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You Can't Eat GNP

Author : Eric Davidson
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780738204871
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book You Can't Eat GNP written by Eric Davidson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2001-04-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In clear, measured prose Davidson lays out how the traditional tools of economics don't work when you are talking about concrete things like soil, forests, garbage."-Inc.Ecology and economics are not doomed to be adversaries. This lively and concise book presents the exciting new insights of environmental economics as well as the three fallacies of conventional economic analysis. You Can't Eat GNP offers a blueprint for a truly sustainable economy that recognizes the natural resources (like water, air, and soil) on which we ultimately depend.Eric A. Davidson, Ph.D., is a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center. His fieldwork takes him from the Brazilian Amazon to the re-growing forests of New England and he has conducted research at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the NASA Ames Research Center.A Merloyd Lawrence Book

You Can't Eat Gnp

Author : Eric A. Davidson
Publisher : Perseus Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Can't Eat Gnp written by Eric A. Davidson and published by Perseus Books. This book was released on 2000-04-27 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening look at the ecological foundations of prosperity.

The Little Big Number

Author : Dirk Philipsen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400865522
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Little Big Number written by Dirk Philipsen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of GDP and why we need a better measurement of growth In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from a narrow economic tool into a global article of faith. As The Little Big Number demonstrates, this spells trouble. While economies and cultures measure their performance by it, GDP only measures output. It ignores central facts such as quality, costs, or purpose. Sustainability and quality of life are overlooked. Losses don't count. The world can no longer afford GDP rule—GDP ignores real development. Dirk Philipsen demonstrates how the history of GDP reveals unique opportunities to fashion smarter goals and measures. The Little Big Number explores a possible roadmap for a future that advances quality of life rather than indiscriminate growth.

World in Motion

Author : Gary Kroll
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759110267
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book World in Motion written by Gary Kroll and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2009 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays collected in World in Motion all address the same issue: The global paradox that modern prosperity has entailed extreme environmental degradation. Gary M. Kroll and Richard H. Robbins present readings covering all principal viewpoints on this matter, from the neoliberal belief that environmental and social problems can be fixed through a growing economy to the critics of globalization who equate growth with environmental degradation. This book asks an important question: Can we simply accelerate growth under the assumption that increased prosperity and new technologies will allow us to reverse environmental damage? Or do we need to transform our modes of living radically to maintain the health of the world around us?

Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism

Author : Peter Dauvergne
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442269618
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism written by Peter Dauvergne and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To capture the diversity within environmentalism, this dictionary takes a global tack with a focus on ideas, events, institutions, initiatives, and green movements since the 1960s. It strives to avoid a common error in many histories of environmentalism: to exaggerate the input of the wealthy countries of Europe and North America and understate the influence of Africa, Asia, South and Central America, and the Polar Regions. It aims as well for a more comprehensive analysis than most histories of the modern environmental movement, understanding environmentalism as emerging not only from grassroots and formal nongovernmental associations, but also from corporate, governmental, and intergovernmental organizations and initiatives. This assumes the ideas and energy infusing environmentalism with political purpose arise from hundreds of thousands of sources: from corporate boardrooms to bureaucratic policies to international negotiations to activists. Thus, environmentalists are not only indigenous people blocking a logging road, Greenpeace activists protesting a seal hunt, or green candidates contesting an election; an equal or larger number of environmentalists are working within the Japanese bureaucracy to implement environmental policies, within the World Bank to assess the environmental impacts of loans, within Wal-Mart to green its purchasing practices, or within intergovernmental forums to negotiate international environmental agreements. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important events, issues, organizations, ideas, and people shaping the direction of environmentalism worldwide. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about environmentalism.

Author : Gary Bryner
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810850737
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book written by Gary Bryner and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism strategically skips across issues, concepts, time, organizations, and cultures, not with any pretense of producing a definitive dictionary but rather with the aim of producing an inclusive, wide-ranging, and global history of environmentalism. This is done through a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries.

Terracotta Reader

Author : Parth Shah
Publisher : Academic Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9788171884261
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book Terracotta Reader written by Parth Shah and published by Academic Foundation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Anthology Of Readings On The Environment Compiled Bu Ccs Comes Amidst The Cacophany Of Gloom And Doom And Shrill Cries For Greater Control By The State. The Study Calls For A More Reasoned Approach, One That Is Informed By A Liberal Perspective Limit, The Role Of The State And Enhance The Space For Civil Society And Markets.

Just a Job?

Author : George Cheney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195182774
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Just a Job? written by George Cheney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors argue against ethical myopia limited to spectacular scandals or comprehensive professional codes. Instead, they propose a master reframe of ethics based on a new take on virtue ethics, including Aristotle's practical ideal of eudaimonia or flourishing, which tells new stories about the ordinary as well as extraordinary aspects of professional integrity and success. By reframing ethics as not special, they elevate it to its rightful position in work and personal life.

Atmospheric Justice

Author : Steve Vanderheiden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199733120
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Atmospheric Justice written by Steve Vanderheiden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While making justice a primary objective of global climate policy has been the movement's noblest aspiration, it remains an onerous challenge for policymakers. - Atmospheric Justice is the first single-authored work of political theory that addresses this pressing challenge via the conceptual frameworks of justice, equality, and responsibility. - Steve Vanderheiden points toward ways to achieve environmental justice by exploring how climate change raises issues of both international and intergenerational justice."--Jacket.

Why Conservation Is Failing and How It Can Regain Ground

Author : Eric T. Freyfogle
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300133294
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Why Conservation Is Failing and How It Can Regain Ground written by Eric T. Freyfogle and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critics of environmental laws complain that such rules often burden people unequally, restrict individual liberty, and undercut private property rights. In formulating responses to these criticisms, the conservation effort has stumbled badly, says Eric T. Freyfogle in this thought-provoking book. Conservationists and environmentalists haven’t done their intellectual homework, he contends, and they have failed to offer an understandable, compelling vision of healthy lands and healthy human communities. Freyfogle explores why the conservation movement has responded ineffectually to the many cultural and economic criticisms leveled against it. He addresses the meaning of good land use, describes the many shortcomings of “sustainability,” and outlines six key tasks that the cause must address. Among these is the crafting of an overall goal and a vision of responsible private ownership. The book concludes with a stirring message that situates conservation within America’s story of itself and with an extensive annotated bibliography of conservation’s most valuable voices and texts—important information for readers prepared to take conservation more seriously.

People and Nature

Author : Emilio F. Moran
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118877470
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book People and Nature written by Emilio F. Moran and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now updated and expanded, People and Nature is a lively, accessible introduction to environmental anthropology that focuses on the interactions between people, culture, and nature around the world. Written by a respected scholar in environmental anthropology with a multi-disciplinary focus that also draws from geography, ecology, and environmental studies Addresses new issues of importance, including climate change, population change, the rise of the slow food and farm-to-table movements, and consumer-driven shifts in sustainability Explains key theoretical issues in the field, as well as the most important research, at a level appropriate for readers coming to the topic for the first time Discusses the challenges in ensuring a livable future for generations to come and explores solutions for correcting the damage already done to the environment Offers a powerful, hopeful future vision for improved relations between humans and nature that embraces the idea of community needs rather than consumption wants, and the importance of building trust as a foundation for a sustainable future

Paths to a Green World The Political Economy of the Global Environment

Author : Jennifer Clapp And Peter Dauvergne
Publisher : Academic Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9788171885558
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Paths to a Green World The Political Economy of the Global Environment written by Jennifer Clapp And Peter Dauvergne and published by Academic Foundation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The A to Z of Environmentalism

Author : Peter Dauvergne
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810870657
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of Environmentalism written by Peter Dauvergne and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmentalism involves hundreds of international environmental groups, thousands of national groups, and tens of thousands of local ones. It also includes hundreds of international agreements, hundreds of national environmental agencies, and countless environmental sections in other organizations—from those in multinational corporations to ones in regional and international organizations. Such environmental concepts as sustainable development, the precautionary principle, corporate social responsibility, and eco-labeling percolate from all of these sources. Every year, new ideas, refinements, policies, institutions, markets, and problems continue to enter into environmental debates and discourses, making it nearly impossible to keep abreast of the changes constantly taking place. The A to Z of Environmentalism is a paperback edition of the Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism. It strategically skips across issues, concepts, time, organizations, and cultures, not with any pretense of producing a definitive dictionary but rather with the aim of producing an inclusive, wide-ranging, and global history of environmentalism. This goal is accomplished through a chronology, an introductory essay, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries.

Critique of Western Philosophy and Social Theory

Author : D. Sprintzen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230101771
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Critique of Western Philosophy and Social Theory written by D. Sprintzen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "existential" drama at the heart of the modern world is the result of a truly cataclysmic transformation in our institutions and modes of belief. It rivals in scope and significance, if it does not surpass, the transformation occasioned by the "Scientific Revolution" of the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Few can still doubt - even if they do not yet appreciate - the comprehensive and global scope of this "Second Scientific Revolution." Our fundamental modes of thought and action, institutional structure, personal identity, economic development, and relation to nature, all require radical revision if human life on this planet (and beyond) is to survive and prosper. We are thus confronted with a world whose structures of meaning and corresponding institutional foundations are being undermined, thus presaging a revolutionary transformation. That transformation, however unclear at present, cannot fail to be radical and comprehensive. This work critically evaluates its nature, outlines the structures of an alternative world view and then develops the contours of the social and institutional order it suggests. It concludes with a discussion of practical strategies by which we may reasonably hope to meet the challenges confronting our civilization.

Principles of Green Bioethics

Author : Cristina Richie
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 1628953683
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Principles of Green Bioethics written by Cristina Richie and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health care is ubiquitous in the industrialized world. Yet, every medical development, technique, and procedure impacts the environment. Green bioethics synthesizes environmental ethics and biomedical ethics, thus creating an interdisciplinary approach to sustainable health care. Notably, green bioethics addresses not the structure of environmental sustainability in health-care institutions but the sustainability of individual health-care offerings. It parallels traditional biomedical ethics by providing four principles for ethical guidance: distributive justice, resource conservation, simplicity, and ethical economics. Through these four principles, green bioethics presents a coherent framework for evaluating the sustainability of medical developments, techniques, and procedures. The future of our world may very well depend on how effectively we halt ecological destruction and conserve our resources in all areas of life. The principles of green bioethics, outlined in this book, will advance sustainability in health care.

Key Challenges to the Global System

Author : Vittorio Emanuele Parsi
Publisher : Vita e Pensiero
ISBN 13 : 9788834314135
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book Key Challenges to the Global System written by Vittorio Emanuele Parsi and published by Vita e Pensiero. This book was released on 2007 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wisdom for a Livable Planet

Author : Carl McDaniel
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595340092
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Wisdom for a Livable Planet written by Carl McDaniel and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many books on the environment, but Wisdom for a Livable Planet stands out by using inspirational stories of successful activists to explore major environmental issues and offer proven solutions. This passionate, nonpartisan book makes the case that the environment is — or should be — beyond politics. Each story here — 8 in all — provides a portrait of an individual's courageous campaign to improve the conditions for life on the planet. Terri Swearington, nurse and mother in West Virginia, tackles one of the world's largest incinerators burning toxic waste next to an elementary school. Dave Foreman, cofounder of the Wildlands Project, leads the effort to restore functional ecosystems and preserve biodiversity by re-wilding almost half of North America with wolves, jaguars, falcons, and other animals. The work of these and the other six visionaries profiled here points to how real reforms can create a brighter future for all life, including human.