Book Review Introduction In Part 7 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “We hope this manifesto can serve to further strengthen and accelerate the movement toward sustainable agriculture, food sovereignty, biodiversity, and agricultural diversity; help defend the rights of farmers to save, share, use, and improve seeds; and enhance …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART II Acknowledgments by Bruce Lansdale Two generations of American Farm School staff and both Greek and US trustees have shown patience, understanding, and a willingness to share their wisdom with me since I first arrived there at the age of 21. “Growing …
THE ASCENT OF MAN JACOB BROWNOWSKI MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS 1973 PART VIII Chapter 8: The Drive for Power Revolutions are not made by fate but by men. Sometimes they are solitary men of genius. But the great revolutions of the 18th century were made by many lesser men banded together. What drove them was …
OUTGROWING THE EARTH THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES LESTER BROWN EARTHSCAN 2005 PART II Growth: The environmental fallout The world economy, as now structured, is making excessive demands on the earth. Evidence of this can be seen in collapsing fisheries, shrinking forests, expanding deserts, rising CO2 …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART VIII Chapter 11: The Millennium, 9/11, and the United Nations The new millennium opened on a hopeful note. The world survived the widely feared Y2K computer crisis without incident. Celebrations the world over went …
THE EARTHSCAN READER IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EDITED BY JULES PRETTY EARTHSCAN 2005 PART III PART I: AGRARIAN AND RURAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 6: Becoming Native to This Place by Wes Jackson Chapter 7: Creating Social Capital by Cornelia Butler Flora and jan L. Flora PART 2: AGROECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Introduction to Part 2: Agroecological Perspectives …
Book Review Introduction In Part 6 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “This section provides specific principles and suggestions for changes in the rules of the WTO so that they are consistent with the goals of the commission.” “The goal of these proposed global trade rules is to promote …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 About the book and author The story of postwar Greece holds invaluable lessons for many developing countries today. In 1947 Greece had just emerged from a decade of war and strife; its villagers were demoralized and fleeing rural life for the cities; …
THE ASCENT OF MAN JACOB BROWNOWSKI MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS 1973 PART VII Chapter 7: The Majestic Clockwork By the year 1650, the center of gravity of the civilized world had shifted from Italy to Northern Europe. The obvious reason is that the trade routes of the world were different since the discovery and exploitation …
OUTGROWING THE EARTH THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES LESTER BROWN EARTHSCAN 2005 PART I About the author Lester R. Brown is President of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit, interdisciplinary research organization based in Washington, D.C., which he founded in May 2001. The purpose of the …
