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The well-being of nations
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Tom Healy |
"This report helps clarify the concepts of human and social capital and evaluates their impact on economic growth and well-being"--P. [4] of cover. |
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Greeniology
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Tanya Ha |
Practical, realistic and easy-to-follow, this title shows how to tread the earth more lightly, making a better place to live. It offers tips and practical advice, and includes thousands of small ways… |
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Living green
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Helen Orme |
From hybrid cars to energy-efficient light bulbs, the green movement has generated interest in lifestyle changes that help preserve and protect the environment. Living Green pairs easy-to-read text w… |
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The vanishing face of gaia
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James Lovelock |
Celebrities drive hybrids, Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize, and supermarkets carry no end of so-called "green" products. And yet the environmental crisis is only getting worse. In Surviving Gaia's … |
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The support economy
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Shoshana Zuboff,James Maxmin |
The authors chart the chasm betwen culture and corporations, positing that workers have changed more rapidly than the companies they rely upon for survival. |
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The spirit of service
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Nancy Hancock |
Step Into the MomentInspired by President Obama's call to action, Spirit of Service is a daily devotional that explores the many ways you can get involved in service to others. With 365 specific sugg… |
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Dilemmas in participatory forest management in North west Pakistan
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Babar Shahbaz |
Deforestation in the North-western (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Province of Pakistan has drawn attention towards shortfalls of traditional state controlled systems of forest management. Accordingly a compreh… |
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Earth keepers
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Joan Anderson |
Discusses the work of three environmental protection groups who are striving to help save the Earth from destruction. |
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100 things you should know about saving the Earth
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Anna Claybourne |
Discover which animals are losing their habitats, how we can reduce pollution and how climate change is affecting the Earth. |
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Recycling
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Jean F. Blashfield |
Discusses the advantages of recycling and how we can help protect the environment from further damage. |
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The Long Descent
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John Michael Greer |
Americans are expressing deep concern about US dependence on petroleum, rising energy prices, and the threat of climate change. Unlike the energy crisis of the 1970s, however, there is a lurking fear… |
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The Rough Guide to Green Living
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Duncan Clark |
The Rough Guide to Green Living is a fact-filled, user-friendly guide to living a low-carbon, eco-friendly life. The guide provides hundreds of going green tips on all the key consumer areas – from g… |
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Downsizing Democracy
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Benjamin Ginsberg |
"In Downsizing Democracy, Matthew A. Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg describe how the powerful idea of a collective citizenry has given way to a concept of personal, autonomous democracy, in which poli… |
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Save our planet
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Susan A. Levine |
Describes things children can do to help save the environment in the categories of garbage, water, air, animals, and earth. |
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Civic engagement in postwar Japan
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Rieko Kage |
"Despite reduced incomes, diminished opportunities for education, and the psychological trauma of defeat, Japan experienced a rapid rise in civic engagement in the immediate aftermath of World War II… |
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Big green purse
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Diane MacEachern |
Protecting our environment is one of the biggest issues facing our planet today. But how do we solve a problem that can seem overwhelming-even hopeless? As Diane MacEachern argues in Big Green Purse,… |
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The kids' earth handbook
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Sandra Markle |
Presents activities and experiments which demonstrate how living things interact with each other and the environment. Includes instructions for making miniature ecosystems. |
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Building the green economy
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Kevin Danaher |
After centuries of economic activity based on extraction, exploitation, and depletion, we now face undeniable environmental threats. New business models that save or restore natural resources are cri… |
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Biodiversity of forest species
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Rajan Bawa,P. K. Khosla |
Contributed papers presented at the National Seminar on Community Forestry : Biodiversity of Forest Species held at WWF, New Delhi on May 1995; with special reference to India. |
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Let's use it again
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Alison Reynolds |
Simple text and illustrations tells about the importance of recycling, including reusing wrapping paper, bringing a reusable shopping bag to the market, and placing old newspapers and plastic bottles… |
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