RePlanet extended reading list Public
Created by Emil
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Harvesting the Biosphere by Vaclav Smil
An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern …
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The Spirit of Green by William D. Nordhaus
From a Nobel Prize-winning pioneer in environmental economics, an innovative account of how and why "green thinking" could cure many …
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The economics and politics of climate change by Dieter Helm, Cameron Hepburn
The international framework for a climate change agreement is up for review as the initial Kyoto period to 2012 comes …
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To Save Everything, Click Here by Evgeny Morozov
In the very near future, smart technologies and big data will allow us to make large-scale and sophisticated interventions in …
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Wake-Up Call by John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge
3 stars
An urgent and informed look at the challenges America and world governments will face in a post Covid-19 world.
The …
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Fight Global Warming Now by Bill McKibben (Holt paperback)
Hurricane Katrina. A rapidly disappearing Arctic. The warmest winter on the East Coast in recorded history. The leading scientist at …
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We Belong to Gaia by James Lovelock
James Lovelock's We Belong to Gaia draws on decades of wisdom to lay out the history of our remarkable planet, …
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The big ratchet by Ruth S. DeFries
"Our species' pervasive presence on the planet is the combined result of two powerful forces: earth's rich natural endowments and …
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Hulp: Waarom Ontwikkelingshulp Moet, Groeit en Verandert by Ralf Bodelier, Mirjam Vossen
HULP maakt inzichtelijk waarom ontwikkelingshulp hot is en laat zien hoe de traditionele manier van helpen wordt verdrongen door hulp …
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Who Owns the Future? by Tony Kearney
With the world being inundated with facts and statistics about everything from global warming and climate change to GM food …
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Biomass Energies by Vaclav Smil (Modern Perspectives in Energy)
tions is not possible without first putting the problem into a wider con text. Consequently, before proceeding with detailed critical …
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Meer: Hoe overvloed de wereld juist duurzamer en welvarender maakt by Maarten Boudry, Ralf Bodelier, Hidde Boersma
Hoe lossen we de grote problemen van deze tijd op: de klimaatverandering, de groeiende ongelijkheid en de biodiversiteitscrisis? Moeten we …
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Food Politics by Robert Paarlberg
The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers …
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A Rough Ride to the Future by James Lovelock
In A Rough Ride to the Future, James Lovelock - the great scientific visionary of our age - presents a …
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One Earth, One Future by Cheryl Simon Silver
Written for nonscientists, One Earth, One Future can help individuals understand the basic science behind changes in the global environment …
