How has the world lost three quarters of its crop diversity in less than a century? How does a collection of seeds frozen in the Arctic help face t...

As consumers demand planet-friendly products and investors look for "green companies" to put their money into, more and more businesses are activel...

This book examines China's greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation policies. Debate on potential climate change legislation in the United States ha...

Sustainable energy is the provision of energy such that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to...

The cars which emit no greenhouse gases or creates no pollution... Cell phones and laptops working for a long time with a single cartridge without ...

In a world faced with massive and ever-growing energy demands where the environment is an important factor, an array of new technologies and or fue...

Through architectural photography, technical diagrams, and expert prose, this book explores the environmental benefits as well as stylish and innov...

Our progressive philosophy calls for more freedom and more prosperity for more people. Yet author Kevin Galalae says you can't always have more. Ov...

This book examines the opportunities and constraints of environmental leapfrogging in Asia by zooming in on several country cases: China, Vietnam, ...

Nature thrives on diversity and flexibility, gaining strength from heterogeneity, whereas the quest for homogeneity seems to motivate much of moder...

Nature thrives on diversity and flexibility, gaining strength from heterogeneity, whereas the quest for homogeneity seems to motivate much of moder...

This book focuses on technological solutions that promise sustainability in the long term including thermodynamic reversibility, negative entropy, ...

This book presents a tapestry of perspectives on food and the interplay of health, cultural ecology, and environment, which are the fabric and foun...

Nature thrives on diversity and flexibility, gaining strength from heterogeneity, whereas the quest for homogeneity seems to motivate much of moder...

This book presents new and important research advances in the field of sustainable development which has been defined as balancing the fulfilment o...

An international team of leading scholars and young researchers in environmental psychology offers a relatively new perspective on the origin and s...

High petroleum and gasoline prices, concerns over global climate change, and the desire to promote domestic rural economies have greatly increased ...

Generally the topics presented in this book cover wide aspects connected with renewable resources, how they can be obtained, assessed, processed an...

With the state of global ice constantly in the news, one mountain journalist examines Canadian glaciers to uncover their secrets and their future.F...

Sustainable development is all about integrating all of our present day needs with the needs of society, the environment and global citizenship, in...

Ecology is the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their environment, including the biotic and abiotic components. There are at l...

The idea and practice of sustainable development has come of age. There is a growing interest in supporting people, communities, society and the ea...

This is an introduction to present sustainable development including its processes, challenges and prospects. We are living in an era of rapid tech...