Book Reviews

The Gulf Monarchies and Climate Change – A Book Review

Working in Qatar has clearly given the academic Mari Luomi access to lots of information about the climate change rhetoric and reality of the...

‘Beacons – Stories For Our Not So Distant Future’ Are Climate Shorts

A great collection of short stories inspired by the ecological crisis which are honest, creative and sometimes really funny I don't know if it's just...

Earth Architect Nader Khalili’s Book: Racing Alone

In the book "Racing Alone", Nader Khalili pursues his own revolution using fire, earth, air and water. In “Racing Alone”, the late Iranian earth architect...

Islam and Sustainable Development, A Book Covering These New Worldviews

Odeh Al-Jayoussi creates a  great guidebook on Islam and sustainable development, although it's a little overambitious in its reach at times Odeh Al-Jayoussi, the current vice...

Epic Fail Book Helps Us Understand Our Insatiable Appetite for Awful News

Pink slime, an Egyptian muscleman with freakish biceps, and horse-burgers: what makes news go viral? Ages back, the day after actress Natalie Wood died, I...

Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki Says “Leave the Birds Alone”

If you’re looking for some light reading from the Middle East, something peppered with the region's wit and satire, then look no farther than...

7 Evergreen Books on Sustainable Food for Your New Year

Eating sustainably can make a huge impact on our planet. We all know that eating sustainably, and eating local is good for the planet and...

Maurice Sendak Sails Off for Night and Day

Jewish American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak died last week, at age 83.  The acclaimed master of kid-lit once said, "I don't write for children....

Climate, Migration and Why the Security Agenda Just Doesn’t Help

Framing climate-influenced migration as a threat is dangerous and counterproductive is author  Gregory White  Around the time of the Copenhagen Summit in 2009, there was...

5 Green Books to Buy for Christmas (Or Hannukah)

There are more Christians in Egypt than Jews in Israel. And few westerners might realize that there are Christian Arabs living in the Holy...

Book Review: Capitalizing on Nature- Ecosystems as Natural Assets

“Nature has provided ecosystems and their benefits to us for free… perhaps because this capital has been provided freely to us, we humans have...

Book Review: I’m With the Bears

Pauline Masurel reviews a collection of literary and science fiction stories by world renowned authors that imagine the affects of climate change. Bill McKibben was...

Book Review of Edgelands: Journeys into England’s True Wilderness

Edgelands are the spaces outside of towns and cities that play host to a rough element. Largely considered no-man's-land, they too deserve attention, Marion...

Book Review: ‘The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change’ by Stephen Gardiner

Stephen Gardiner argues that climate change is a combination of the 'prisoners dilemma' and 'tragedy of the commons.' Stephen M. Gardiner regards climate change more...

Book Review: ‘My Journey With a Remarkable Tree’ in Cambodia

Ken Finn is a passionate man. Sitting with him in his Brighton kitchen (which he built himself), our conversation ranges from his book, ‘My...

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