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• Part I. Trace contaminates
• part II. Wildlife
• part III. Overt pollution.

Recalling a time when polar expeditions were equal parts adventure and academic discovery, this book pays tribute to the 1990 Trans-Ellesmere Island ski expedition, the first human-powered, non-Inuit, lengthwise crossing of one of the largest islands in the High Arctic. Since the expedition, the observations and measurements from the trek have produced more than a dozen ground-breaking articles on environmental contamination, wildlife distribution, and garbage littering. These studies - together with previously unpublished research findings and with many astounding photographs - are collected under a single cover for the first time.
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• La Méditerranée : un monde fragile ? / Thierry Fabre
• De la terre. Peut-on la protéger ?
• Réchauffement climatique ? c'est déjà arrivé ! / Nicole Petit-Maire
• Comment éviter les excès du productivisme sans sacrifier les progrès nécessaires de productivité ? / Michel Petit
• Le "bio", un nouveau modèle de développement / Andrea Ferrante
• Le développement "durable" en Méditerranée : un avenir obscurci par les disparités Nord/Sud / Abdeslam Dahman Saïdi
• De la mer. Est-elle menacée ?
• État actuel de l'environnement et du développement en Méditerranée : une situation contrastée / Henri-Luc Thibault
• La Méditerranée, carrefour de fragilités sociétales et environnementales / Jean-Christophe Victor
• Pour une ouverture des frontières et des consciences / Titouan Laiviazou
• La coopération internationale : une nécessité pour la sauvegarde de la biodiversité en Méditerranée / Abderrahmen Gannoun
• De l'avenir. Comment l'imaginer ?
• L'agronomie arabo-andalouse : un savoir-faire ancestral, source d'avenir / Mohamed El Faïz
• Slow Food ou la préservation de la "biodiversité gastronomique" / Piero Sardo
• L'agro-écologie ou la voie de la "sobriété heureuse" / Pierre Rabhi.

"Il est des temps où les habitudes méritent d'être délaissées. Comme pour répondre à l'urgence du monde, les 17e Rencontres d'Averroès ont ainsi quitté les rives des sciences humaines pour interroger l'espace méditerranéen dans sa dimension environnementale, terrestre et maritime. À l'instar d'autres parties du globe, la Méditerranée suffoque aujourd'hui sous la pression des hommes qui exploitent, polluent et épuisent les ressources naturelles, dont pourtant dépend leur survie. La biodiversité marine, une des plus riches au monde, est en péril ; les ressources en eau se raréfient ; les terres arables se dégradent, soumises à des cultures intensives. "De la terre", "De la mer", "De l'avenir" : les textes réunis dans cet ouvrage ne se satisfont pas de constats ; chacun à sa manière, tâtonne, cherche et ose des propositions pour dévier du chemin de l'irréversible."--P. [4] of cover.

Green growth is gaining support as a way to pursue economic growth and development, while preventing environmental degradation, biodiversity loss and unsustainable natural resource use. A strategic vision is necessary to ensure that, during the exit from the crisis and beyond, governments will implement policies that are the most appropriate in terms of economic efficiency, environmental integrity and social equity, as well as coherent both at a national and an international level.   The 2010 Interim Report from the OECD Green Growth Strategy project highlights preliminary findings on a number of key issues that policymakers face in creating greener economies. Green growth builds on existing sustainable development initiatives in many countries and aims at identifying cleaner sources of growth, including seizing the opportunities to develop new green industries, jobs and technologies, while also managing the structural changes associated with the transition to a greener economy. Managing the employment and other distribution effects of change in more traditional sectors will also need to go hand in hand with exploiting new opportunities. Sound measurement will be needed to monitor progress towards green growth, and a set of indicators will be developed to capture its main aspects.   www.oecd.org/greengrowth

• Part I. Engagement
• part II. Relationships
• part III. Design.

Presenting emerging perspectives on environmental restoration, this collection of essays by a leading group of environmental scholars combines theoretical discussion with practical approaches. Describing the variety of ways that humans can and should interact with nature, this multi-disciplinary work shares hands-on exercises for engaging urban communities to develop supportive relationships with their surrounding environment. These writings define the paradigm of "restoration design" and the ways that its disciplines and actions can provide humans with a new direction for interrelating with the world in the 21st century.
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• Our challenge: developing an ecomind
• Thought trap
• 1: no growth is the answer!
• Thought trap
• 2: Consumer society is the problem
• Thought trap
• 3: We've hit the limits of a finite Earth
• Thought trap
• 4: We must overcome human nature to save the planet
• Thought trap
• 5: To save our planet, we have to override humanity's natural resistance to rules
• Thought trap
• 6: Humans have lost the connection to nature
• Thought trap
• 7: It's too late!
• An invitation: thinking like an ecosystem
• Cultivating the ecomind: moving into action.

In EcoMind, Frances Moore Lappe--a giant of the environmental movement--confronts accepted wisdom of environmentalism. Drawing on the latest research from anthropology to neuroscience and her own field experience, she argues that the biggest challenge to human survival isn't our fossil fuel dependency, melting glaciers, or other calamities. Rather, it's our faulty way of thinking about these environmental crises that robs us of power. Lappe dismantles seven common "thought traps"--from limits to growth to the failings of democracy-- that belie what we now know about nature, including our own, and offers contrasting "thought leaps" that reveal our hidden power. Like her Diet for a Small Planet classic, EcoMind is challenging, controversial and empowering.
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• The trinity of voice: the role of practical theory in planning and evaluating the effectiveness of environmental participatory processes / Susan L. Senecah
• A social communication perspective toward public participation: the case of the Cispis adaptive management area / Amanda C. Graham
• Competing and converging values of public participation: a case study of participant views in Department of Energy nuclear weapons cleanup / Jennifer Duffield Hamilton
• Public expertise: a foundation for citizen participation in energy and environmental decisions / William J. Kinsella
• Decide, announce, defend: turning NEPA process into an advocacy tool rather than a decision-making tool / Judith Hendry
• The Roadless Areas Initiative as national policy: is public participation an oxymoron? / Gregg B. Walker
• Public participation and (failed) legitimation: the case of forest service rhetorics in the Boundary Waters canoe area / Steve Schwarze
• Public involvement, civic discovery, and the formation of environmental policy: a comparative analysis of the Fernald Citizens Task Force and the Fernald Health Effects subcommittee / Stephen P. Depoe
• Public participation or stakeholder frustration: an analysis of consensus-based participation in the Georgia Ports Authority's stakeholder evaluation group / Caitlin Wills Toker
• 'Free trade' and the eclipse of civil society: barriers to transparency and public participation in NAFTA and the free trade area of the Americas / J. Robert Cox
• Global governance and social capital: mapping NGO capacities in different institutional contexts / Amos Tevelow
• Toxic tours: communicating the 'presence' of chemical contamination / Phaedra C. Pezzullo
• Art and advocacy: citizen participation through cultural activism / John W. Delicath.

• Introduction: Fighting for humanity
• The concept and measurement of environmental justice
• The causes of environmental injustice
• 'Killing yourself is no way to make a living' : environmental justice in the United States
• 'The world has been deceived' : environmental justice in the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
• 'Regulation means bad' : environmental justice in the United Kingdom
• 'We have always been close to nature' : environmental justice in Sweden
• 'The rich consume and the poor suffer the pollution' : environmental justice in the People's Republic of China
• 'Recuperating all that we have lost and forgotten' : environmental justice in the plurinational state of Bolivia
• 'Socialism creates a better opportunity' : environmental justice in Cuba
• Achieving environmental justice.

Environmental justice aspires to a healthy environment for all, as well as fair and inclusive processes of environmental decision-making. In order to develop successful strategies to achieve this, it is important to understand the factors that shape environmental justice outcomes. This optimistic, accessible and wide-ranging book contributes to this understanding by assessing the extent of, and reasons for, environmental justice/injustice in seven diverse countries - United States, Republic of Korea (South Korea), United Kingdom, Sweden, China, Bolivia and Cuba. Factors discussed include: race and class discrimination; citizen power; industrialisation processes; political-economic context; and the influence of dominant environmental discourses. In particular, the role of capitalism is critically explored. Based on over a hundred interviews with politicians, experts, activists and citizens of these countries, this is a compelling analysis aimed at all academics, policy-makers and campaigners who are engaged in thinking or action to address the most urgent environmental and social issues of our time.
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This text examines the doctrine of "Earth First!", the environmental movement whose tactics include unorthodox activities. The background, economic status and members of the organization of the movement are included here, along with details of the F.B.I. investigation which occurred.
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