Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social NetworksDetailed case studies of agrecological initiatives show how growers, scientists, agricultural organizations, and public agencies can form partnerships to develop innovative, ecologically based techniques for reducing reliance on agrochemicals.
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Keith Douglass Warner, Fred Kirschenmann
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291
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9780262253970
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Are We Making the Grade?A timely survey of the state of America's environment: how we can take action to achieve a sustainable future.
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Harvey Blatt
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293
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9780262254632
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The Remaking of American EnvironmentalismChronicles the activist career of Barry Commoner, one of the most influential American environmental thinkers, and his role in recasting the environmental movement after World War II.
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Michael Egan
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320
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9780262251563
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Automakers, Oil, Pollution, and DevelopmentAnalyzes how the transfer of advanced automobile technology from U.S. firms affects the environment and economic development in China; with detailed case studies of Chinese joint ventures with Jeep, GM, and Ford.
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Kelly Sims Gallagher
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229
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9780262251853
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Climate Change and the UniversityExplains how members of college and university communities can take action on climate change: strategies, projects, and lessons in how to motivate complex organizations to make changes.
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Ann Rappaport, Sarah Hammond Creighton, Lawrence Bacow
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376
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9780262253352
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The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental MovementAnalysis and case studies from interdisciplinary perspectives explore the possibility and desirability of collaboration between the grassroots-oriented environmental justice movement and mainstream environmental organizations.
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Ronald Sandler, Phaedra C. Pezzullo
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366
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9780262253628
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Interdisciplinary scientific and policy analysis on the challenges of ensuring that adaptation to global climate change does not place unfair burdens on already vulnerable populations.
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W. Neil Adger, Jouni Paavola, Saleemul Huq, M. J. Mace
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335
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9780262254441
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Climate Change, Biodepletion, and Earth Ethics in an Age of CrisisEssays link Gaian science to such global environmental quandaries as climate change and biodiversity destruction, providing perspectives from science, philosophy, politics, and technology.
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Eileen Crist, H. Bruce Rinker, Bill McKibben
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352
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9780262259477
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Information and InfluenceA comparative analysis of global environmental assessments shows the importance of policy salience, scientific credibility, and social and political legitimacy in determining the influence of scientific assessments on global environmental policy.
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Ronald B. Mitchell, William C. Clark, David W. Cash, Nancy M. Dickson
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358
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9780262252850
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Global Challenges to Social TheoryLays the foundations for a new conceptualization of global environmental governance that draws on the flow perspective found in recent work in sociology.
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Gert Spaargaren, Arthur P. J. Mol, Frederick H. Buttel
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392
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9780262253598
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