Building Cultures of Trust
There has been widespread concern about the breakdown of trust in modern society at many different levels. Writing from an American viewpoint, the author begins…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Taking Your Soul to Work
Many of us are concerned about how we can best combine contemplation with action, doing with being. In this interesting book, the authors identify what…… Read More »
What is Money?
This is an unusual book, consisting as it does of a discussion held in 1984 between the artist Joseph Beuys, two professors of economics and…… Read More »
The Renewable Revolution
This book brings a holistic perspective to what the author regards as a non-energy crisis involving fuel shortages, rising prices, climate change, nuclear contamination, catastrophic…… Read More »
Renewable Energy - the Facts
As the title suggests, this is the most authoritative guide to renewable energy for the interested general reader as well as the specialist. Each of…… Read More »
Nature and Altering It
These lectures examine the meanings of the nature - beginning with 16 distinctive senses of the term, which in turn imply different relationships with the…… Read More »
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 »
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 »