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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 ...

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: 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...

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...

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...

Authors: Environmentalists and biologists, commentators and natural philosophers in conversation with Fergus Beeley, Mary Colwill, and Joanne Stevens Publisher: BBC, United Kingdom (2006) Planet Earth is the most spectacular television series about the natural world that has ever been broadcast. It ...

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: 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...

Daily Herbal Throat Spray RESPIRATORY IMMUNE SUPPORT Think there is no way to naturally support rapid immune response Think again BiocidinTS is an easy-to-use throat spray that contains our proprietary Biocidin botanical blend. It was the subject of high quality research. The research showed that at...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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 ...

This is the 2.4GHz 4-Channel FHSS-4 SSL Telemetry Receiver features a built-in antenna This means no more antennas sticking out of the body, as well as no more worry about damaging the antenna during use. Just mount the RX-482 Super Response SSL receiver in the upright position in your model and enj...

Author: John Elkington Publisher: Victor Gollancz (1990) John Elkington give an insiders view of the Green movement on the threshold of the Nineties. As tv screens were filled with evocative images of burning rainforests and oilspills; every paper carried headlines on green issues. Hardback, 278 pages (Used)