Climate Emergency: How Societies Create the Crisis (Harvey Mark)(Paperback)

Climate Emergency: How Societies Create the Crisis (Harvey Mark)(Paperback)

The recognition that climate change is now a climate emergency has been endorsed by a wide range of scientists and the United Nations. Natural scientists focus on the aggregate impacts of human activity resulting from burning fossil fuels and producing food, and hence speak of anthropogenic climate

Justice and Penal Reform: Re-Shaping the Penal Landscape (Farrall Stephen)(Paperback)

In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, Western societies entered a climate of austerity which has limited the penal expansion experienced in the US, UK and elsewhere over recent decades. These altered conditions have led to introspection and new thinking on punishment even among those on

Climate Strike: The Practical Politics of the Climate Crisis (Wall Derek)(Paperback)

The climate crisis is here. Burning forests, melting glaciers, increasingly extreme weather patterns point to an unfolding catastrophe. Derek Wall looks at every aspect of the crisis: What can we do? How can we be effective and paractical? How can we build an ecological economy? This is a major

Great Adaptations - In the shadow of a climate crisis (Phillips Morgan)(Paperback / softback)

A series of case studies that look at how people can adapt to climate

The Resistance Dilemma: Place-Based Movements and the Climate Crisis (Hoberg George)(Paperback)

How organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure became a political force, and how this might affect the transition to renewable energy. Organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure, particularly conflicts over pipelines, has become a formidable political force in North America

Out of Time - Poetry from the Climate Emergency(Paperback / softback)

The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in a Climate Emergency (Ison Ray)(Paperback)

The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in a Climate Emergency is a persuasive, lively book that shows how systems thinking can be harnessed to effect profound, complex change.In the age of the Anthropocene, the need for new ways of thinking and acting has become urgent. But patterns of

Who Cares Wins - How to Protect the Planet You Love: A thousand ways to solve the climate crisis: from tech-utopia to indigenous wisdom (Cole Lily)(Paperback / softback)

Atmosphere of Hope - Solutions to the Climate Crisis (Flannery Tim)(Paperback / softback)

The Human Age: How We Caused the Climate Crisis (Palsson Gsli)(Pevná vazba)

Where natural occurrences once controlled climate, geology and the genesis and demise of species, humankind now holds the reins. The Human Age is an intrepid exploration of the new geological epoch in which we now find ourselves: the Anthropocene. Defined as the Age of Man, this is the epoch in

What Fire (Miller Alice)(Paperback)

What Fire is about how to continue as catastrophe crawls in, when the climate crisis has its grip on everyone, the internet has been shut down, and the buildings are burning up. What happens when the philosophers never arrive? What songs are still worth singing? In her third collection, Alice

Minds Make Societies: How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create (Boyer Pascal)(Paperback)

A watershed book that masterfully integrates insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies 'There is no good reason why human societies should not be described and explained with the same precision and

How to Write an Emergency Plan (Alexander E.)(Paperback)

The world is becoming more hazardous as natural and social processes combine to create complex situations of increased vulnerability and risk. There is increasing recognition that this trend is creating exigencies that must be dealt with. The common approach is to delegate the task of preparing an

Lobbying for Change: Find Your Voice to Create a Better Society (Alemanno Alberto)(Paperback)

Many democratic societies are experiencing a crisis of faith. Citizens are making clear their frustration with their supposedly representative governments, which instead seem driven by the interests of big business, powerful individuals and wealthy lobby groups. What can we do about it? How do we

Regeneration - Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation (Hawken Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy (Stephens Jennie C.)(Paperback)

The climate crisis is a crisis of leadership. Transformation to a renewable-based society requires leaders who connect social justice to climate and energy. During the Trump era, connections among white, male power; environmental destruction; and fossil fuel dependence have become more

Climate Crisis for Beginners (Prentice Andy)(Pevná vazba)

This book explains, in simple language and with clear illustrations, what the climate is, and how it is changing very rapidly at the moment, and the effects this is having on our planet. It tackles suggestions about what needs to change in the way people live, from power stations to farming, and

Anthropos and the Material (Harvey Penny)(Paperback)

The destructive effects of modern industrial societies have shaped the planet in such profound ways that many argue for the existence of a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene. This claim brings into relief a set of challenges that have deep implications for how relations between the human,

Time and Stone: The Emergence and Development of Megaliths and Megalithic Societies in Europe (Schulz Paulsson Bettina)(Paperback)

Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation (Hawken Paul)(Paperback)

A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown The dangers of climate change and a warming world have been in the public eye for fifty years. For three decades, scientists and the

The Climate Crisis: An Introductory Guide to Climate Change (Archer David)(Paperback)

An incredible wealth of scientific data on global warming has been collected in the last few decades. The history of the Earth's climate has been probed by drilling into polar ice sheets and sediment layers of the oceans' vast depths, and great advances have been made in computer modeling of our

Ecomodernism: Technology, Politics and the Climate Crisis (Symons Jonathan)(Paperback)

Is climate catastrophe inevitable? In a world of extreme inequality, rising nationalism and mounting carbon emissions, the future looks gloomy. Yet one group of environmentalists -- the 'ecomodernists' -- are optimistic. They argue that technological innovation and universal human development hold

Climate Change Biology (Hannah Lee)(Paperback)

Climate Change Biology, Third Edition addresses how climate change may affect life on the planet, particularly its impact on biology. Presented in three parts, it deals extensively with the physical evidence of climate change and modeling efforts to predict its future. Biological responses are then

The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850 (Fagan Brian)(Paperback)

The groundbreaking history of how climate change transformed Europe and the world, from a renowned archaeologist -- updated with a new preface on the latest climate research The Little Ice Age tells the fascinating story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European