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The Environmental Responsibility Reader is a definitive collection of classic and contemporary environmental works that offers a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in environmental responsibility, steering the reader through each development in thought with a unifying and expert editorial voice. This essential text expertly explores seemingly intractable modern-day environmental dilemmas including climate change, fossil fuel consumption, fresh water quality, industrial pollution, habitat destruction, and biodiversity loss. Starting with Silent Spring and moving through to more recent works the book draws on contemporary ideas of environmental ethics, corporate social responsibility, ecological justice, fair trade, global citisenship, and the connections between environmental and social justice; configuring these ideas into practical notions for responsible action with a unique global and integral focus on responsibility.
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Martin Reynolds, Chris Blackmore and Mark J. Smith are all lecturers at the Open University, UK.
'This collection brings together in one place key texts of leading thinkers in environmental ethics. No one who takes environmental responsibility seriously will want to be without this book.' Ruth Chadwick, Cardiff University 'In these tumultuous times, I shall keep this rich mix of classic texts close at hand. They combine inspiration, ethics and pragmatic reflection on why we have reached the crisis we face today and tomorrow.' Camilla Toulmin, International Institute for Environment and Development 'A welcome and timely reminder that we need to take up our environmental responsibilities now following the inspiring guidance provided by this excellent collection.' Wendy Harcourt 'The readings brought together into this volume provide hugely valuable insights into how best we could navigate this landscape of environmental risks and opportunities more successfully.' Tom Burke, E3G
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- PublisherBooks for Change
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 8182910706
- ISBN 13 9788182910706
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages370
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Book Description As negotiations proceed for the post-Kyoto climate change regime major obstacles stand in the path to their successful completionThe Corporate Greenhouse addresses the political economy of the climate change debate questioning the disconnect between the current negotiation framework based around the Nation-State and the neoliberal policies driving the world economy organized around transnational corporations Given the rapidly growing economic power and expanding carbon footprint of China India and other developing economies the debate on who is to blame and who is to pay can no longer be ignoredThis timely book argues that treaties that fail to account properly for the activities of TNCs will preclude effective equitable solutions to the urgent issue of global climate change 264 pp. Seller Inventory # 77995
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