Environment – Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers

What’s Sex Got to Do with It?

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:11 +0000

How better than to mark the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s book on human evolution than by challenging his theory with an updated version which instead places the female species at the centre of the theory. Sexual selection may have created us, but by refusing to take a good hard look at ourselves and our impact on the planet, we may be granting natural selection the power to eliminate us.

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The Most Special Rhino in the Munu

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:10 +0000

Shortlisted for The People’s Book Prize 2021-2022. Munu is a story of hope in the face of adversity. As one of the world’s rarest black rhinoceros, Munu was tragically blinded and could not have survived in the wild if it was not for the White Lion Foundation who rescued him, offering him a sanctuary and lifetime care in South Africa. His story, as the most special rhino in the world…

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Globalisation for the Common Good

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:00 +0000

Today, despite many significant achievements in science, technology, medicine, transportation and communications, and a vast increase in world trade, the globalized world economy is facing serious socio-economic, political, cultural and environmental problems, of potentially catastrophic proportions. Although many attempts have been made by international organizations like the World Bank and IMF…

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Eradicating Ecocide – 2nd Edition

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 03:17:20 +0000

The winner of Non-Fiction Category of THE PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE (2010/2011). In Eradicating Ecocide, international environment lawyer and Ecocide law expert Polly Higgins sets out to demonstrate how our planet is fast being destroyed by the activities of corporations and governments, facilitated by ‘compromise’ laws that offer insufficient deterrence. She offers a solution that is radical yet…

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Earth is our Business

SheaFowb429Aslf — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:28:39 +0000

Earth is our Business takes forward the argument of Polly Higgins’ first book, Eradicating Ecocide. This book proposes new Earth law, but it is also about something more than law: it advocates a new form of leadership which places the health and well-being of people and planet first. Polly Higgins shows how law can provide the tools and be a bridge to a new way of doing business. She argues…

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Totty

SheaFowb429Aslf — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:13:05 +0000

Totty is a story of a brave turtle that overcomes different obstacles with the help of his friends. His adventure brings him full circle back to his birthing place, where he is saved by the Turtle Sea Rescue staff that help him and then release him back into the sea. His story is a positive way that children can learn about how litter in the ocean and oil spills can affect the different sea…

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The Gilgamesh Gene Revisited

SheaFowb429Aslf — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 08:41:06 +0000

How it is that humanity has brought itself, along with most other species, to the brink of extinction? In the Gilgamesh Gene Revisited, Russell-Jones provides a time-line analysis of man’s relationship with the natural world that stretches back deep into pre-history and illuminates the origins of many of our most cherished fables, myths and religious creeds, which provide our belief systems…

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Sparkle

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 08:34:59 +0000

Sparkle is the magical story of a curious snow leopard cub that experiences an exciting and gripping adventure; it’s bound to fuel any child’s imagination. His story teaches children the value of friendship and helps inspire them to understand the need to protect these exquisite creatures in their natural habitat. Who knows, it may even help them to become our conservationists of the future.

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