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Walden; or Life in the Woods
First published in 1854, Walden details Thoreau’s experiences over the course of two years in a cabin amidst woodland near Walden Pond.
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Small Is Beautiful. A Study of Economics As If People Mattered
Small Is Beautiful was first published in 1973 and still offers a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance economic growth with the human costs of globalization.
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Prosperity without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet
In Prosperity without Growth, Tim Jackson—a sustainability adviser to the UK government—makes a compelling case against continued economic growth in developed nations.
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Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever
Barlow draws on her extensive experience and insight as a water activist to lay out a set of key principles that show the way forward to what she calls a “water-secure and water-just world.”
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Should Trees Have Standing? Law, Morality, and the Environment
Should Trees Have Standing? continues to serve as the definitive statement as to why trees, oceans, animals, and the environment as a whole should be bestowed with legal rights.
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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our lives.
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The Age of Aluminum [Die Akte Aluminium]
This film investigates the widespread presence of aluminium in our daily lives, and its surprising consequences for the environment, as well as our health.
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Black Out
This film follows the obstacles which Guinea’s schoolchildren must overcome simply to find light at night to study by, in a country where only one fifth of the population has access to electricity.
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Die 4. Revolution: Energie Autonomie [The 4th Revolution: Energy Autonomy]
This film envisions a restructuring of global power relations and calls for individual action in order to create a 100 percent renewable energy economy.
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Water Makes Money
This film investigates the increasing trend towards privatizing control of water resources, and the response of cities, organizations, municipalities, and communities.