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1	Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet more books like this by Frances Moore Lappe, Frances Moore Lappe, Anna Lappe add to wishlist The author of the acclaimed classic DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET travels with her daughter through five continents where they encounter visionaries in social, environmental, and consumer awareness and activism. The authors reshape the terms of the debate on the urgent problem of world hunger and the resources of the planet. Included are 70 vegetarian ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application more books like this by Louis P Pojman add to wishlist The most comprehensive introduction to environmental ethics available today, this anthology is organized into two main parts. The first focuses on theory, the second on application. The fourth edition of this popular anthology, like its predecessors, includes numerous topic areas not covered in other anthologies. Featuring articles carefully ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $61.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	An Invitation to Environmental Sociology more books like this by Dr. Michael Mayerfeld Bell add to wishlist Covering a broad range of topics Michael Bell manages to inject a high level of personal passion. This is more than a simple textbook - it is a strongly argued polemic that will challenge the readers with a number of environmental puzzles; inform them and enable them to make their own private and public choices; and more importantly inspire them ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $46.29! \| SVS
4	Environmental Ethics: An Introduction to Environmental Philosophy more books like this by Joseph R Des Jardins add to wishlist Grounded in practical environmental issues and concerns, this book introduces students to a range of ethical and philosophical issues that stem from the interaction of human beings and their natural environment. With a balance of theoretical and empirical concerns, the author discusses the development of the field of environmental ethics, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $61.62! \| SVS
5	Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor more books like this by Leonardo Boff, Leonardo Hoff, Phillip Berryman (Translator) add to wishlist "Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor" represents Leonardo Boff's most systematic effort to date to link the spirit of liberation theology with the urgent challenge of ecology. Focusing on the threatened Amazon of his native Brazil, Boff traces the ties that bind the fate of the rain forests with the fate of the Indians and the poor of the land. In ... see all copies from $8.86! new only from $16.19! \| SVS
6	Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology more books like this by Michael Zimmerman, Dean add to wishlist For junior/graduate-level courses in Environmental Ethics, Environmental Policy, Environmental Issues, Conservation Biology, Environmental Geography. Edited by leading experts in contemporary environmental philosophy, this anthology features the best available selections that cover the full range of positions within this rapidly developing field. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Reasonable Life: Toward a Simpler, Secure, More Humane Existence more books like this by Ferenc Mate add to wishlist Mechanized progress has damaged and endangered our planet, communities and families. In this book, the author asks that we each fundamentally change by placing simple human needs ahead of material wealth, and rethinking our concepts of career, home life, habits, security and success. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	Introduction to environmental engineering more books like this by P. Aarne Vesilind add to wishlist This text has two unifying themes: materials balances and environmental ethics. First, the book demonstrates that environmental problems need to be solved using a holistic approach instead of a fragmented, single-pollution or single-medium approach. By using the concepts of materials balances, reactions, and reactors, the authors integrate and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $87.45! \| SVS
9	The Environmental Ethics and Policy Book: Philosophy, Ecology, Economics more books like this by Donald VanDeVeer, Christine Pierce add to wishlist Consisting of an assortment of landmark essays and the best in contemporary scholarship, this anthology delves deeply into the most pressing environmental issues of our time. see all copies from $61.00! new only from $92.50! \| SVS
10	The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics more books like this by Professor Roderick Nash add to wishlist Tracing the history of ethical extension over two thousand years, this book focuses on the American experience where natural rights ideology expanded to encompass the rights of nature. It deals primarily with intellectual history, but also considers groups that have put their ideas into action. see all copies from $3.23! new only from $14.78! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Childhood and Nature: Design Principles for Educators more books like this by David Sobel add to wishlist Public discussions of global climate change and other threats to the planet are making children more aware of environmental issues. As increasing numbers of kids come to school wishing to take action, educators want to know how to teach in a way that fosters a love of nature and an understanding of the complexity and seriousness of these issues. ... see all copies from $21.56! new only from $21.56!
12 view cover	Ecology and Religion: Ecological Spirituality in Cross-Cultural Perspective more books like this by David R Kinsley add to wishlist The first of its kind, this book provides a cross-cultural perspective on ecology and religion. The book surveys and discusses concepts of ecology in traditional cultures, Asian religious traditions, and contemporary culture. Includes substantial discussions of current ecological movements and several ecovisionaries. For anyone interested in ... see all copies from $19.78! new only from $60.40! \| SVS
13 view cover	Environmental Ethics: An Anthology more books like this by Professor Andrew Light (Editor), Holmes Rolston, III (Editor) add to wishlist Environmental Ethics: An Anthology brings together seminal writings on the central questions in environmental ethics. The book comprises both classic and cutting-edge essays that have formed contemporary environmental ethics, ranging from the welfare of animals versus ecosystems to theories of the intrinsic value of nature. The volume also ... see all copies from $39.34! new only from $44.34! \| SVS
14 view cover	Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works more books like this by David Schmidtz, Elizabeth Willott add to wishlist Featuring sixty-two accessible selections--from classic articles to examples of cutting-edge original research--Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works addresses both of the principal areas of inquiry in the field: the exploration of morality from an environmental perspective and the analysis of the current state of our ... see all copies from $22.65! new only from $67.45! \| SVS
15 view cover	Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World more books like this by Carolyn Merchant add to wishlist Radical Ecology responds to the profound awareness of vironmental crisis which prevails in this closing decade of the twentieth century. Carolyn Merchant examines the major philosophical, ethical, scientific and economic roots of environmental problems and identifies the ways in which radical ecologists can transform science and society in order ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Three Challenges to Ethics: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Multiculturalism more books like this by James P Sterba add to wishlist This book's author argues that traditional ethics has yet to face up to three important challenges that come from environmentalism, feminism, and multiculturalism. This failure to face up to these challenges has meant that no matter how successful traditional ethics has been at dealing with the problems it recognizes, it has failed to deal with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.75! \| SVS
17 view cover	Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics more books like this by Paul W Taylor add to wishlist Respect for Nature defends a biocentric theory of environmental ethics. Without making claims for the moral rights of plants and animals, Paul Taylor offers a reasoned alternative to the prevailing anthropocentric view, according to which the natural environment and its wild biotic communities are valued only as objects for human use or enjoyment. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.27!
18 view cover	Environmental Ethics Today more books like this by Peter S Wenz add to wishlist The world's economy expands, food production increases, and technology links people as never before. But the human population grows, rainforests decline, species become extinct, climate change threatens extreme weather, cancer kills more than ever, and nearly a billion people starve as the gap between rich and poor widens. Environmental Ethics ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $27.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Earth Community Earth Ethics more books like this by Larry L Rasmussen add to wishlist In this important new book, social ethicist Larry Rasmussen lays the foundations for an approach to faith and ethics appropriate to a community of the earth, in all its peril and promise. Earth Community, Earth Ethics is a comprehensive treatment that synthesizes insights from religion, ethics, and environmentalism in a single vision for creating ... see all copies from $6.13! new only from $17.06! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Ethics and the Environment: An Introduction more books like this by Dale Jamieson add to wishlist What is the environment, and how does it figure in an ethical life? This book is an introduction to the philosophical issues involved in this important question, focussing primarily on ethics but also encompassing questions in aesthetics and political philosophy. Topics discussed include the environment as an ethical question, human morality, meta ... see all copies from $15.70! new only from $16.16! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Evening Thoughts: Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community more books like this by Thomas Berry, Mary Tucker (Editor) add to wishlist This new collection of essays, from various years and occasions, expands and deepens ideas articulated in Berry's earlier writings and also breaks new ground. see all copies from $44.04! new only from $44.04!
22 view cover	Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Environmental Issues more books like this by Thomas A Easton (Editor) add to wishlist This Twelfth Edition of "Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Environmental Issues" presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor's manual with ... see all copies from $1.99!
23 view cover	Being Human: Ethics, Environment, and Our Place in the World more books like this by Anna L Peterson add to wishlist Being Human examines the complex connections among conceptions of human nature, attitudes toward non-human nature, and ethics. Anna Peterson proposes an "ethical anthropology" that examines how ideas of nature and humanity are bound together in ways that shape the very foundations of cultures. Peterson discusses mainstream Western understandings ... see all copies from $5.49! new only from $7.64! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Watersheds 4: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics more books like this by Lisa H Newton, Catherine K Dillingham, Joanne Choly add to wishlist Environmental issues can be complex. You need an environmental ethics textbook that you can actually understand. WATERSHEDS 4: TEN CASES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS provides ten fascinating case studies of real-life environmental conflicts and explains the principles involved in an easy-to-understand, impartial way. see all copies from $29.80! new only from $51.02! \| SVS
25 view cover	Environmental Ethics: Divergence and Convergence more books like this by Susan J Armstrong add to wishlist This collection of essays and articles surveys multidisciplinary approaches to environmental ethics by leading writers, and provides an historical survey of thought on our responsibility to the environment. It includes non-Western as well as Western religious and cultural perspectives. Readers are encouraged to develop their own environmental ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $59.95!

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