The first book to document the origins and early history of environmentalism, especially its colonial and global aspects.

Simply put, this is a 'must have' resource for the faith-based community and anyone serious about making each dollar work for the marginalized.

Development as Freedom is essential reading.

" Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations ...

This book provides a comprehensive, balanced and reader-friendly account of the developments in climate science over the past 250 years.

Looking at this collective fancy in retrospect, Gilbert Rist shows the underlying similarities of its various theories and strategies, and their shared inability to transform the world.

With contemporary recycling literature scattered across disparate, unconnected articles, this book is a crucial aid to students and researchers in a range of disciplines, from materials and environmental science to public policy studies.

A significant contribution to political ecology, Conservation Is Our Government Now is an ethnographic examination of the history and social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea.

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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.