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Terra Viva: My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements by Vandana Shiva
RRP: $39.88$26.78'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists.' The Guardian 'Vandana Shiva is an expert [on the dangers of gobalization] whose analysis has helped us understand this situation much more deeply.' Russell Brand A powerful new memoir... -
How Economics Can Save the World by Erik Angner
RRP: $42.00$30.01Economics has the power to make the world a better, happier and safer place: this book shows you howOur world is in a mess. The challenges of climate change, inequality, hunger and a global pandemic mean our way of life seems more imperilled and society... -
Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy by Kohei Saito
RRP: $52.50$41.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583676400Author Kohei SaitoFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
The Art of Enough: How to move from striving to thriving in your life, your work and our world by Becky Hall
RRP: $31.48$20.58***THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE 2022/23 SHORTLISTED TITLE***Ever feel like you aren't Enough? Overwhelmed by too many demands?Concerned about over-consumption and the climate crisisYou're not alone. The Art of Enough is the challenge of our age.In a world... -
Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive it by David Fleming
RRP: $84.00$58.28Lean Logic is David Fleming's masterpiece, the product of more than thirty years' work and a testament to the creative brilliance of one of Britain's most important intellectuals. A dictionary unlike any other, it leads readers through Fleming's... -
Designing for the Circular Economy by Martin Charter
RRP: $113.38$100.53The circular economy describes a world in which reuse through repair, reconditioning and refurbishment is the prevailing social and economic model. The business opportunities are huge but developing product and service offerings and achieving competitive... -
Where Are The Bins?: How I Greened My Family and Discovered An Easier Life by Kate Hughes
RRP: $18.88$12.22ONE FAMILY'S REVOLT AGAINST EVERYDAY POLLUTION When a beanbag sent thousands of polystyrene balls flying through her garden, Kate Hughes decided to make a break with the throwaway society. She and her husband transformed the lives of their ordinary... -
Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy by David Fleming
RRP: $29.38$19.32Surviving the Future is a story drawn from the fertile ground of the late David Fleming's extraordinary Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It. That hardback consists of four hundred and four interlinked dictionary entries,... -
To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World? by Lucy Siegle
RRP: $27.28$17.81An expose on the fashion industry written by the Observer's 'Ethical Living' columnist, examining the inhumane and environmentally devastating story behind the clothes we so casually buy and wear. Coming at a time when the global financial... -
The B Corp Handbook: How You Can Use Business as a Force for Good by Ryan Honeyman
RRP: $56.70$36.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523097531Author Ryan HoneymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers -
Waste to Wealth: The Circular Economy Advantage by Peter Lacy 9781137530684
RRP: $94.48$85.22Waste to Wealth proves that 'green' and 'growth' need not be binary alternatives. The book examines five new business models that provide circular growth from deploying sustainable resources to the sharing economy before setting out what business leaders... -
The Price of Fish: A New Approach to Wicked Economics and Better Decisions by Michael Mainelli
RRP: $27.28$18.06In The Price of Fish, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris examine in a unique way the world's most abiding and wicked problems sustainability, global warming, over-fishing, overpopulation, the pensions crisis; all of which are characterized by a set of... -
Earth Wars: The Battle for Global Resources by Geoff Hiscock 9781118152881
RRP: $56.68$49.27A fascinating insight into the global battle for our energy future The global competition for scarce natural resources that pits the West against the super-hot economies of China and India, plus a clutch of other contenders including Russia, Brazil,... -
Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World by William D. Nordhaus
RRP: $33.58$29.86The 2018 Nobel laureate for economics analyzes the politics and economics of the central environmental issue of today and points the way to real solutionsClimate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and... -
Liquid Asset: How Business and Government Can Partner to Solve the Freshwater Crisis by Barton H. Thompson, Jr. 9781503632417
RRP: $54.58$46.28A sweeping, policy-oriented account of the private and public management of the world's essential natural resource. Governments dominated water management throughout the twentieth century. Tasked with ensuring a public supply of clean, safe, reliable,... -
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas L. Friedman
RRP: $27.28$19.09THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WORLD IS FLATWe all sense it: something big is going on. Life is speeding up, and it is dizzying. Here Thomas L. Friedman reveals the tectonic movements that are reshaping our world, how to adapt to... -
Green and Prosperous Land: A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside by Dieter Helm
RRP: $20.98$13.69'One of the most important books of the decade' Country Life Finally, a practical, realistic plan to rescue, preserve and enhance nature. News about Britain's wildlife and ecosystems tends to be grim. In... -
No Logo (Collins Modern Classics) by Naomi Klein
RRP: $23.08$15.23Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. When No Logo was first... -
The World In A Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization by Vince Beiser
RRP: $33.58$24.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399576447Author Vince BeiserFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Why We Disagree about Climate Change: Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity by Mike Hulme
RRP: $65.08$48.83Climate change is not 'a problem' waiting for 'a solution'. It is an environmental, cultural and political phenomenon which is re-shaping the way we think about ourselves, our societies and humanity's place on Earth. Drawing upon twenty-five years of... -
Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society, and the Economy by Wayne Visser
RRP: $47.78$40.99A positive solution to climate destruction that recognizes the need to integrate natural and social sciences and business. Written by a top thinker in sustainability and responsible business, Thriving promotes change through innovation and... -
Sustainability Principles and Practice by Margaret Robertson
RRP: $92.38$81.56Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. The focus is on furnishing solutions and equipping students with both conceptual understanding and technical skills... -
Rethinking Capitalism: Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth by Mariana Mazzucato
RRP: $32.55$29.40"Thought provoking and fresh - this book challenges how we think about economics."Gillian Tett, Financial Times For further information about recent publicity events and media coverage for Rethinking Capitalism please visit http://marianamazzucato... -
Hot Money by Naomi Klein
RRP: $10.48$7.98In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In Hot Money Naomi Klein lays out the evidence that deregulated capitalism is waging war on the climate, and shows that, in order to stop the damage, we must change... -
Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to Value the Planet, Solve the Climate Crisis, and Protect Our Most Precious Assets by Paula DiPerna 9781119913801
RRP: $48.28$31.86An exciting exploration of the new frontier of finance, to value the planet and protect what has too long been treated as free and taken for granted--the natural assets we need and love most In Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to... -
Carbon Done Correctly: A Model for Climate Mitigation from the Global South to Wall Street by Richard H. Lawrence, Jr. 9781804090619
RRP: $69.28$44.88In the fight against climate change, the world cannot wait for some hoped-for perfect solution in the future. The crisis is upon us, and we need action now. We need as many different strategies, tools, and ideas as possible; and we need them working... -
Resource And Environmental Economics: Modern Issues And Applications by Clement A Tisdell
RRP: $283.50$246.88This important book deals with the essential principles of resource and environmental economics, provides applications to contemporary issues in this field, and outlines and assesses policies being used or proposed for managing the use of environmental... -
Green and Prosperous Land: A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside by Dieter Helm 9780008304478
$16.84'One of the most important books of the decade' Country Life Finally, a practical, realistic plan to rescue, preserve and enhance nature. News about Britain's wildlife and ecosystems tends to be grim. In... -
On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein
RRP: $27.28$19.09'Naomi Klein's work has always moved and guided me. She is the great chronicler of our age of climate emergency, an inspirer of generations' - Greta Thunberg For more than twenty years Naomi Klein's books have defined our era, chronicling the... -
Race for Tomorrow: The Scramble for Riches and Survival on a Changing Planet by Simon Mundy
RRP: $42.00$23.79As featured on CNN's Amanpour & Company and BBC Radio 4's Start the Week with Andrew Marr One of the Financial Times' best books of 2021 In this extraordinary journey through twenty-six countries, Simon Mundy meets the... -
Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future by Joel Wainwright
RRP: $23.08$17.81**Winner of the 2019 Sussex International Theory Prize**Despite the science and the summits, leading capitalist states have not achieved anything close to an adequate level of carbon mitigation. There is now simply no way to prevent the planet breaching... -
The Day the World Stops Shopping: How ending consumerism gives us a better life and a greener world by J. B. MacKinnon
RRP: $20.98$14.93We can't stop shopping but we must stop shopping - the consumer dilemma that defines our lives and our future. What would happen if we did?We are using up the planet at almost double the rate it can regenerate. To support our economies, we're told we... -
Performance Metrics for Sustainable Cities by Sylvie Albert 9780367561338
RRP: $83.98$73.63Performance Metrics for Sustainable Cities provides an overview of measurement systems and tools to enable communities to self-assess and benchmark their progress along a continuum of smart, intelligent, and sustainable development. It begins by... -
Six Steps Back to the Land: Why We Need Small Mixed Farms and Millions More Farmers by Colin Tudge
RRP: $41.98$39.48An exploration into how we can have truly sustainable, resilient and productive farms. In the 1930s, nutritionists claimed that the increase in population size would soon make it challenging to eat enough protein, which they thought was only... -
Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations: The Sociology and Technology of Energy by Allan Mazur
RRP: $83.98$73.63Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the... -
Oneness vs. the 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom by Vandana Shiva
RRP: $41.90$31.44With a new epilogue about Bill Gates's global agenda and how we can resist the billionaires' war on life "This is what globalization looks like: Opportunism. Exploitation. Further centralization of power. Further disempowerment of ordinary people. . ... -
Forestland Investment: Valuation and Analysis by Bin Mei 9781032433097
RRP: $77.68$68.31Forestland investment has surged in the past few decades as a result of land ownership change in the forestry industry. Timberland investment and management organizations and real estate investment trusts have bought up land and resources that were... -
Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being by Alastair McIntosh
RRP: $20.98$19.91Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2021 for Writing on Global Conservation Climate change is the greatest challenge to humankind today. While the coronavirus sheds a light on the vulnerability of our interconnected world, the effects of global... -
The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey D. Sachs
RRP: $79.80$63.92Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly... -
The Circular Economy (for regular people): How to Live Sustainably by Claire Potter
RRP: $31.48$19.45Looking to live a life that goes beyond 'sustainability'? Welcome to the circular economy.But what it is exactly? Taking inspiration from nature, the circular economy is a series of interconnecting systems that make everyday life more sustainable. Plus,...