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 …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART VII Chapter 10: The Voiceless Dying: Africa and Disease (Cont.) The malaria mystery I had a lot to learn about disease and public health. It took me a while to understand the dire state …
Book review Part 2 of The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Agriculture features An Amish Perspective by David Kline in which he tells us: “For the first 50 years after being deeded, the farm, with the high fertility of its woodland soils (Wooster silt loam), produced enough wealth for the family to prosper. Then starting around …
Book Review Introduction In Part 5 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “The ultimate solution to the social, economic, and ecological problems cited above is a transition to a more decentralized, democratic and cooperative, noncorporate, small-scale organic farming method, as practiced by traditional farming communities, agroecologists, and indigenous peoples …
THE ASCENT OF MAN JACOB BROWNOWSKI MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS 1973 PART VI Chapter 6: The Starry Messenger The first science in the modern sense that grew in the Mediterranean civilization was astronomy, the science that guides us through the cycle of the seasons. All settled cultures have a calendar to guide their plans. The …
BRUCE LANSDALE HONORARY DOCTORATE PART 7 THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BY Bruce M. Lansdale ATTITUDES TOWARD THE NATION The other myth which has been changing rapidly in my years in Greece relates to the attitude of the rural population to their country, to being Greek, to being a Greek Orthodox. …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART VI Chapter 5: Bolivia’s High-Altitude Hyperinflation Chapter 6: Poland’s Return to Europe Chapter 7: Reaping the Whirlwind: Russia’s Struggle for normalcy Chapter 8: China: Catching Up After Half a Millennium Chapter 9: India’s Market …
THE EARTHSCAN READER IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EDITED BY JULES PRETTY EARTHSCAN 2005 PART I PART I: AGRARIAN AND RURAL PERSPECTIVES Introduction to Part 1: Agrarian and Rural Perspectives by Jules Pretty Part 1 of this Reader in Sustainable Agriculture focuses on seven agrarian and rural perspectives on agricultural sustainability by Albert Howard, Aldo …
Book Review Introduction In Part 4 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “This manifesto is the outcome of a joint effort among participants in the meetings of the International Commission on the Future of Food, held in late 2002 and early 2003 in Tuscany, Italy.” “We urge people and …
