As a follow up to his widely acclaimed Sustainable Urbanism, this new book from author Douglas Farr embraces the idea that the humanitarian, population, and climate crises are three facets of one interrelated human existential challenge, one with impossibly short deadlines. The …
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A close examination of the political consequences of the climate crisis and how political groups can amend their thinking according to it The present ecological mutation has organized the whole political landscape for the last thirty years. This could explain the deadly cocktai…
An introduction to environmental anthropology that focuses on the interactions between people, culture, and nature around the world. The book addresses new issues of importance, including climate change, population change, the rise of the slow food and farm-to-table movements, a…
Offers a comprehensive survey of Heidegger's ideas on technology and modernity. This book integrates environment into philosophy and political theory, offering a constructive critique of modernity with some helpful suggestions for establishing a readiness for blue sky scenarios …
Even under the most optimistic scenarios, significant global climate change is now inevitable. While squarely confronting the scale of the risks we face, this book presents replicable sustainability successes and clear-cut policy recommendations that can improve the climate resi…
In this lyrical manifesto, noted climate scholar Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse
In the modern era, two types of international migration have consumed our attention: politically induced migration to flee war, genocide, and instability, and migration for economic reasons. Recently, though, another force has generated a new wave of refugees-global warming. Cli…
Escaping to Planet B to avoid environmental catastrophe is pure fantasy. This book is for anyone who yearns for a realistic alternative to the destructive path the world is on at the moment, and wants practical advice on how they can make things better