Oil on WaterTankers, Pirates and the Rise of China Paul French and Sam Chambers
'East Asia's growing share of the 2 trillion tons of oil shipped each year across the world's oceans is one of the great, but little-told, stories of our age. By tracking this very literal shift of power from West to East, French and Chambers ... provide invaluable insights into energy security, environmental pressure and areas of potential conflict and cooperation.' - Jonathan Watts, The Guardian's Asia Environment Correspondent and author of When a Billion Chinese Jump |
Moving PeopleSustainable Development Transport Peter Cox
The local and global environmental impacts of transport are more apparent than ever before. Moving People provides an attention-grabbing introduction to the problems of transport and the development of sustainable alternatives, focusing on the often misunderstood issue of personal mobility, as opposed to freight. Re-assessing the value and importance of non-motorized transport the author raises questions about mobility in the face of climate change and energy security, particularly for the developing world. |
The Energy GlutClimate Change and the Politics of Fatness Ian Roberts with Phil Edwards
This exciting new book argues that the pulse of fossil fuel energy released from the ground after the discovery of oil not only started the process of catastrophic climate change, but also propelled the average human weight distribution upwards. More information |
A Nuclear WasteNuclear Power, Climate Change and the Energy Crisis Gavin Harper
"A Nuclear Waste" critically examines whether nuclear power is really an option for future energy provision in the context of peak oil and climate change. |
Biofuels and the Globalisation of RiskThe Biggest Change in North-South Relationships Since Colonialism? James Smith
Biofuels and the Globalisation of Risk offers the reader a fresh and compelling analysis of the politics and policies behind the biofuel story, critically examining the technological optimism and often-idealised promises it makes for the future. |
Food versus FuelAn Informed Introduction to Biofuels Edited by Frank Rosillo-Calle and Francis X. Johnson
'Food versus Fuel' presents a high-level introduction to the science and economics behind a well-worn debate, that will debunk myths and provide quality facts and figures for academics and practitioners in development studies, environment studies, and agricultural studies. |
The Development Dictionary - New EditionA Guide to Knowledge as Power (New Edition) Edited by Wolfgang Sachs
'Unique...the book is a scream of pain from the receiving end of a process experienced as cultural genocide.' - Guardian |
Climate Change in AfricaCamilla Toulmin
'Camilla Toulmin combines a deep and nuanced knowledge of African society with a profound grasp of the impact of climate change on that continent. Covering both threats and opportunities, she shows how, for good or ill, climate change will be a new and critical driver in the next phase of African development. In the run up to the Copenhagen climate summit, this book should be required reading for anyone wishing to get to grips with the multiple interconnections between climate change and development in the world's poorest continent.' - Duncan Green, Head of Research, Oxfam More information |
Celebrity and the EnvironmentFame, Wealth and Power in Conservation Dan Brockington
'This is a fascinating and important book, which also happens to be funny and beautifully written. Dan Brockington presents a challenge we cannot duck to everyone with an interest in conservation and the environment.' - George Monbiot 'International development has become sexy, environmentalism convenient, and saving the world has never seemed so easy (yet so remote). This book will be invaluable for anyone who wants to understand why celebrity activism has become inextricable from global social movements.' - Lisa Ann Richey, Roskilde University and Stefano Ponte, Danish Institute for International Studies More information |
The Environmental Responsibility ReaderEdited by Martin Reynolds, Chris Blackmore and Mark J. Smith
'This collection brings together in one place key texts of leading thinkers in environmental ethics. No one who takes environmental responsibility seriously will want to be without this book.' - Ruth Chadwick, Director, ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (Cesagen) Cardiff University |
Soil Not OilClimate Change, Peak Oil and Food Insecurity Vandana Shiva
'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists' - The Guardian |
Can We Afford the Future?The Economics of a Warming World Frank Ackerman
‘Frank Ackerman provides the ammunition that advocates of strong climate policy need to debunk the conclusion that stabilizing our future climate is 'too expensive'.' - Stephen H. Schneider, Stanford University 'This book is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the major economic debates around the major new long-term challenge of our times - global warming. Frank Ackerman has done us all a great service with this very accessible critical survey of the varied and complicated issues involved.' - Jomo Kwame Sundaram, UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development More information |
Kyoto2How to Manage the Global Greenhouse Oliver Tickell 'The most intelligent treatment of the politics and economics of climate change I have ever read. Brilliant, clear and unanswerable’ George Monbiot 'Elegantly simple and eminently workable, this is a proposal that could change the world. Kyoto2 should be read by anyone with an interest in climate change policy.' - Mark Lynas More information |
The Corporate Greenhouse Climate Change Policy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in a Globalizing World Yda Schreuder
'Schreuder authoritatively surveys the political and economic hurdles facing efforts to reduce carbon emissions, establish carbon-trading schemes, and combat slow global warming-with special emphasis on the roles and responsibilities of transnational corporations. I recommend it highly: it is vital, insightful reading for anyone interested in carbon trading, climate mitigation, international relations, and the pervasive role of mega-corporations in our world today.' - William F. Laurance, Senior Research Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama |
Environment and CitizenshipIntegrating Justice, Responsibility and Civic Engagement Mark J. Smith and Piya Pangsapa
'Clearly written, cleverly argued and comprehensively supported by evidence, Environment and Citizenship should be on everybody's reading list. A major contribution to the study of responsibility, justice and the environment.' - Bryan S. Turner, Co-editor of Citizenship Studies |
The Enemy of NatureThe End of Capitalism or the End of the World? Joel Kovel
'A terrific read...this book is "vital" in the most profound meaning of that word.' - Review of Radical Political Economics 'A highly valuable book.' - Socialist Review Read the Ecosocialist Manifesto by Joel Kovel and Michael Lowy Available NOW - Sample Chapters for download! |
The Global Food EconomyThe Battle for the Future of Farming Anthony Weis, University of Western Ontario, Canada
'I hadn't imagined that a small book could do justice to so large a topic before I read Tony Weis on the global food economy - it's necessary and terrific: intellectually rigorous and informative, full of insight and provocation.' - Henry Bernstein, SOAS 'A sweeping overview of the contradictions and crises in the global food economy.' - Food Ethics More information |
The Dictionary of AlternativesUtopianism and Organization Martin Parker, Valerie Fournier and Patrick Reedy
'The Dictionary of Alternatives reveals a splendidly rich and dazzling array of other possibilities, other dreams, other truths and other worlds. At a time when so much intellectual discourse is slavishly conformist, this book dares to be different.' - Christopher Grey, University of Cambridge |
Rocks and Hard PlacesThe Globalization of Mining Roger Moody
'Rocks and Hard Places brings to the surface the disparities of economy, and the resilience and tenacity of indigenous communities, in the face of generation after generation of exploitation. It makes us deeply aware of the cycles of colonialism which continue to lie at the heart of the global mining industry.' - Winona LaDuke, Author, environmentalist, founder of the Indigenous Womens Network
'Moody's reputation as a fair and judicious critic makes his most recent book a must-read for anyone with a serious interest in the globalization of mining.' - Stuart Kirsch, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan More information |
Fair FutureResource Conflicts, Security, and Global Justice Edited by Wolfgang Sachs and Tilman Santarius
'Factually accurate, conceptually pertinent, ethically grounded-what more could one ask? Like anything from Wolfgang Sachs, Fair Future is top-of-the-pile for both scholars and concerned citizens.' - Susan George |
The Development DictionaryA Guide to Knowledge as Power Edited by Wolfgang Sachs
In this pioneering collection, some of the world’s most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse in the post-war era. 'Short, pithy and well reasoned... There is something in each chapter to challenge, even assault, our dearest, most tightly held assumptions.' - Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 'Unique...the book is a scream of pain from the receiving end of a process experienced as cultural genocide.' - The Guardian
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Food is DifferentWhy We Must Get the WTO Out of Agriculture Peter M. Rosset
'This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how the current trade in food maintains the global status quo.' - Tribune '...makes the case, with clarity and passion, for rebuilding the global food system beyond the unequal and devastating consequences of the WTO 'free trade' regime...guides us through the thicket of rules and regulations, explaining their irreversible impact on social and ecological sustainability and engaging us with a powerful and compelling catalogue of alternatives, captured in the concept of "food sovereignty."' - Philip McMichael, More information |
NanotechnologyNew Promises, New Dangers Toby Shelley
'Toby Shelley and Zed are to be applauded for bringing the importance of the subject to the attention of a radical audience. The book is both thoughtful and timely and demonstrates that no adequate appreciation of the future course of international and national societies is complete without some consideration of nanotechnology.' - John Daniels, a member of the Editorial Board of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Ltd. |
Water under ThreatLarbi Bouguerra
This richly documented book asks the major questions about the enormously important political and geostrategic issue of water. It makes the case for a society that is more economical with water, and calls for global management of water resources in a spirit of solidarity, openness, and respect for the rules of democracy. ‘Speaks powerfully of the need to address [water] inequalities and to relearn what our ancestors knew: that the water cycle ties us to one another as well as to Mother Nature’ - The Guardian More information |
Earth DemocracyJustice, Sustainability and Peace Vandana Shiva
A leading voice in struggles for global justice, Vandana Shiva is a world renowned environmental activist and physicist. With Earth Democracy, her most extensive treatment of the struggles she helped bring to international attention-genetic food engineering, cultural theft, and natural resource privatization-Shiva uncovers their link to the rising tide of fundamentalisms, violence against women, and planetary death More information |
Hungry CorporationsTransnational Biotech Companies Colonise the Food Chain Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher with Devlin Kuyek and Lucy Michaels
'Tells us how the biotech industry and their captive governments use Third World hunger as the justification for force feeding the world with GMO's, while it is really their own hunger for profits and power which is driving the commercialization of GM crops and foods...this is a valuable resource for researchers, activists and ordinary citizens determined to defend their freedom.' - Vandana Shiva, author, Staying Alive 'Hungry Corporations [will remain] a classic for years to come.' - Hope Shand, author, Human Nature: Agricultural Biodiversity and Farm-Based Food Security
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In the Way of DevelopmentIndigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization Edited by Mario Blaser, Harvey A. Feit and Glenn McRae
"This superb book builds on the illuminating contrast between the 'life projects' of indigenous people and the 'development projects' funded by global capital." - John H. Bodley, Professor of Anthropology, Washington State University, author of Victims of Progress (1999) and The Power of Scale (2003). "...a unique synthesis of indigenous peoples' strategies of active resistance and approaches to living autonomously. Contains lessons for us all..." - Michael Asch, University of Victoria, Canada More information |
Thirsty PlanetStrategies for Sustainable Water Management Constance Elizabeth Hunt
"...a concise and readable primer on the task of preserving the freshwater ecosystems on which we all depend...required reading for anyone interested in learning what tools we have available to meet one of the greatest challenges to humanity and nature in the 21st century." - Kathryn S. Fuller, President, World Wildlife Fund
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UnsustainableA Primer for Global Environmental and Social Justice Patrick Hossay
Unsustainable explains the double bind in which humanity now finds itself - an escalating environmental crisis, and a worsening human and social crisis of poverty and inequality. |
Protect or Plunder?Understanding Intellectual Property Rights Vandana Shiva
Intellectual property rights, TRIPS, patents - they sound technical, even boring. Yet, as Vandana Shiva shows, what kinds of ideas, technologies, identification of genes, even manipulations of life forms can be owned and exploited for profit by giant corporations is a vital issue for our times. |
Stolen HarvestThe Hijacking of the Global Food Supply Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva charts the impact of globalized, corporate, agriculture on small farmer, the environment and the quality of the food we eat. "The South's best known environmentalist." - New Internationalist More information |
Ecofeminism as PoliticsNature, Marx and the Post Modern Ariel Salleh
...explores the philosophical and political challenge of ecofeminism. It shows how the ecology movement has been held back by conceptual confusion over the implications of gender difference, while much that passes in the name of feminism is actually an obstacle to ecological change and global democracy. |
OilPolitics, Poverty and the Planet Toby Shelley
Written by a Financial Times journalist who has long covered the energy sector, this book provides the essential information for understanding the shifting structure of the global oil and gas economy - where the reserves lie, who produces what, trade patterns, consumption trends, prices. |
Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World ScaleWomen in the International Division of Labour SECOND EDITION Maria Mies
"A major contribution to authentic development theory and practice. Women cannot hope for justice from a mode of production built on subordination either as housewife in the West or cheap labour in the third world. Mies produces an alternative feminist concept of labour and some strategic elements of its implementation. The critique is compelling" - World Development. |
GenescapesThe Ecology of Genetic Engineering Stephen Nottingham
"Genescapes is an essential primer for anyone who has an instinctive distrust of GM crops...a remarkably accessible read." - The Ecologist |
Naming the EnemyAnti-Corporate Social Movements Confront Globalization Amory Starr
"A bold, encyclopaedic survey and analysis of international anti-corporate movements.... Written succinctly and with flair." Professor Gordon Laxer, University of Alberta |
The Greening of Business in Developing CountriesRhetoric, Reality and Prospects Edited by Peter Utting |
Our Urban FutureNew Paradigms for Equity and Sustainability Akhtar A. Badshah
By the year 2005 half the world's population were living in cities. "This fascinating study handles the complexities of a difficult subject in a clear and straight forward way which should appeal to a wide readership." - Ronald Lewcock, Professor of Architecture, Georgia Tech. |
Energy Services for the Urban Poor in AfricaIssues and Policy Implications Edited by Bereket Kebede and Ikhupuleng Dube |
The Urban VillageA Charter for Democracy and Local Self-Sustainable Development Alberto Magnaghi
People want a better quality of life now, genuine environmental responsibility, and local control over their own futures. The Urban Village is a seminal intellectual and practical contribution to the construction of such possibilities. 'A welcome addition to this literature [the Urban Village concept] is Alberto Magnaghi’s The Urban Village which is an insightful and enjoyable take on the form and characteristics of the Urban Village … The author should be commended for the book’s balanced assessment of approaches to the urban environment which delves into other theories such as functionalist and environmentalist approaches before settling on a territoriality approach to the regeneration of cities .… The Urban Village has new and intriguing ideas on urban form as well as social and environmental equality. The Urban Village is a fascinating insight into the territorial approach to urban development, and rightly holds a prominent place within the emerging literature on community development and environmental justice.' - Ashley Nye, Royal Holloway, University of London More information |
Our Simmering PlanetWhat to do about Global Warming? Joyeeta Gupta
What is happening to the world's weather and what are the world's governments doing about it? This book takes us through the science, and behind the politics, to explore climate instability, global warming, rising oceans and shifts in rainfall patterns. Most importantly it asks what can be done to settle on effective, rather than cosmetic, action? More information |
Redesigning Life?The Worldwide Challenge to Genetic Engineering Edited by Brian Tokar
"A cutting edge critique of today's headlong rush toward genetic engineering and the ways in which a few corporate "gene giants" are dominating global food supplies and pirating the planet's biodiversity, the human genome and the keys to life itself." - Hazel Henderson, author, Beyond Globalization and Building A Win-Win World |
Women and PlantsGender Relations in Biodiversity Management and Conservation Edited by Patricia L. Howard
"This is a very important book...must be in the library of every individual who cares about the future of our planet." - Jane Goodall |
There is an AlternativeSubsistence and Worldwide Resistance to Corporate Globalization Edited by Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen, Nicholas Faraclas and Claudia von Werlhof
Subsistence and Worldwide Resistance to Corporate Globalization. Inspired by the groundbreaking work of Maria Mies and her colleagues, which culminates in the elaboration of the ‘subsistence perspective’. |
Food for AllThe Need for a New Agriculture John Madeley
"...makes a strong case for small-scale, sustainable agriculture as the means to achieve food security for the two billion people who currently lack it...covers a huge range of issues, including trade, gender, credit, land rights and the record of the World Bank and UN agencies" - New Agriculturalist |
The Water ManifestoArguments for a World Water Contract Riccardo Petrella
"It is time to oppose privatizing water and turning it into a commodity...this book proposes that access to water is recognized as a human right..." - Danielle Mitterand, President, Fondation France Liberte |
The Spirit of RegenerationAndean Culture Confronting Western Notions of Development Edited by Frederique Apffel-Marglin with Pratec
...a selection of the work which a group of Peruvian development specialists of peasant background have initiated since 1987 |
The Perils of ProgressThe Health and Environmental Hazards of Modern Technology and What You Can Do About Them John Ashton and Ron Laura
The Health and Environmental Hazards of Modern Technology and What You Can Do About Them |
Selling the Work EthicFrom Puritan Pulpit to Corporate PR Sharon Beder
From Puritan Pulpit to Corporate PR..."It is rare for a book to so neatly resolve a paradox, while at the same time providing sufficient data for the reader to make the case to others." - The Ecologist |
Edited by Mohamed Suliman
"Chapters by Suliman, Nicholas Hildyard and Wolfgang Sachs are particularly likely to set the cat among the pigeons in classroom discussions" - Local Environment |
Agribusiness and SocietyCorporate Responses to Environmentalism, Market Opportunities and Public Regulation Edited by Kees Jansen and Sietze Vellema |
The Suffering GeneEnvironmental Threats to Our Health Roy Burdon
'The precautionary principle has found a powerful ally in the scientific analysis of Roy Burdon. It will be less easy for corporate interests to dismiss the concerns of the public now they come set on such rigorous foundations. This is not a scaremongers charter, far from it, it is a sober look at the reality of a toxic environment - a toxic environment created by human activity.' - Hugh Warwick, Editor, Splice |
The Regulation of the Power Sector in AfricaAttracting Investment and Protecting the Poor Edited by Edward Marandu and Dorcas Kayo |
Greening the NorthA Post-Industrial Blueprint for Ecology & Equity Wolfgang Sachs, Reinhard Loske, Manfred Linz et al
A Post-Industrial Blueprint for Ecology & Equity. "The North has led the world into a highly seductive but environmentally unsustainable development model." - Anil Agarwal, Centre for Science and Environment |
Planet DialecticsExplorations in Environment and Development Wolfgang Sachs
Explorations in Environment and Development |
Silent InvadersPesticides, Livelihoods and Women's Health Edited by Miriam Jacobs and Barbara Dinham
Pesticides, Livelihoods and Women's Health |
Trade and EnvironmentDifficult Policy Choices at the Interface Edited by Shahrukh Rafi Khan |
Good Practices and Innovative Experiences in the South: Volume 2Social Policies, Indigenous Knowledge and Appropriate Technology Edited by Martin Khor and Lim Li Lin
Social Policies, Indigenous Knowledge and Appropriate Technology |
Bringing the Food Economy HomeLocal Alternatives to Global Agribusiness Helena Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield and Steven Gorelick |
Organic FarmingPolicies and Prospects Stephan Dabbert, Anna Maria Häring and Raffaele Zanoli
Policies and Prospects |
Eat Your GenesHow Genetically Modified Food Is Entering Our Diet NEW UPDATED EDITION Stephen Nottingham
"Full marks... for as good an overview of the multiple problems that the new technology is spawning as one is likely to read all year." - Food Magazine, UK Food Commission |
Silenced RiversThe Ecology and Politics of Large Dams ENLARGED AND UPDATED EDITION Patrick McCully
‘If you want to read a truly dazzling book on Big Dams, drop mine and read this’ - Arundhati Roy, author of ‘The God of Small Things’ and Booker Prizewinner |
From the Ground UpRethinking Industrial Agriculture - Revised Edition Helena Norberg-Hodge, Peter Goering and John Page |
Our Common JourneyA Pioneering Approach to Cooperative Environmental Management: Paul de Jongh with Sean Captain |
Dangerous IntersectionsFeminism, Population and Environment Edited by Jael Silliman and Ynestra King |
The Gardens of their DreamsDesertification and Culture in World History Brian Griffith |
Rivers, Technology and SocietyLearning the Lessons of Water Management in Nepal Dipak Gyawali |
Sustainability and the Social Sciences Edited by Egon Becker and Thomas Jahn |
Pulping The SouthIndustrial Tree Plantations and the World Paper Economy Ricardo Carrere and Larry Lohmann |
Lethal LawsAlix Fano |
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The Meaning of Environmental Security Ecological Politics and Policy in the New Security Era Jon Barnett |
The ECO PrincipleEcology and Economics in Symbiosis Arthur Lyon Dahl |
