Month: October 2011

Index to Postings October 2011

INDEX TO POSTINGS IN OCTOBER 2011 A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations by Clive Ponting part 9                     October 1 The Story of Man: An Introduction to 150,0/00 years of Human History Part 13 by Cyril Aydon                                             October 2 Feeding the Ten Billion: Plants and …

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The Economics of Innocent Fraud Part 1

THE ECONOMICS OF INNOCENT FRAUD J.K. GALBRAITH PENGUIN BOOKS              2004/2005 PART I   Back cover A lifelong critic of unbridled corporate power and the most widely read economist of the 20th century, the legendary Harvard professor J.K. Galbraith has been published by Penguin for more than 40 years. His latest book, The Economics of Innocent …

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Seven Tomorrows Part 1

SEVEN TOMORROWS TOWARD A VOLUNTARY HISTORY THE POTENTIAL CRISES THAT FACE HUMANKIND – AND THE ROLE OF CHOICE IN DETERMINING THE FUTURE PAUL HAWKEN, JAMES OGILVY, PETER SCHWARTZ BANTAM NEW AGE BOOKS                  1982 PART I   Back cover THE OFFICIAL FUTURE – Where people gladly trade environmental deterioration, rising crime and personal freedom for technological …

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A Green History of the World Part 14

A NEW GREEN HISTORY OF THE WORLD THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE COLLAPSE OF GREAT CIVILISATIONS CLIVE PONTING VINTAGE BOOKS              2007 PART XIV Chapter 11: The Weight of Numbers (Cont.) Soil erosion In almost every part of the world modern agriculture has led to severe soil erosion in the wake of deforestation, ploughing up of grasslands …

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The Real Environmental Crisis Part 2

THE REAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS WHY POVERTY, NOT AFFLUENCE, IS THE ENVIRONMENT’S NUMBER ONE ENEMY JACK M. HOLLANDER UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS                       2003 PART 1I Introduction: A Crisis of Pessimism (Cont.) The environmental legacy of Vietnam Although the influence of science on the environmental movement remained strong during the 1960s and 1970s, the influence of politics …

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Competing for the Future

COMPETING FOR THE FUTURE BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGIES FOR SEIZING CONTROL OF YOUR INDUSTRY AND CREATING THE MARKETS OF TOMORROW GARY HAMEL & C.K. PRAHALAD HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS                       1994   Preface and acknowledgments The book you are holding is the record of a unique partnership spanning seventeen years. In 1977 one off us (Gary) was a …

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A Green History of the World Part 13

A NEW GREEN HISTORY OF THE WORLD THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE COLLAPSE OF GREAT CIVILISATIONS CLIVE PONTING VINTAGE BOOKS              2007 PART XIII Chapter 11: The Weight of Numbers (Cont.) Agriculture and the environment The huge increase in the amount of land under cultivation, the extension of pasture land into new areas and the intensification of …

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