In his newest provocative book, prominent social critic Henry A. Giroux shows how the tragedy and suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina signals a much larger crisis in the United States ? one that threatens the very nature of individual freedom and inclusive democracy.
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This book will be of interest to educators and students in environmental studies, business management, environmental and industrial engineering, and environmental planning.
The impact of intellectual property law on indigenous peoples and informal or traditional innovations is a field of study that currently includes only a handful of scholars. Biopiracy will be an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and legal practitioners.
Keeping It Living brings together some of the world?s most prominent specialists on Northwest Coast cultures to examine traditional cultivation practices from Oregon to Southeast Alaska. It explores tobacco gardens among the Haida and Tlingit, managed camas plots among the Coast Salish of Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia, estuarine root gardens along the central coast of British Columbia, wapato maintenance on the Columbia and Fraser Rivers, and tended berry plots up and down the entire coast.
Women?s environmental activism is often described in maternalist terms — as if motherhood and caring for the environment go hand in hand. While feminists celebrate this connection, women and all those who care for people and environments are facing increasing burdens and decreasing time for civic engagement.
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Ethical sourcing, both through fair trade and ethical trade, is increasingly entering the mainstream of food retailing. Large supermarkets have come under pressure to improve the returns to small producers and conditions of employment within their supply chains. But how effective is ethical sourcing? Can it genuinely address the problems facing workers and producers in the global food system? Is it a new form of northern protectionism or can southern initiatives be developed to create a more sustainable approach to ethical sourcing? How can the rights and participation of workers and small producers be enhanced, given the power and dominance of large supermarkets within the global food chain? What role can civil society and multistakeholder initiatives play in ensuring the effectiveness of ethical sourcing?
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An in-depth expos? of how the modern food system is putting our food supply in serious danger?with startling new evidence and guidance on what we can do to reclaim control of what we eat.
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Drawing from her three-part series in the New Yorker, ?Climate of Man,? Elizabeth Kolbert?s Field Notes from a Catastrophe makes a convincing case for the urgent danger of global warming. This book is very much in the tradition of Rachel Carson?s Silent Spring.
This is a groundbreaking, essential book for our times. Thomas Homer-Dixon brings to bear his formidable understanding of the urgent problems that confront our world to clarify their scope and deep causes.
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Timely and critically important, The Oil Depletion Protocol is a must-read for policy makers and for all who seek to avert a Peak Oil collapse.
This essential handbook for activists young and old alike was first published by Myriad Editions in the UK. The activities in this edition are tailored to help Canadian readers take action 365 days a year.
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McQuaig?s research, analysis, and eye for detail combine to produce a riveting tale about the battle over oil that shapes our times and will determine our future.
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