TO ACCOMPANY A MAJOR ITV DOCUMENTARY We are poisoning our planet and destroying the lives of our children. In the west arguments rage over how much nuclear radiation and toxic dumping is safe, while children continue to breath filthy air and eat food full of pesticides. In the third World, over four million children die each year from drinking unclean water. Adults make the decisions but children pay the highest price. They are physically vulnerable and politically powerless. When the Bough Breaks... is about the world we are creating for our children. For too long we have used what we want from our planet now, refusing to think about the future. But it may still not be too late. The book sets out what must be done and describes how people throughout the world are uniting to clean up the mess we have made.

Product Description: Such a huge number of books, journals and papers have been devoted to defining, assessing and implementing 'sustainable development' that students and other readers face information overload. Earthscan alone has published hundreds of essays and books on the subject...read more

Discusses droughts, floods, tropical storms, earthquakes, and volcanoes, and describes how poor planning, poverty, and unguided growth aggravates the effects of natural disasters

Product Description: Sterling Publishing Co., New York, 1987. 168pp. with Bibliography and Sources, Picture credits, and Index.

The first edition of this incisive text on the problems of drought and famine facing Africa won worldwide critical acclaim. Revised with a new introduction, Lloyd Timberlake's bestselling study is invaluable reading for anyone interested in Africa.

Explains how farming practices, poor soil, erratic rainfall, and economic and political factors have combined to produce Africa's famine, briefly looks at the history of famine, and outlines hopes for the future