Losing Ground: American Environmentalism at the Close of the Twentieth Century
Mark Dowie’s provocative critique of the mainstream American environmental movement.
Mark Dowie’s provocative critique of the mainstream American environmental movement.
A study of environmentalism in post-World War II United States.
An investigation, based on both fieldwork and historical sources, of changing land use practices in the Amazonian floodplain forest.
An account of post-World War II conflicts, prompted by the arrival of two major timber companies in Earth’s largest coastal temperate rainforest: Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska.
Traces the changing relationships between the fish resources and the people of the Great Lakes region.
Andrea Zagli writes about Tuscany’s Bientina Lake and its fishery, linking the lake environment to population, government, and economies.
In State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures, sixty renowned researchers and practitioners describe how we can harness the world’s leading institutions—education, the media, business, governments, traditions, and social movements—to reorient cultures toward sustainability.
Author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our lives.
This volume brings together a range of studies of cycling and cyclists, examining some of the diversity of practices and their representation.
Hausmüll documents the rise of a “new” environmental problem in post-war Germany, that of an increase in consumption and consequently a dramatic increase in waste.