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The limits to growth

Author: Donella H. Meadows
Published: 2004
book: 338 pages
ISBN:193149858X
ISBN:9781931498586
Publisher: Chelsea Green
Subject: Business & Economics

While it remains to be seen whether public policy will respond effectively and in time to problems such as climate change, this book makes compellingly clear ...

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The economics of waste

Author: Richard C. Porter
Published: 2002
book: 301 pages
ISBN:1891853422
ISBN:9781891853425
Publisher: null
Subject: Science

For students, policymakers, and general readers, this book provides insight and accessibility to a subject that others might leave out-of-sight, out-of-mind, or ...

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Blueprint for a sustainable economy

Author: David William Pearce
Published: 2000-06
book: 273 pages
ISBN:1853835153
ISBN:9781853835155
Publisher: Earthscan / James & James
Subject: Business & Economics

The book provides a blueprint for the start of a century in which our ultimate dependence on the environment will have to be at the heart of the business and ...

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Common wealth

Author: Jeffrey Sachs
Published: 2008
book: 386 pages
ISBN:1594201277
ISBN:9781594201271
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Subject: Business & Economics

Assessment of the environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and extreme poverty that threaten global peace and prosperity, with practical solutions ...

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Valoración económica en el uso de los recursos naturales y el medio ambiente

Author: Juan P. Puignau
Published: 1998-01-01
book: 118 pages
ISBN:9290393793
ISBN:9789290393795
Publisher: Iica
Subject: Business & Economics

Papers presented at the Taller Internacional sobre "Valoración Económica en el Uso de los Recursos Naturales y el Medio Ambiente", held in Chillán, Chile, ...

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The Upside of Down

Author: Thomas Homer-Dixon
Published: 2007-08-28
book: 448 pages
ISBN:0676977235
ISBN:9780676977233
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Subject: Education

This is a groundbreaking, essential book for our times.

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For the common good

Author: Herman E. Daly
Published: 1994-01-04
book: 534 pages
ISBN:0807047058
ISBN:9780807047057
Publisher: Beacon Pr
Subject: Business & Economics

Updated and Expanded Edition Winner of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order 1992, Named New Options Best Political Book Economist Herman Daly ...

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The story of stuff

Author: Annie Leonard
Published: 2010
book: 317 pages
ISBN:143912566X
ISBN:9781439125663
Publisher: Free Press
Subject: Business & Economics

Offers insight into consumption in America and the inherent pitfalls of a "growth at all costs" system that promotes obsolescence and replacing versus repairing ...

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The natural house

Author: Daniel D. Chiras
Published: 2000
book: 468 pages
ISBN:1890132578
ISBN:9781890132576
Publisher: Chelsea Green
Subject: House & Home

This exciting new book takes readers on a tour of 13 natural building methods, including straw bale, rammed earth, cordwood, adobe, earthbags, papercrete, ...

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When corporations rule the world

Author: David C. Korten
Published: 2001-04-30
book: 384 pages
ISBN:1887208046
ISBN:9781887208048
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Subject: Business & Economics

Illustrates the harmful effects of globalization on politics, society, and the environment, profiling the "transnational corporation" and warning readers that ...

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The Great Turning

Author: David C. Korten
Published: 2007-10-01
book: 402 pages
ISBN:1887208089
ISBN:9781887208086
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Subject: Social Science

In this work, he argues that corporate consolidation of power is merely one manifestation of what he calls Empire--the organization of society through hierarchy ...

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Now Or Never

Author: Tim Flannery
Published: 2009-10
book: 176 pages
ISBN:0802118984
ISBN:9780802118981
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
Subject: Nature

The best-selling author of The Weather Makers offers a powerful argument for immediate action on climate change and a wide-range of ideas to help solve the ...

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The Necessary Revolution

Author: Peter M. Senge
Published: 2008
book: 432 pages
ISBN:0385525303
ISBN:9780385525305
Publisher: Broadway Business
Subject: Business & Economics

Among the stories in these pages are the evolution of Sweden's "Green Zone," Alcoa's water use reduction goals, GE's ecoimagination initiative, and Seventh ...

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Confessions of an eco-sinner

Author: Fred Pearce
Published: 2008-10
book: 276 pages
ISBN:080708588X
ISBN:9780807085882
Publisher: Beacon Pr
Subject: Nature

This work offers a fascinating portrait of the effects the world's 6 billion inhabitants have on the planet, as well as their various working and living ...

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Earth democracy

Author: Vandana Shiva
Published: 2006
book: 224 pages
ISBN:1842777777
ISBN:9781842777770
Publisher: Zed Books
Subject: Law

With Earth Democracy, her most extensive treatment of the struggles she helped bring to international attention - around genetic food engineering, cultural ...

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Badenheim 1939

Author: Aharon Appelfeld
Published: 2009-05-01
book: 144 pages
ISBN:1567923917
ISBN:9781567923919
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Subject: Fiction

The text builds a sense of foreboding in which each human detail is so persuasive, so right in its fidelity to the terrible evasions of the time, that it leaves ...

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Another Turn of the Crank

Author: Wendell Berry
Published: 1996-10-01
book: 128 pages
ISBN:1887178287
ISBN:9781887178280
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Subject: Social Science

Six essays on sustainability and stewardship appear in this edition.

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Close to home

Author: Vandana Shiva
Published: 1994
book: 170 pages
ISBN:1853831905
ISBN:9781853831904
Publisher: null
Subject: Women in development

Introduction Women, Ecology and Health: Rebuilding Connections Vandana Shiva It is now twenty years since the 'environment' was put on the agenda of ...

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Beyond growth

Author: Herman E. Daly
Published: 1997-08-14
book: 253 pages
ISBN:0807047090
ISBN:9780807047095
Publisher: Beacon Pr
Subject: Business & Economics

This is a crucial updating of a major economist's work, and mandatory reading for people engaged in the debates about the environment.

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The natural step for communities

Author: Sarah James
Published: 2004-04-01
book: 279 pages
ISBN:0865714916
ISBN:9780865714915
Publisher: New Society Pub
Subject: Social Science

Countless inspiring examples of the successful ecological transformation of cities in Sweden and North America.

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