Suggests that something huge & even revolutionary is struggling to be born as policymakers, business leaders & others around the globe create the architecture of sustainable economies. This book

Includes:: chapters on renewable energy, innovations in clean production, commons resources, trade policy, & finance for sustainability.

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Assesses the state of agricultural innovations from cropping methods to irrigation technology to agricultural policy with an emphasis on sustainability, diversity, & ecosystem health in the hope of guiding governments, foundations, & concerned citizens in their efforts to eradicate hunger & poverty. ...

The year 2009 will be pivotal for Earth's climate. The world community has agreed to finalize negotiations on a new climate agreement in Copenhagen in late 2009. This edition examines the steps we urgently need to take to prevent a global catastrophe while adapting to the now inevitable climatic shifts already set in motion. ...

Suitable for researchers & students in various aspects of urban development, this book focuses on the concept of the 'right to the city' & ways in which many urban dwellers are excluded from the advantages of city life, using the ' Urban Divide' framework to explore links among poverty, inequality, slum formation & economic growth. ...

Director Wim Wenders bites the hand that feeds in this incisive commentary on the film industry at large. Finding himself & his crew financially adrift in Portugal, with no producer & no money to finish his film, director Friedrich Munro (Patrick Bauchau) heads for Hollywood to find a backer. But as he does the rounds of the studios in search of finance, Munro soon discovers that art counts for little in the land where box office success rules supreme. ...