Awards
Manual of European Environmental Policy wins European Information Association Awards 2011
Read the full press release here
Earthscan's Manual of European Environmental Policy was the recipient of the European Information Association's 2011 Award for European Information Sources. The Manual, written by an interdisciplinary team of experts from the Institute of European Environmental Policy (IEEP), was launched as an online product in 2010, and has been extensively restructured to reflect the changing nature and development of European environmental policy.
Ian Thomson, President of the European Information Association, said "The transformation of the Manual from a loose-leaf to online information service has been a total success, preserving the authority and clarity of the original, while offering major new advances in coverage, functionality and direct hyperlinking to full text sources of EU environmental legislation and case law." Read more...
Choice Outstanding Academic Titles 2010
Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide by Arnaud Brohe, Nick Eyre and Nicholas Howarth, and The Indoor Environment Handbook: How to Make Buildings Healthy and Comfortable, by Philomena Bluyssen, have both been selected for inclusion in Choice Magazine's Outstanding Academic Title list for 2010. Read more
BIC Supply Chain and Product Data Excellence Awards
Earthscan has been awarded accreditation from Book Industry Communication, promoting standards for electronic commerce and efficiency within the supply chain.
The Independent Publishing Awards 2010: Earthscan makes it a hat-trick
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“Earthscan is a solid, reliable and consistently successful publisher - a yardstick by which all independents might measure themselves.”
Judges' comments, The Independent Publishing Awards 2010
Earthscan has won 3 IPG awards, including the top prize Independent Publisher of the Year. For further details see the following Bookseller and booktrade.info articles.
Read Earthscan's blog article with photos and video.
3 Earthscan books receive Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 Award
"Every year in the January issue, Choice publishes a list of Outstanding Academic Titles that were reviewed during the previous calendar year. This prestigious list reflects the best in scholarly titles reviewed by Choice and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic library community..." Read more
Earthscan author honoured in BBC Radio Food and Farming Awards
UPDATE: Geoff wins again in 2009!
Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte, authors of The Future Control of Food, were joint winners of the 2009 Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing. Read the full story on the Guild of Food Writers website.
Geoff Tansey wins the BBC Derek Cooper award for best food campaigner/educator.
Geoff's books include: The Future Control of Food, Negotiating Health, The Meat Business, The Food System
Earthscan author honoured at the edie Awards for Environmental Excellence
Jonathon Porrit (author of Capitalism As If the World Matters) has been named Green Personality of the Year 2008, ahead of the other short-listed contenders George Monbiot, Prince Charles, David Attenborough and Gordon Brown.
Click here to see Jonathon’s acceptance speech
Earthscan win Clarion Best Overall Publishing Award
Earthscan has won the Best Overall Publishing award in the book category of the IVCA (International Visual Communication Association) Clarion Awards. Read the full Press release.
Atlas of Health Sweeps BMA Medical Awards
"This atlas impressed both the reviewer and the panel. It covers a wide range of topics and is beautifully produced. Its accessibility and modest price make it valuable to anyone interested in global health"
Sir Charles George; Chair BMA Board of Science and Education
The Atlas of Health: Mapping the Challenges and Causes of Disease has won two awards at the 2008 British Medical Book Competition. Not only did The Atlas of Health win the BMA Medical Book Award for Public Health (chosen from the shortlist of Highly Commended Public Health books), it also went on to win the BMA Board of Science Award for the Public Understanding of Science (chosen from the winners of all the shortlisted books in all of the awards categories). Read the full Press release.
Atlas of Food Wins Second Award
The Atlas of Food, 2nd Edition was the UK winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2008. In 2003 the first edition won the Andre Simon Memorial Fund Book award.
Logjam Wins 2008 ISA Sprout Award
Earthscan authors win Nobel Peace Prize
Earthscan congratulates Al Gore, Rajendra K. Pachauri (Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and all of our authors who are members of the IPCC on receiving the Nobel Prize for Peace 2007 for their efforts to raise awareness of, and counteract, the threat of climate change.
Earthscan books chosen for Outstanding Academic Titles Awards
Awards for Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 go to the titles A Handbook of Low-Energy and District-Energy Buildings and The Business Guide to Sustainability by Choice Magazine, the official publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
How to Live a Low Carbon Life wins Award for Best Non-Fiction Book.
How to Live a Low Carbon Life wins the 2007 IVCA Clarion Award for Best Non-Fiction Book.
SOTME: Best of the Best Books You Should Know about 2007
The State of the Middle East, wins The American Library Association Best of the Best Books You Should Know about 2007. The State of the Middle East, 2nd edtion is now available.
The Atlas of Climate Change: Planeta Environment Book of the Year Award
The Atlas of Climate Change, winner of the Planeta Environment Book of the Year Award 2006. The fully updated new edition is available now.
The Natural Advantage of Nations wins 2005 Banksia Award
The Natural Advantage of Nations, winner of the Banksia Award for Environmental Leadership Education and Training, 2005
The Atlas of Food wins Andre Simon Award
The Atlas of Food, winner of the Andre Simon Memorial Fund Book award 2003