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Humankind and Nature

An Endangered System of Interdependence in Today’s Globalising World

Edited By: Artur K. Wardega, Albert Wong

£47.99

This publication gathers Western and Asian experts from fields like ecology, religion, and ethics to address the ecological dilemma. This collection of essays will renew awareness and stimulate reflection on the spiritual and social dimensions of climate change.

Beyond the Bifurcation of Nature

A Common World for Animals and the Environment

Edited By: Dan Dombrowski, Brianne Donaldson

£44.99

A human-centric worldview must be dismantled. But what takes its place? This volume brings Alfred North Whitehead’s philosophy into conversation with science, religion, indigenous traditions, and art to ignite new experiments in thought and action.

Culture and Media

Ecocritical Explorations

Edited By: Rayson K. Alex, S. Susan Deborah, Sachindev P.S.

£44.99

Culture and Media: Ecocritical Explorations closes a critical gap by applying Indian ecocriticism and tinai theory to visual texts. This volume challenges dominant theories, giving centre stage to a perspective that will shape the future of world cinema.

Green Growth

From Theory to Action, From Practice to Power

Edited By: Stéphanie Bory, Muriel Cassel-Piccot

£44.99

This book examines globalisation, the environment, and technology. Following an international conference, it offers a pluralistic approach to these critical issues, bringing together academics, actors, and politicians to move from theory to action.

Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change to Tourism

Case Studies of Best Practice

Edited By: Louis D'Amore, Patrick Kalifungwa

£54.99

The travel and tourism industry is both a significant contributor to climate change and is directly impacted by it. As a vital driver of the global economy, the sector must adapt. This collection offers indispensable insights and models of best practice.

Environment and Ecology in the Mediterranean Region

Edited By: Recep Efe, Shahina Ghazanfar, Munir Ozturk

£49.99

The Mediterranean Basin's high biodiversity and 8000 years of history face a great threat from urbanisation and habitat destruction. Both its historical heritage and geography are at risk. This book synthesises knowledge to increase awareness and save the basin.

The Mediterranean Basin’s high biodiversity and 8000 years of history face a great threat from urbanisation and habitat destruction. Both its historical heritage and geography are at risk. This book synthesises knowledge to increase awareness and save the basin.

Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and their Families after Disasters

A Global Survey

By: Adenrele Awotona

£49.99

Disasters impose enormous misery on children. This volume explores how to reconstruct sustainable communities that are safe for children and their families, covering topics from gender equality and child soldiers to lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami.

Nuclear Proliferation and the Dilemma of Peace in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By: David A. Valone

£34.99

President Jimmy Carter recalls the imminent nuclear threat he faced in the White House. He is joined by experts and a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb in this collection of talks on nuclear disarmament and the ongoing struggle for peace.

Comparative Philosophy Today and Tomorrow

Proceedings from the 2007 Uehiro CrossCurrents Philosophy Conference

Edited By: Geoff Ashton, Joshua P. Kimber, Sarah A. Mattice

£44.99

With a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, this collection of essays juxtaposes philosophical views on shared themes, stimulating fresh insight into contemporary issues from self-cultivation to global justice and the connections between East and West.

Current Trends in Human Ecology

Edited By: Alpina Begossi, Priscila Lopes

From £29.99

This interdisciplinary book explores human ecology, revealing the social and cultural processes linking us to our environment. Using global case studies on climate change, it shows how degradation affects vulnerable communities and offers sustainable alternatives.

The Culture of Energy

Edited By: Mogens Rüdiger

£34.99

The modern world's continuous use of energy suspended the natural alternation between light and dark, warmth and cold. In The Culture of Energy, historians, social scientists and architects examine this energy culture, from lighting to nuclear power.

The modern world’s continuous use of energy suspended the natural alternation between light and dark, warmth and cold. In The Culture of Energy, historians, social scientists and architects examine this energy culture, from lighting to nuclear power.

“What is the Earthly Paradise?”

Ecocritical Responses to the Caribbean

Edited By: Chris Campbell, Erin Somerville

£29.99

The Caribbean faces an ecological crisis born from natural disasters and historical degradation. This book provides a double insight, examining both the region's environmental problems in practice and the cultural responses from writers like Derek Walcott and V.S. Naipaul.

The Caribbean faces an ecological crisis born from natural disasters and historical degradation. This book provides a double insight, examining both the region’s environmental problems in practice and the cultural responses from writers like Derek Walcott and V.S. Naipaul.

The Hydropolitics of Africa

A Contemporary Challenge

Edited By: Raj Bardouille, Mechthild Nagel, Muna Ndulo

£39.99

Water is an essential resource and a source of disease and conflict in Africa, where global warming threatens survival. This volume traces the dynamics of contemporary hydropolitics through technical, institutional, and social policy analyses.

Art, Ethics and Environment

A Free Inquiry Into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature

Edited By: Ólafur Páll Jónsson, Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir

£34.99

Since the 1960s, new affinities between art and nature have blurred ancient distinctions. This collection of essays explores these changing moods in art and philosophy, discussing nature as an independent source of moral and aesthetic value.