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Author: Annikka Nilsson Publisher: John Wiley Sons, United Kingdom (1992) Since the greenhouse effect and global warming were first brought up on the international agenda of environmental problems, many efforts have been made to evaluate critically the scientific base for any predictions about clima...

Authors: Donella H Medows, Dennis L Medows and Jorgen Randers Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, United States (1992) The authors of Beyond the Limits, sequal to the international bestseller The Liomits to Growth, have revised their landmark population and economic growth scenarios using t...

Author: John Gribbin Publisher: Bateman Press, United Kingdom (1990) The Greenhouse Effect Gaia Hothouse Earth ecamines the greehouse effect against a broader background of natural climatic processes. Awardwinning science writer John Gibbin explains exactly why the world is getting warmer, what the ...

Author: Alexander Gillespie Publisher: Dunmore Press, New Zealand (1997) Climate change may be the greatest problem facing humanity in the foreseeable future. Burning Issues has been written to clarify the current debate on climate change and to show how New Zealand contributes to the global problem...

Edited by: Michael K Stone and Zenobia Barlow Publisher: Sierra Club Books, United States (2005) Educating Out Children for a Sustainable World Preface by Fritjof Capra Reorienting the way human beings live on the Earth and educating children to their highest capacities have much in common, say the ...

Authors: Matt McGlone, Tom Clarkson and Blair Fitzharris Publisher: GP Books, New Zealand (1990) Three NZ scientists - all presently researching climate change - summarise and interpret the maze of recent studies and predictions. They begin by discussing the nature and workings of the atmosphere and...

Author: Louis P Pojman Publisher: Wadsworth, United States (2001) Louis P Pojman, renowned philosophy scholar, author, and a pioneer in bringing the environmental ethics course to the college campu, has collected 81 of the best argued, clearestm and most accessible readings inprint. Topics include a...

Authors: David Suzuki and Holly Dressel Publisher: Allen Unwin, Australia (2002) We all know the bad news. The natural systems that support our lives are in trouble. They are threatened by the population explosion around the globe, the unfettered escalation of technology and the seemingly insatiable...

Author: Meighan Morrison Publisher: Scholastic, New Zealand (1993) This maginificant Earth deserves far better care. We can help in its rescue if we each do our share. This reflective tale looks at what people have done to our planet - and carries a message of hope for our future. Long live Earth Note: This is a picture book. Softcover, 28 pages (used)

Author: Jennifer Elliot Publisher: Routledge, (1994) An examination of the world's existing patterns and processes of development and their environmental impact confirms the urgent need for sustainable development. With population, resources, economics and environment inextricably linked, this intro...

Author: C George Muller Publisher: Koru Press, New Zealand (2006) Ignoring a 20-year moratorium on commercial whaling, Japan continues to send its whaling fleet deep into the Antarctic to kill whales under the guise of scientific research. Thrust into this volatile situation is Richard Major, an unl...

Authors: New Zealand Scientists Publisher: [Christchurch]The NZ Institute of Chemistry (Inc), New Zealand (1974) New Zealand, because of its geography, low population and relatively small industrial capacity, is often regarded as being far removed from the pollution problems of the rest of the worl....

Author: Clive Ponting Publisher: Vintage Originals - revised edition (2007) The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilisations. Clive Pontings book studies the relationship between the environment and human history. It examines world civilisations from Sumeria to ancient Egypt, from Easter Isla...

Author: Peter Murray Publisher: Murray Books, Australia (2007) Climate change threatens the basic elements of life for people around the world - access to water, food, health, and use of land and the environment. On current trends, average global temperatures could rise by 2-3 degrees celsius within...

Author: Al Gore Publisher: Rodale Books, United States (2006) Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but infact it is happening very quickly - and has become a true planetary emergency. The Chinese expression for crisis consists of two characters. The first is a symbol for da...

Author: Roger Coote Publisher: Zigzag, United Kingdom (2003) What is the Earth made of How fast do glaciers move every day Are we damaging our planet Find out about these and other Earth-related facts with this handy, pocket sized guide. Discover why we have earthquakes and volcanoes and how weather...

Author: Charles A Lewis Publisher: University of Illinois Press (1996) Green Nature/Human Nature describes the psychological, sociological, and physiological responses of people to vegetation in cities and forests, as well as in horticultural therapy programs in hospitals, geriatric institutions, ph...

Author: Claire Llewellyn Publisher: Chrysalis Children's Books, United Kingdom (2003) We live on an amazing planet. As far as we know the Earth is the only place in the whole universe where life is found. But this precious planet is under threat Could we live without water How can we stop polluting ...

Author: Jen Green Publisher: Chrysalis Children's Books, United Kingdom (2004) This important new series explores the environmental problems that threaten Earth. Through clear text and superb photographs and diagrams, each book encourages children to discuss the issues and explains how they can help...

Author: Sally Morgan Publisher: Franklin Watts, Australia (1997) Every time we turn on a tap we use up some of earth'as resources. And the more people there are, the more resources we use up. These resources will not last forever - but we need them in order to live as we do. For the sake of the futu...

Authors: Jack Anderson with James Boyd Publisher: Sidgwick Jackson, United Kingdom (1983) The economic crisis of the early 1980s threatened the basic cohesion of the West. It was largely caused by the thirty-fold leap in oil prices during the 1970s. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Jack...