Three Gorges Project: Key to Development of the Yangtze River
Beijing: New Star Publishers, 1992. First edition (presumed). Softcover. Very rare. More
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Tree of Life: Buddhism And Protection Of Nature
Hong Kong: Buddhist Perception of Nature, 1999. Second Edition. Paperback. With a declaration on environmental ethics from His Holiness The Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, and an introduction by Sir Peter Scott. More
The Carbon Crunch (Revised and Updated)
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. Revised Edition. Paperback. In a new edition of his hard-hitting book on climate change, economist Dieter Helm looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a new, pragmatic rethinking of energy policy. More
The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change
Washington DC: Island Press, 2014. Cover art and design by Grady Klein. First Edition. First Printing. Softcover. Climate change is no laughing matter-but maybe it should be. The topic is so critical that everyone, from students to policy-makers to voters, needs a quick and easy guide to the basics. The..... More
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
London: Penguin Books, 2009. Reprint. Paperback. This is a book about how we should address the great, and interconnected, global challenges of the twenty-first century. Our task, Sachs argues, is to achieve truly sustainable development, by which he means finding a global course which enables the world to benefit from..... More
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005. David Horsey (illustrations). Second Edition. Softcover. With new research by Pamela Rands and a new foreword by Vicki Robin. In chapters with titles like ""Swollen Expectations"" and ""A Rash of Bankruptcies, "" Affluenza uses the whimsical metaphor of a disease to tackle a very..... More
就係香港 BeingHongKong (Issue 005)
Hong Kong: Being Media Ltd, 2019. Winter 2019. Softcover with jacket. Creative Director: Stanley Wong Editorial Director: Jessica Wong Art Director: Chau Kin-wai Photo Director: Tse Ho-yin 2019 冬季號 當社會氣氛異常綳緊，人與人之間要平心靜氣互相理解亦變得極度困難。今期《就係香港》以銀白為主調，配以本地畫家筆下的沉思中的貓兒圖畫，希望呼應冬日的氣息，亦旨在為大家帶來一爿凝神靜氣的空間，重整心情，淨化思考，積極面對眼前和未來的挑戰。 精彩內容包括： 「REcap//中大校長的對話」─ 在好壞真假都錯亂倒置的時刻，更稀罕的，是人與人真誠的對話和關懷。重溫中文大學校長與學生對話的過程，以及後來發生的一切，或者會成為這個冬季裡其中一點點鼓勵和提醒 「REveal// 數碼監控 認識，認知」─ 在大數據、演算法及區塊鏈等技術被廣泛應用的當下， 所有人的一切活動無時無刻都被記錄、分析和監控，惟有深入認識，才能幫助我們認清現實 「REvisit REthink REcreate// 農業夢 睡去又醒來」─..... More
Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Reprint. Paperback. More
The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World Without Ice Caps
New York: Basic Books, 2010. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Sea level rise will happen no matter what we do. Even if we stopped all carbon dioxide emissions today, the seas would rise one meter by 2050 and three meters by 2100. This—not drought, species extinction, or excessive heat waves—will..... More
Silent Spring
London: The Folio Society, 2000. Jonathan Hitchen (illustrations). First Folio Society Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. From our Instragram post for this book, dated 29 March 2019: The book that started it all: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Peter Matthiessen, the reknowned writer, naturalist and conservationist, wrote a special..... More
The Green Dragon
Hong Kong: Draco Viridi, 2019. Caroline Lewington (Illustrator). First Edition. Second Printing. Softcover. The Green Dragon is an old, wise character with many friends. When his friends are hurt by the plastic pollution in the ocean he feels anger and despair. A young boy comes to his rescue in more..... More
Here On Earth: A Twin Biography of the Planet and the Human Race
London: Penguin Books, 2012. Reprint. Paperback. Tim Flannery is here to offer us a change of perspective. And he is here to inspire us. He invites us to consider again our place on earth, what it really means to be alive. Here on Earth is a revolutionary dual biography..... More
The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. An international best seller embraced and endorsed by policy makers, scientists, writers and energy industry executives from around the world, Tim Flannery’s The Weather Makers contributed in bringing the topic of global warming to national prominence. For the first time, a...... More
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