"With growing concerns about the security, cost, and ecological consequences of energy use, people around the world are becoming more conscious of the systems that meet their daily needs for food, heat, cooling, light, transportation, communication, waste disposal, medicine, and…
Many developments in energy production and use involve underground resources. Fracking to capture oil and gas resources, storage of harmful carbon gases, and long-term disposal of waste have large implications for the future. This book provides a clear and insightful overview of…
Im Zuge der "Rohstoff-Expedition - Entdecke was in (d)einem Handy steckt!" wurde 2012 eine bundesweite Sammelaktion von Alt-Handys gestartet. Das Material des Buches setzt dort an und vermittelt ausführliche Einführungen und Anknüpfungspunkte für die Aufklärung und Behandlung de…
The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply cha…
The meaning that people attribute to things necessarily derives from human transactions and motivations, particularly from how those things are used and circulated. The contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural setting…
