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  • Climate change and sustainable developmentby Thomas Potthast; Simon Meisch

    Springer 2012; US$ 99.00

    Climate change is a major framing condition for sustainable development of agriculture and food. Global food production is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and at the same time it is among the sectors worst affected by climate change.This book brings together a multidisciplinary group of authors exploring the ethical dimensions... more...

  • Still Lifeby Henrietta L. Moore

    Wiley 2013; US$ 64.95

    How adequate are our theories of globalisation for analysing the worlds we share with others? In this provocative new book, Henrietta Moore asks us to step back and re-examine in a fresh way the interconnections normally labeled 'globalisation'. Rather than beginning with abstract processes and flows, Moore starts by analyzing the hopes, desires and... more...

  • Nature, Value, Dutyby Christopher J. Preston; Wayne Ouderkirk

    Springer 2006; US$ 179.99

    Gifford Lecturer and Templeton Prize winner Holmes Rolston, III is widely known as the father of environmental ethics. This book presents a collection of contemporary writings on the work of Holmes Rolston, III. It provides an evaluation of many of the topics discussed by Rolston, probing the strengths and weaknesses of his work. more...

  • Philosophy and the Natural Environmentby Robin Attfield; Andrew Belsey

    Cambridge University Press 1994; US$ 40.00

    Leading international environmental philosophers further the debate about the environment and the metaphysical, ethical, social and international implications. more...

  • Planet Earth, The Futureby Fergus Beeley; Rosamund Kidman Cox; Jonathan Porritt

    Ebury Publishing 2010; US$ 10.67

    Planet Earth is the most spectacular look at our planet that has ever been broadcast. It has made millions of viewers aware of the breathtaking beauty and variety of life on our planet, and just as importantly how fragile that life can be. The premise of Planet Earth - The Future is to identify environmental and conservation issues that... more...

  • Preservation Versus the People?by Mathew Humphrey

    OUP Oxford 2002; US$ 124.99

    Why should any society take the decision to devote scarce resources, as a matter of public policy, to preserving natural objects? This is one of the questions considered in the field of environmental ethics, and the thinking that has taken place in this discipline has been dominated by the 'ecocentric-anthropocentric' distinction. Answers focus... more...

  • Against Ecological Sovereigntyby Mick Smith

    University of Minnesota Press 2011; US$ 75.00

    Against Ecological Sovereignty is a passionate defense of radical ecology that speaks directly to current debates concerning the nature, and dangers, of sovereign power. Engaging the work of Bataille, Arendt, Levinas, Nancy, and Agamben, among others, Mick Smith reconnects the political critique of sovereign power with ecological considerations, arguing... more...

  • Chinnagounder's Challengeby Deane W. Curtin

    Indiana University Press 1999; US$ 11.95

    "... an important contribution to environmental philosophy.... includes provocative discussions of institutional and systemic violence, indigenous resistance to 'development,' the land ethic, deep ecology, ecofeminism, women's ecological knowledge, Jeffersonian agrarian republicanism, Berry's ideas about ... more...

  • Environmental Valuesby John O'Neill; Alan Holland; Andrew Light

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 56.95

    We live in a world confronted by mounting environmental problems; increasing global deforestation and desertification, loss of species diversity, pollution and global warming. In everyday life people mourn the loss of valued landscapes and urban spaces. Underlying these problems are conflicting priorities and values. Yet dominant approaches to policy-making... more...

  • A Theory of Ecological Justiceby Brian Baxter

    Routledge 2004; US$ 160.00

    This book argues for ecological justice - that is, for treating species besides Homo sapiens as having a claim in justice to a share of the Earth's resources. more...