potential Allergenicity
by Tong Jen Fu


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Advances in biotechnology have the potential to bring foods containing proteins derived from genes of non-food origin into the marketplace. Assessing the potential allergenicity of these transgenic proteins as part of the overall food safety evaluation... (read more)

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Food for the Future
by Dorling Kindersley


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This title is part of a series of beginner's guides to a wide range of scientific concepts and topical issues affecting our daily lives. It examines future farming methods and its inherent problems such as BSE and offers potential solutions - from... (read more)

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The Earth Only Endures: On Reconnecting with Nature and Our Place in It
by Jules Pretty


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* Readable, moving essays on our relationship to the earth and the other creatures in it* A reminder of just how much we consume and what effect this has on our worldFor most of human history, we have lived our daily lives in a close relationship with... (read more)

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Under Ground: How Creatures of Mud & Dirt Shape Our World
by Yvonne Baskin


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Introducing exotic creatures--from bacteria and fungi to microscopic nematode worms, springtails, and mud shrimp--Baskin shows what scientists are learning about their contribution to sustaining a green and healthy world above ground.... (read more)

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Thermageddon: Countdown to 2030
by Robert Hunter


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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-276).... (read more)

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Crow's Range: An Environmental History of the Sierra Nevada
by David Beesley


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John Muir called it the "Range of Light, the most divinely beautiful of all the mountain chains I've ever seen." The Sierra Nevada--a single unbroken mountain range stretching north to south over four hundred miles of California and Nevada--has been the... (read more)

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Dancing at the Dead Sea: Tracking the World's Environmental Hotspots
by Alanna Mitchell


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Readers join Mitchell as she tracks the spectacular biodiversity of regions like the island of Madagascar, the rain forests of Suriname, the parched oases of Jordan, and the Galapagos--all endangered areas deserving environmental protections.... (read more)

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Losing Ground: American Environmentalism at the Close of the Twentieth Century
by Mark Dowie


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A recent history replete with compromise and capitulation has pushed a once promising and effective political movement to the brink of irrelevance.So states Mark Dowie in this provocative critique of the mainstream American environmental movement. Dowie,... (read more)

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Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance
by Richard Saunier


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* Contains over 5000 terms, organizations, and acronyms * This practical tool should find a central place on the desk of anyone involved in the environmentThis unique dictionary of global environmental governance (GEG), written and compiled by two... (read more)

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Global Warning: The Last Chance for Change
by Paul Brown


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This visually enticing and hard-hitting text not only promotes understanding and insight into the complex issue of climate change, but also delivers a clarion call to action by showing how each person can do his or her part to save the Earth. Includes... (read more)

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Planting Nature: Trees and the Manipulation of Environmental Stewardship in America
by Shaul E Cohen


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Planting Nature exposes a collaboration that cuts across environmental, governmental, and business interests, that subverts the power of people who think that they are building a better world by planting trees.... (read more)

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Exploring Florida's Emerald Coast: A Rich History and a Rare Ecology
by Jean Lufkin Bouler


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More than seven million visitors journey to some part of Florida's Panhandle region each year, and 4.5 million travel specifically to the 100-mile stretch between Pensacola and Panama City dubbed the Emerald Coast, where the beaches are some of the most... (read more)

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Choosing Environmental Policy: Comparing Instruments and Outcomes in the United States and Europe
by Winston Harrington


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Choosing Environmental Policy is the first book to compare the costs and outcomes of direct regulation policies with those of economic or market-based incentives. In a unique format, paired case studies from the United States and Europe contrast direct... (read more)

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Seeds of Contention: World Hunger and the Global Controversy Over GM Crops (International Food Policy Research Institute)
by P Pinstrup Andersen


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In recent years the media have reported, frequently with alarm, on the increasing use of genetically modified crops in agriculture. Some groups have expressed concern about consumer safety and the risks of large-scale ecosystem damage. Others have noted... (read more)

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