Everyone agrees we need to slash global greenhouse emissions. But how do we actually achieve that? Politicians can set targets and consumers can try

From groundbreaking writer and thinker Jared Diamond comes an epic, visionary new book on the mysterious collapse of past civilizations

CRUDE: The Story of Oil
by Sonia Shah

An elegantly written and gripping history of oil, from its geological birth millions of years ago to its ascendancy as the indispensable ingredient of modern life.

There is no doubt: we want to help.

The well-documented horrors of extreme

A systematic introduction to an economic way of thinking about the environment, which doesn't assume a background in economics.

Coordinating our use of the earth's natural resources is

3rd Edition

This issues workbook takes an interdisciplinary approach, combining simple math and critical thinking to gain insight into relevant local, regional, and

ETHICAL MARKETS
by Hazel Henderson with Simran Sethi
forward by Hunter Lovins

Growing the Green Economy

With

An accessible guide to globalisation and its implications.

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A practical pocket-sized guide to green business which will give you the information and skills to succeed.

If

GROWTH FETISH
by Clive Hamilton

At last a coherent new set of ideas for critics of economic rationalism and globalisation. Hamilton argues that an obsession with economic growth lies at the heart of

HOT, FLAT AND CROWDED: Why the World Needs a Green Revolution - And How We Can Renew Our Global Future.
by Thomas L. Friedman

Thomas

In this powerful, personal and very readable analysis of the world’s dire ecological crisis, Hervé Kempf deftly illuminates the links between

What must we do to achieve a sustainable society? There is no one answer. The first steps towards sustainability cover a whole

In the third Quarterly Essay for 2008, Professor Tim Flannery investigates the latest climate science

Greenhouse gases going up. Oil and gas depleting. House prices exploding. Overloading

Australia's response to climate change must truly baffle outsiders.

Explores the need for organisations to strive for both human and ecological sustainability and the ways

An illustrated, alphabetical digest with an encyclopaedic approach

A farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking from Al Gore, former Vice President of the USA and author of An Inconvenient Truth.

THE CLEAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION : Growing Australian prosperity in a greenhouse age
by Ben McNeil

The world is in the midst of a seismic shift in the way we generate energy and grow economic

The winner of the 2006 Iremonger Award is a challenging, thought provoking and inspiring exploration of how we should rethink the idea of charity,

The coming crisis in the world food industry.

Why the future of food production poses more of a threat than international terrorism and climate change.

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Oil has dominated every aspect of the last 100 years, but what happens when it runs out?

How We Can Make It Happen in Our Lifetime

Today more and more people want their investments to reflect their social, environmental and/or humanitarian values.

This

What does the term 'ecologically sustainable development' mean? Everyone – governments, the business lobby, environmental groups – is in

When Andrew Mawson arrived in Bromley-by-Bow in the east end of London, in the 1980s, it was in a state of social, economic and material

Increasingly, leaders are expected to conduct their affairs in sustainable ways.

THE SUSTAINABLE WAY follows a chief

Everyone with a concern for the future of humanity must read this book.

Environmental

TOWARDS AN ECO-CITY - Calming the Traffic 
by David Engwicht

If society had thought through the eventual consequences of allowing that first motorised vehicle

No matter where you work or who you work for, there are some simple things you can do in the workplace that will help our planet -- and save money too!

WITH SHORTAGES, RAPIDLY RISING PRICES AND 100 MILLION PEOPLE STARVING, THE WORLD HAS A FOOD - PROBLEM - OR IT THINKS

Globalisation, energy, international crime, Weapons of Mass Destruction, nuclear proliferation, small arms proliferation, international drugs

Fred Pearce has travelled the world to provide the most complete portrait yet of the causes of the world