It would be a perfect world if everyone could quit their jobs and devote themselves fully to the causes they … Continue reading The Better World Handbook – From Good Intentions to Everyday Actions
Global Uprising documents this new youth movement through compelling first person narratives, interviews with both new and seasoned activists, poster art, poetry, and striking black and white photographs.
Marcel Jeucken’s style is accessible to those with no experience of environmental or finance issues. He provides a comprehensive account of their interdependence: why the financial sector is crucial to achieving sustainability and why the triple bottom line of commercial, environmental and social success points the way forward for banking.
“Ecologically sustainable development has become a universal concern. It is a challenge that merits the attention and action of us all. Efforts to promote sustainable development are proceeding on a variety of fronts, but it is still far from a reality.”
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As the torchbearers of environmental activism, women from around the world have put their lives on the line and persevered against daunting odds to restore and protect the environment. The inspiring stories of these heroic pioneers are now told in this compelling volume, now available in paperback.
“For over twenty years the public has been led to believe that there is a serious educational response underway regarding the environmental problems of the earth. It is not true. The environmental education movement has been led astray: trivialized by mainstream education, diluted by those with other agendas, co-opted by the very agencies and industries that have contributed so much to the problems.
As the world becomes more complex, so do its problems–and the solutions to these problems become tougher to grasp, writes University of Toronto professor Thomas Homer-Dixon in The Ingenuity Gap.
This compendium of articles brings together the best strategies for transforming barren expanses of school grounds into natural spaces for … Continue reading Teaching About Climate Change: Cool Schools Tackle Global Warming
This exciting compendium is packed with lesson plans, activities, experiments, and worksheets that teach about global warming. From calculating your … Continue reading Greening School Grounds: Creating Habitats for Learning
Is ecotourism a viable way to bring development to some areas of the world, or a dishonest idea that has … Continue reading Ecotourism & Sustainable Development. Who Owns Paradise?
This book is a must read for the traveler who wants to be a conscientious ecotraveler, the agency that wants … Continue reading Rethinking Tourism & Ecotravel:The Paving of Paradise & What You Can Do to Stop It
Bruce Littlejohn and Gregor Gilpin Beck are the creators of this ecologically aware anthology that features the contributions of numerous … Continue reading Voices for the watershed: Environmental issues in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence drainage basin
