Product Description: When first published, Capitalism as if the World Matters, by one of the leading 'eco-warriors' of our time, shocked a generation of both environmentalists and business people. Jonathon Porritt brushed aside their artificial battle lines with a powerful argument that the only way to save the world from environmental catastrophe is to embrace a new type of capitalism, and to do it quickly...read more

Product Description: In this far-reaching book, Philip Conford continues his survey of the British organic movement, which he began in The Origins of the Organic Movement (2001). This volume covers the movement from 1945 to the mid-1990s. It is the most thorough account of organic history to be published thus far...read more

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Product Description: Major companies are increasingly coming under fire as they try to pursue their private business on a public battleground.Private Business-Public Battleground brings together two former opponents - Des Wilson & John Egan - to discuss the value of a stakeholder approach and show how it can help companies operating at the interface between private and public interest...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Confronts the assessment of the benefits and risks of scientific advance, advising a cautious and sceptical approach in applying scientific knowledge as we try to improve the world around us. The author takes on three crucial topics: climate change; genetic engineering; and toxic chemicals...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Captain Eco teaches children how they can help save the planet, discussing such issues as energy conservation, animal rights, recycling, and global warming

Product Description: This environmental book combines photography with the writings of 200 international scientists and celebrities - from the world of arts, film and politics. Each chapter includes environmental success stories and plots the progress being made against the ravages of pollution and over-exploitation...read more

Product Description: The last few years have seen an extraordinary surge of awareness about the state of Planet Earth. However, as Director of Friends of the Earth, Jonathon Porritt has seen just how slowly things are moving in practice. Despite the fact that solutions do exist and are running on a small scale in many places the political response in most countries has been totally inadequate...read more

Product Description: Book by Porritt, Jonathon