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| Ronald Wright explains how our current predicament is as old as civilization. He brilliantly argues that only by understanding the patterns of progress and folly that humanity has repeated everywhere from ancient Rome to Easter Island can we learn to change our ways, and, with luck and wisdom, avoid a disastrous outcome. |  |
 | A comprehensive review of the current scientific knowledge of global warming and a balanced explanation of the effects it will have on our daily lives-on Climate, on energy and water consumption, on agriculture and land use, and on industry and the economy. |
| This is an inspirational true story of a young boy.s journey from starving poverty in Mao.s China to stardom in the West. Reading this book was meant to be a bit of escapism for the concerned environmentalist, but it turned out to also highlight how much we take for granted our wasteful Western life style. |  |
 | The latest Flannery, if you ever needed more convincing that we need to act now! |
| Oil has dominated every aspect of the last hundred years, but what will happen when it runs out? |  |
 | Explaining the flip side of free markets, democracy and capitalism and the influences and effects of ruling ethnic minorities |
| The pay later argument is absurd on its face. Numerous economists have shown that the longer we delay making an energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, the costlier the transition will be, as the pressures of environmental deterioration reduce the time we have to plan and implement the transition. (Page 26). |  |
 | If you only read one book make this it! L. Hunter Lovins |
| Should be on the reading list of every minister Larry Elliott, The Guardian. |  |
 | Suzuki and Dressel showing a lot of working solutions offering hope and encouragement. |
| This author believes that everything would still be fine, had we only unlimited oil reserves. |  |
 | I think the odds are no better than fifty-fifty that our present civilization on Earth will survive to the end of the present century without a serious setback. Page 8. |
| A summary of Suzuki's best examples and ideas on environmental challenges. |  |
 | Rifkin's earlier work on the growing negative environmental impact of our addiction to beef. |
| In this volume Australian leaders from a wide range of fields discuss the key issues we must address if we are to move towards a more just and sustainable future. They identify the major concerns and challenges of achieving sustainability in a number of areas. |  |
 | Civilization as we know it will come to an end sometime this century unless we can find a way to live without fossil fuels. Page 123 |
| Why are our basic public amenities breaking down? Find some of the answers in this extensive study of how our cities have developed. |  |
 | This is the 1962 Classic still valid today to gain an understanding on anything to do with chemicals used in pesticides and herbicides and their devastating effect on every living thing. |
| About Space Energy and interesting energy inventions locked up in American Patent Agencies, because they would jeopardize the existing energy structure. |  |
 | An eye opener to understand the ecological history of North America and its peoples. |
| Why we are not making much progress towards a global strategy! |  |
 | An attempt to encourage Government bodies to meet their responsibilities for managing environmental risk. |
| An ecological history of the Australasian lands and people. |  |
 | “The Sacred Balance is Suzuki at his passionate best. Leigh Dayton, The Age. |
| An excellent, passionate book first published in 1993. It is frightening to see how little progress has been made since then. |  |
 | A well researched picture of the role of energy in the development of our civilization through out history. |
