Philosophy of Nature
This philosophical treatise challenges the view that any form of manipulation of nature is equivalent to any other form rather than reflecting on how we…… Read More »
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
Famine, Affluence and Morality
The title essay of this book first came out in 1972 at the time of a vast refugee crisis involving 9 million people East Bengal.…… Read More »
China Confronts Climate Change
If one did not already realise, the foreword to this significant book highlights that China is currently responsible for one third of the the world's…… Read More »
Hope and Grief in the Anthropocene
This book is part of the new series on researching the Anthropocene, a term that is becoming increasingly familiar and which is explored in some…… Read More »
Earth Matters
Subtitled 'how soil underlies civilisation', this highly readable and authoritative book bridges the science of soil into a general readership and as such should be…… Read More »
The Sixth Extinction
This compelling and highly readable book one the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, which will not surprise the reader. The sixth extinction of the…… Read More »
Systems Thinking for Geoengineering Policy
Few people will be aware of number of high-profile reports that have been written on geoengineering, including by the Royal Society, the U.S. House committee…… Read More »
Environmental Change and the World's Futures
Authors: Jonathan Paul Marshall, Linda H. Connor
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
This collection investigates the changing socially-based perceptions of uncertain futures through the lenses of ecologies, ontologies and mythologies from a variety of cultural perspectives involving…… Read More »
From Field to Fork
Subtitled 'Food ethics for everyone', this must be the most comprehensive and accessible book on the topic by someone who is both highly informed and…… Read More »
A Future World Vision
One of the interesting aspects of this informative and wide-ranging book is its historical perspective on reform, going back to French revolution and dividing the…… Read More »