"This environmental book combines photography with the writings of 200 international scientists and celebrities - from the world of arts, film and politics. Each chapter includes environmental success stories and plots the progress being made against the ravages of pollution and over-exploitation. This book is inspired by the premise that the 1990s are probably the last chance to protect the Earth in a state worth passing on to our child ..."
"Globalism and Regionalism considers the impact that dwindling resources and restricted travel will have on global competitiveness and regional identity. Competition between countries is likely to increase. Whilst this may lead to conflict it could also facilitate greater creativity. This in turn will put a premium on technological advancement and on our ability to respond rapidly to change. Simultaneously, regionalism will develop and l ..."
"By the year 2025, the climate will have changed irrevocably, mainly as a result of greenhouse gas emissions. The temperature is predicted to be, on average, half a degree warmer and will fluctuate to a greater extent. Rainfall will have reduced but will also become more extreme. Resources such as energy, water and food imports will be in shorter supply and transport will be constrained; partly as a result of climate change but also due ..."
"BBC4’s Planet Earth is the most spectacular look at our planet that has ever been broadcast, making millions of viewers aware of the breathtaking beauty and variety of life on our planet, and just as importantly, how fragile that life can be. Now, the book, Planet Earth — The Future, will highlight environmental and conservation issues from some of the Planet Earth program sequences, and put these issues to leading commentators includin ..."
"Captain Eco teaches children how they can help save the planet, discussing such issues as energy conservation, animal rights, recycling, and global warming"
John Muir(1st Edition) The Scotsman who saved America's wild places by Mary Colwell, JonathanPorritt, JonathonPorritt Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 2015 by Lion Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-7459-5666-4, ISBN: 0-7459-5666-1
"An in-depth portrait of John Muir, the founder of the U.S. National Parks and the founder and first president of the Sierra Club John Muir was the founder of the U.S. National Parks and a towering figure in the history of that country's involvement with ecology. Born into a harsh home in Dunbar, Scotland, he would often escape to revel in the birds and wildlife of the area. When his father suddenly uprooted the family and moved to the U ..."
John Muir The Scotsman who saved America's wild places by Mary Colwell, JonathanPorritt 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Lion Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7459-5667-1, ISBN: 0-7459-5667-X
"grow up to inspire the president of America to protect large areas of wilderness
and leave a legacy of national parks, forest reserves, and wildlife refuges that
remain sanctuaries to this day. he will forge a new paradigm for humanity's
relationship with the natural world and express it in a new genre of nature writing.
he will contribute to science by journeying to the tops of the tallest mountains and
into the very heart of glac ..."
Capitalism As If the World Matters by JonathanPorritt Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-280-47529-0, ISBN: 1-280-47529-3
"Small is Beautiful is E.F Schumacher's stimulating and controversial study of world economics. This remarkable book is relevant today and its many themes as pertinent and thought-provoking as when it was first published twenty years ago. Small is Beautiful looks at the economic structure of the Western world in a revolutionary way. Schumacher maintains that Man's current pursuit of profit and progress, which promotes giant organisations ..."
"Housing, Healthcare, Education, The Family, Human Rights,Energy, Pollution, Technology, Inner Cities, Natural Resources, National Defence, Foreign Relations, Trade and Aid, The Third World, Regional Decline. These are matters which affect us all. Politicians talk about them a great deal, often in fine ringing phrases, but the policies that are implemented usually seem both remote and ineffective. This book offers an alternative, a fresh ..."
"For the past decade Paul Vallely has covered Third World issues for "The Times" newspaper. He has reported from Brazil, Brukina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Cyprus, Egypt, El Salvador, Eirthrea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Philippines, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Indian reservations of the USA. This book is primarily composed of stories, m ..."
"This text gives an account of how tourism has ruined precious landscapes, polluted coast and countryside, and destroyed the distinctive cultures of many communities."
"Presents a variety of environmental questions and issues in comic book form, as Captain Eco takes Billy and Michelle on a guided tour of the planet and its problems. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary."