Enough is Plenty
The title exactly describes the content of this stimulating book. It was started in 2006, before the credit crunch, and its thoughts have become even…… Read More »
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
2011 State of the World
The 2011 edition of this annual publication concentrates on innovations that nourish the planet, addressing some of the key issues relating to the future of…… Read More »
Smart Growth: from Sprawl to Sustainability
The basic contention of this book is that low-density urban sprawl based on the spread of the car is unsustainable at a time of climate…… Read More »
Democracy and the Fall of the West
A controversial and stimulating book arguing that modern democracy is actually leading to a new tyranny, and that the concept of a liberal democracy is…… Read More »
Making the Most of the Water We Have
Authors: David B. Brooks, Oliver M. Brandes, Stephen Gurman
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
A volume about the soft path approach to water management, which will be a key ecological and political issue over the next 30 years. Few…… Read More »
THE MEAT CRISIS
Authors: John Webster, Joyce D'Silva
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
In the introduction to this important book, the editors sum up our situation by saying that we eat too much meat for our own good…… Read More »
Peoplequake
The subject of population often comes up at party conversations about the environment. However, very few people are aware of all the dimensions of this…… Read More »
WORLD ON THE EDGE
Many readers will be familiar with Lester Brown's previous work on eco-economies, including his books on Plan B, now in version 4.0. This is his…… Read More »
HERE ON EARTH
How lucky we are to be alive, and indeed that there should be life. Here we are after 4.8 billion years on a fragment of…… Read More »
Approaching Chaos
This book has an original take on the prospects for global civilisation as we face economic, ecological and even spiritual meltdown. By civilisation the author…… Read More »