Merry Christmas from Earthscan!

by Earthscan News 23. December 2008 09:01

Season's greeting and best wishes from everyone at Earthscan. We look hope you all enjoy a very relaxing and sustainable festive break!

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New Videocasts for 'Sustainability 2.0 - Does sustainability need an update?'

by Earthscan News 23. December 2008 08:38

To celebrate Earthscan's 20th year in sustainable publishing a panel discussion was held at the the Royal Society of Arts. Click the links below to watch the videocasts of the talks. Speakers Jonathan Sinclair W... [More]

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Earthscan Christmas E-Newsletter

by Andrew Miller 23. December 2008 05:28

Our subscribers may have noticed that over the last few weeks and months we have been re-designing and updating our e-alerts and e-newsletters. We've added a 'News' section, started a new 'book of the month' for our newsletters and have been working towards presenting our infor... [More]

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Casting light on an uncomfortable subject: An alternative Christmas present with real substance

by Andrew Miller 23. December 2008 03:50

"By the time you have finished reading this review, I hope to have persuaded you to fork out £17 for a book which I cannot recommend more highly." Read the full review of The Last Taboo: Opening the Door on the Global Sanitation Crisis from the October 2008 edition of Waterlin... [More]

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A few thoughts on ethics and climate change...

by Matthew Humphrys 16. December 2008 09:00

A few words on the ethics of climate change and the way out of this mess, in no particular order and very emotively (fun though!). … Why does action on climate change simply not seem to happen with the urgency and magnitude that it should? Consider this example (to start fr... [More]

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Climate Change Committee

by David Metz 15. December 2008 06:10

The UK Climate Change Committee has now been formally established under the Climate Change Act 2008. Its first, very substantial, report, published at the begining of December, advises on initial carbon budgets for the UK. The CCC believes that an 80% reduction in carbon em... [More]

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Review of Sustainable Investment

by Earthscan News 15. December 2008 05:01

"Krosinsky and Robins have collected essays by some of the brightest minds of the sustainable investing movement, including Julie Fox Gorte, Valery Lucas-Leclin, and Stephen Viederman. As many of the authors write, investors are using the tools of sustainable investing for more than moral ... [More]

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"I am only part way through the book, but it is clearly another winner!"

by Earthscan News 15. December 2008 04:41

The Sustainability Indicators Blog back Alan AtKisson's new book! Read the article here Check out the book on our website here

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Don't Wait for Obama on Climate Deal

by Jonathan Harrington 13. December 2008 23:11

With the inauguration of President-elect Obama close at hand, anticipation of a radical reorientation of United States climate change policy has reached a fever pitch. Referring to the recently concluded UN climate conference convened in Poznan, Poland, a December 14th Op-Ed published by the Indep... [More]

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Obama Picks Nobel Winning Scientist Chu for Energy Secretary

by Jonathan Harrington 11. December 2008 01:01

According to press reports, President-Elect Barak Obama will appoint Nobel Prize winning physicist Stephen Chu as Secretary of Energy. Chu, who is currently Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), is a long time advocate of science based approaches to addressing global climate ... [More]

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Merry Christmas from Earthscan!

New Videocasts for 'Sustainability 2.0 - Does sustainability need an update?'

Earthscan Christmas E-Newsletter

Casting light on an uncomfortable subject: An alternative Christmas present with real substance

A few thoughts on ethics and climate change...

Climate Change Committee

Review of Sustainable Investment

"I am only part way through the book, but it is clearly another winner!"

Don't Wait for Obama on Climate Deal

Obama Picks Nobel Winning Scientist Chu for Energy Secretary

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