Our planet is in trouble. But how can we reverse the current crisis and create a sustainable future? The answer is: DEGROWTH. Less is More is the wake-up call we need. By shining a light on ecological breakdown and the system that's causing it, Hickel shows how we can bring our economy back into balance with the living world and build a thriving society for all. This is our chance to change course, but we must act now.

"Klein argues that climate change isn't just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. It's an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. Klein ... builds the case for how massively reducing our greenhouse emissions is our best chance to simultaneously reduce gaping inequalities, re-imagine our broken democracies, and rebuild our gutted local economies"--

Our current economic system-which assumes endless growth and limitless potential wealth-flies in the face of the fact that the earth's resources are finite. The result is increasing destruction of the natural world and growing, sometimes lethal, tension between rich and poor, global north and south. Trying to fix problems piecemeal is not the solution. We need a comprehensive new vision of an economy that can serve people and all of life's commonwealth. Peter...

This publication documents the proceedings of the Second South Asia Judicial Roundtable on Environmental Justice, held on 30-31 August 2013 in Thimphu, Bhutan. It brought together chief justices, senior judges, and experts from various fields to consider common environmental challenges in the region, share experiences, and discuss opportunities for cooperation between judiciaries to enhance environmental adjudication and enforcement. The recommendations...

New York City, 1928. Master thief Mac must join an FBI sting operation against a cadre of corrupt bankers. Music, murder, and mayhem ensue, both at the speakeasy where criminals scheme and on Wall Street where financiers conspire. This satirical play with songs exposes the world of corporate crime and, like The Beggar's Opera of 1728 that inspired it, challenges the conservatism that is increasingly apparent today. George F. Walker is one of Canada's...

"Este libro es una exhortación a modificar patrones de conducta, lo que incluye el desarrollo de un paradigma y de políticas públicas que nos encaucen hacia un futuro más próspero, equilibrado y sostenible... " Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia Alejandro Pagés nos guía hábilmente por un viaje de concientización y renovación de los lazos humanos con la naturaleza, con el fin de orientar acciones hacia la restauración de la biodiversidad...

Adquirir y/o actualizar conocimientos relacionados con la más avanzada gestión de los aspectos ambientales relacionados con el ámbito empresarial. Manual formativo sobre ingeniería medioambiental.

Finally, a friendly book to read on the globalization of markets with an Aha moment!Will you go out into the world market and cold call chambers of commerce, businesses, and economic development institutions, for three years?Is finding a solution to economic development your passion? What are the things that are working and not working in attracting investment, developing trade relationship and creating value for SME's worldwide?When was the last...

Fliegen, Autofahren und auf engem Raum mit Fremden U-Bahn und Busse teilen – das war bisher der Mobilitätsalltag vieler Menschen. Doch innerhalb weniger Wochen ist unsere Welt durch COVID-19 beinahe zum Stillstand gekommen. Die Pandemie offenbart systembedingte Schwächen der deutschen Verkehrspolitik und der Aktivitäten großer mobilitätsrelevanter Unternehmen. Die Veränderungen sind in sämtlichen Mobilitätssektoren zu spüren. In diesem...