China Blue
This film follows a seventeen-year-old Chinese girl who leaves home in order to work in a Chinese jeans factory.
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The Aesthetics and Politics of Scarcity—A Swedish Example
The writings of Erik Gustaf Geijer allow us to distinguish between two modes of thought in representations of scarcity: the idealization of scarcity as the “simple life” and its problematization in discourses on poverty.
The Sardar Sarovar Dam
The Sardar Sarovar Dam is constructed in India to aid in the country’s industrialization, providing irrigation, electricity, and economic stimulus. After heavy controversy and international pressures to examine the costs of the project, the World Bank cuts financial assistance, exposing the social costs surrounding modernization and wide scale infrastructure projects.
Blast Fishing in the Spermonde Archipelago
The Spermonde Archipelago is home to one of the world’s largest coral reefs. With the introduction of blast fishing methods during Word War II, the coral reef’s biodiversity has been under threat.
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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.
Theodolite
When in about 1800 Bavaria urgently needed money, Georg von Reichenbach founded a factory for scientific instruments and started building precision theodilites to precisely survey the state in order to increase the taxes on land and buildings.
Machine Tools
The principle of the division of labour and the use of machines appeared in the 18th century in England. These developments initiated the Industrial Revolution.
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.
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.
State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World
State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World examines the policy changes needed to combat climate change and explores the economic benefits that could flow from the transition.