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Ugly Truth About Small Business
Sourcebooks, Inc. 2005; US$ 12.99Advice and inspiration for entrepreneurs. more...
Ecosystem Organization of a Complex Landscape
Springer 2008; US$ 199.99This volume provides a synthesis of long-term ecological analyses in the BornhAved Lake District as a representative landscape of northern Germany. The emphasis is on the comprehensive assessment of matter and energy fluxes in and between the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and their biocoenotic structures and dynamics on the one hand, and on transdisciplinary... more...
Sustainable Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 19.00This book takes a careful look at the concept sustainable development: what it means; how it is affected by production, consumption and globalisation; how it can be measured, and what can be done to promote it. The OECD produces data, research and policy recommendations on many issues related to sustainable development, including climate change, co-operation... more...
Revolution in a Bottle
Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 15.00The amazing story of what Inc. calls ?The coolest little startup in America.? While a freshman at Princeton, Tom Szaky co- founded a company that recycles garbage into worm poop, liquefies it, then packages it in used soda bottles, creating TerraCycle Plant Food. Five years later, this all-natural, highly effective fertilizer is available in every... more...
Environmental Management Systems
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 105.00Implementing an Environmental Management System (EMS) has become a crucial consideration for large organizations. This book offers insight to practitioners and professional students as to why they have been developed, how they are implemented and the barriers that can impact on their effectiveness. A practical, experience-based text written by leading... more...
Understanding Sustainable Development
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 35.00Sustainable development is notoriously difficult to grasp for students and professionals. Multidimensional, encompassing social, ecological and economic theories, policies and practice, it can be a maze of complexity and contradiction. This powerful new textbook, by a topic instructor in the field, is the first to unravel sustainable development and... more...
A Conservationist Manifesto
Indiana University Press 2009; US$ 16.99As an antidote to the destructive culture of consumption dominating American life today, Scott Russell Sanders calls for a culture of conservation that allows us to savor and preserve the world, instead of devouring it. How might we shift to a more durable and responsible way of life? What changes in values and behavior will be required? Ranging geographically... more...
Innovative Approaches to Global Sustainability
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 33.00A concrete, action-based look at the ways businesses can become sustainable as moving towards a sustainable world becomes more and more important. more...
Strengthening the World Bank's Role in Global Programs and Partnerships
World Bank Publications 2006; US$ 9.99This volume reports on a conference held by the World Bank's independent Operations Evaluation Department (OED) to discuss the Bank's rote in global program partnerships. The starting point for the discussions was a comprehensive review by OED of the effectiveness of 26 of the largest programs, including the Consultative Group on International... more...
Egypt
World Bank Publications 2009; US$ 19.99This report reviews World Bank support to Egypt from fiscal 1999 through fiscal 2007. It analyzes the objectives and content of the Banks assistance program during this period. The Banks assistance program largely met its objectives and contributed significantly to policy and institutional changes, especially in the financial sector, privatization,... more...









