This book challenges the idea of progress that treats nature as an inexhaustible resource. It proposes a revolutionary alternative: harmonious progress that respects nature’s boundaries, defining a clear action plan using renewable energy, smart grids, and green settlements.
Explore the lives and discoveries of marine biologist Edouard Chatton and his Nobel Prize-winning pupil, André Lwoff. This tribute presents, for the first time, Chatton’s beautiful, annotated educational course boards, showcasing their scientific and artistic talents.
Transforming Our World
Our world is more advanced than ever, yet it is on a self-destructive path. War and the erosion of our natural and human capital threaten our very future. This book charts a new course, revealing the essential changes in our paradigms and mindset required for survival.
This collection of essays addresses pivotal problems about our planet’s environment and ecology. It highlights the inter-relation of science, philosophy, ethics, and religion, concluding with an ethical analysis of the overlapping challenges that require urgent attention.
Vulnerability Studies in the Americas
This book assesses climate change vulnerability and adaptive capacity in South America and Canada. The result of a seven-year project, it fills a gap in academic literature with unique comparative case studies of the global North and South.
Connecting the circular economy, trade, and climate action, this book scrutinizes the global sustainability agenda to propose new management perspectives and adaptive solutions for a changing world.
Sustainable Tourism in Asia
This collection explores sustainable tourism in Asia, drawing on papers from international conferences. It shares empirical studies and cases, forming a rich reference work for tourism researchers, development leaders, policy-makers, and practitioners.
The Perils of Climate Risk
Providing the average person with something to do about climate change, this publications captures the latest developments in climate change science, atmospheric data, and public policy as detailed by leaders in these fields.
Energy, Climate and Tourism
Approaching the issues of climate, energy, and tourism in an original way, the study illustrates the place of energy in contemporary society. It suggests the implementation of tourism standards to control the negative effects of tourism at a local and regional level.
Spiritual and Ecological Civilization
Analyzing the global crises of our ‘technogenic and consumer’ civilization, this book shows the necessity of transitioning to a new ‘spiritually-ecological’ one. It demonstrates the real indicators of such a transformation and the main problems of the transition.
Searching for Sustainable Development and Its Purpose
This book provides a synthesis of sustainable development, detailing the “big picture” of the human story and our influence on the environment. A future-oriented study, it maps the potential opportunities and threats associated with our development.
Written by international experts, this book covers major environmental contaminations and their remediation using bio-based solutions. It details the mechanisms of bioremediation and how bacteria and plants decontaminate pollutants. A valuable resource for scientists.
This book offers profound analyses of the main theoretical and practical aspects of the concept of sustainable development. The focus on the international aspects of the implementation of ideas of this notion makes the insights provided here fresh and unique.
Integral Ecology
Drawing inspiration from Pope Francis’ ecological encyclical “Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home”, this conference proceedings engages both secular and religious perspectives on crucial issues that threaten the ecology of our planet.
The Philosophical Roots of the Ecological Crisis
The roots of the ecological crisis are traced to the thought of René Descartes, father of modern philosophy. His worldview established a dangerous legacy: a human-centered, mechanistic conception of nature and a sharp dualism between humanity and the physical world.
Demystifying Climate Risk Volume II
Before their expertise is lost, seasoned leaders from the Montreal Protocol—the world’s most successful treaty for atmospheric protection—share their wisdom. This book leverages their lessons to inspire future innovations in climate science, industry, and sustainability.
Demystifying Climate Risk Volume I
From a workshop on climate risk, seasoned leaders share their expertise with the next generation. This book explores environmental, health, and societal impacts—with a focus on Africa and education—leveraging lessons learned to inspire innovation and sustainable development.
Patents and Climate Change
Since the year 1989, hundreds of global-warming related patents have been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Dochniak provides an easy-to-read summary of such patents, in addition to presenting inventor profiles and news articles that are thought-provoking.
‘Disciples of Flora’
‘Disciples of Flora’ explores gardens as sites of meaning and identity where culture and nature meet. Spanning ancient Rome to the present, this collection of essays revises garden histories, revealing alternative landscapes and contesting memories.
The 21st century presents many challenges to the hazard manager as changing conditions reshape disaster impacts and human vulnerability. This book examines evolving approaches to natural hazards, offering insights into applied research to inspire future work.