Social Learning Towards A Sustainable World: Principles, Perspectives, and Praxis

Social Learning Towards A Sustainable World: Principles, Perspectives, and Praxis
Arjen E.J. Wals (Sous la direction de)

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This comprehensive volume - containing 27 chapters and contributions from
six continents - presents and discusses key principles, perspectives, and
practices of social learning in the context of sustainability. Social
learning is explored from a range of fields challenged by sustainability
including: organizational learning, environmental management and corporate
social responsibility; multi-stakeholder governance; education, learning
and educational psychology; multiple land-use and integrated rural
development; and consumerism and critical consumer education. An entire
section of the book is devoted to a number of reflective case studies of
people, organizations and communities using forms of social learning in
moving towards sustainability.

Climate Dependence And Food Problems In Russia, 1900-1990: The Interaction Of Climate And Agricultural Policy and Their Effect on Food Problems

Climate Dependence And Food Problems In Russia, 1900-1990: The Interaction Of Climate And Agricultural Policy and Their Effect on Food Problems
Nikolai M. Dronin (Sous la direction de), Edward G. Bellinger (Sous la direction de)

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Between 1900 and 1990 there were several periods of grain and other food shortages in Russia and the former Soviet Union, some of which reached disaster proportions resulting in mass famine and death on an unprecedented scale. New stocks of information not previously accessible as well as traditional official and other sources have been used to explore the extent to which policy and vagaries in climate conspired to affect agricultural yields. Were the leaders' (Stalin, Krushchev, Brezhnev and Gorbachev) policies sound in theory but failed in practice because of unpredictable weather? How did the Soviet peasants react to these changes? What impact did Soviet agriculture have on the overall economy of the country? These are all questions that are taken into account. The book is arranged in chapters representing different time periods. In each the policy of the central government is discussed followed by the climate vagaries during that period. Crop yields are then analyzed in the light of policy and climate

Earth Negotiations: Analyzing Thirty Years of Environmental Diplomacy

Earth Negotiations: Analyzing Thirty Years of Environmental Diplomacy
Pamela Chasek (Auteur)

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Global environmental problems pose important diplomatic and legal challenges to the international community. The nature of these problems requires an unprecedented degree of international cooperation both in terms of scientific research and the harmonization of regulations that is achieved through negotiation. Earth Negotiations presents a phased-process model that can enable greater understanding of the process by which international environmental agreements can be negotiated. Six discernible phases and five associated turning points within the process of multilateral environmental negotiation are identified and explained. The model is then used to examine relationships among the phases and turning points and between the processes and the outcome to see if there is anything that occurs in the earlier phases of negotiation that affects subsequent phases and if there is anything in the process that may have an effect on the outcome. The aim of this publication is to determine what lessons can be learned from past cases of multilateral environmental negotiation in order to help both practitioners and scholars strengthen the negotiating process and the quality of its results.

The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity

The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity
Ron Pernick (Auteur), Clint Wilder (Auteur)

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Around the world, renewable energy and other clean energy, transportation, water, and materials technologies are now moving solidly into the mainstream, affecting millions of lives. Long considered the "alternative" province of altruistic environmentalists and scientists on research grants, clean tech has emerged as an increasingly lucrative business. In fact, at a time when we face increased challenges from high energy prices, record deficits, and global security challenges, clean tech promises to be the next big engine of economic growth.In "The Clean Tech Revolution", authors Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder uncover how businesses, investors, and individuals stand to profit from the next wave of clean tech innovation. They show how clean technologies - everything from the familiar solar energy and hybrid electric cars to the more obscure cellulose-based ethanol and ultraviolet-based water purification - have opened up unprecedented opportunities for wealth creation, high-growth career development, and innovative solutions to a range of global problems. A groundbreaking, must-read book for those looking to understand and profit from the clean technologies that are reshaping our fast-changing world.

Environmental Economics For Non-Economists: Techniques And Policies For Sustainable Development

Environmental Economics For Non-Economists: Techniques And Policies For Sustainable Development
John Asafu-Adjaye (Auteur)

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