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The uninhabitable earth : life after warming
It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible—food shortages, refugee emergencies, climate wars and economic devastation. An “epoch-defining book” (The Guardian) and “this generation’s Silent Spring” (The Washington Post), The Uninhabitable E…
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- 9780525576716
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- 361 hlm. ; 21 cm
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- 304.2 WAL T
The ecology of commerce : a declaration of sustainability
The Ecology of Commerce is the provocative national bestseller that addresses the necessity of merging good business practices with common sense environmental concerns. Nearly two decades after its initial publication, this controversial work by Paul Hawken has been revised and updated, arguing why business success and sustainable environmental practices need not—and, for the sake of our plan…
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- 9780061252792
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- xxiii, 224 hlm. ; 21 cm
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- 658.408 HAW T
Thinking in systems : a primer
In the years following her role as the lead author of the international best seller, Limits to Growth - the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet - Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales rangin…
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- 9781603580557
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- xxv, 218 hlm. : ilus. ; 23 cm
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- 003 MEA T
Exploring the green economy : issues, challenges and benefits
In considering how we can meet environmental targets, crucial to delivering Net Zero and fulfilling our commitments to the Paris Agreement, and in the context of the fact that we are holding the COP26 Climate Conference later this year, we must now focus on action and on increasing the pace of our response. Faced with impending catastrophe, action is urgently required. It is imperative that …
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- 9798532032347
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- 147 hlm. : ilus. ; 23 cm
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- 338.927 NIE E
Material world : a substantial story of our past and future
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium. They built our world, and they will transform our future. These are the six most crucial substances in human history. They took us from the Dark Ages to the present day. They power our computers and phones, build our homes and offices, and create life-saving medicines. But most of us take them completely for granted. In Material World, Ed Conway …
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- 9780753559178
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- viii, 501 hlm. ; 20 cm
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- 333.8 CON M
Silent spring
Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, SILENT SPRING exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Rachel carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired…
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- 9780141184944
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- xxi, 309 hlm. ; 20 cm
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- 363.7384 CAR S
Multipliers : how the best leaders make everyone smart
A revised and updated edition of the acclaimed Wall Street Journal bestseller that explores why some leaders drain capability and intelligence from their teams while others amplify it to produce better business leadership results. We’ve all had experience with two dramatically different types of leaders. The first type drains intelligence, energy, and capability from the people around them…
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- 9780062699176
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- xxii, 360 hlm. : ilus. ; 23 cm
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- 658.4092 WIS M
Power : why some people have it--and others don't
Some people have it, and others don’t. Jeffrey Pfeffer explores why, in Power. One of the greatest minds in management theory and author or co-author of thirteen books, including the seminal business-school text Managing With Power, Jeffrey Pfeffer shows readers how to navigate the realities of organizational politics to succeed and wield power in the real world. This unflinching busine…
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- 9780061789083
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- 273 hlm. ; 24 cm
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- 650.1 PFE P
The climate book : the facts and the solutions
We still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds. There is hope—but only if we listen to the science before it's too late. In The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg has gathered th…
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- 9780593492321
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- 446 hlm. : ilus. ; 24 cm
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- 363.73874 THU T
Not the end of the world : how we can be the first generation to build a sust…
It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, and that we should reconsider having children. But in this bold, radically hopeful book, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that if we zoom out, a very different picture…
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- 9780316536752
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- 341 hlm. : ilus. ; 25 cm
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- 338.927 RIT N
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