“…Ces derniers profitent du formidable développement des transports et de la mobilité toujours plus rapide des populations pour se propager sur la planète. Aujourd'hui, les villes sont devenues de véritables refuges à moustiques tandis que, dans les campagnes, l'usage combiné des engrais et des pesticides favorise – paradoxalement – leur prolifération. …”

“…It gave theoretical expression to a material and cultural reality that was just then getting properly started - globalisation and postmodernity - whilst highlighting the geo-spatial limits to accumulation imposed by our planet. However this landmark publication, author Robert Hassan argues, did not address the arrival of digital technology, the quantum leap represented by the move from an analogue world to a digital economy and the rapid creation of a global networked society. …”

“…Si le système sportif, qui est né en Angleterre au xixe siècle, a constitué une rupture radicale avec les pratiques athlétiques antérieures, sa diffusion aux quatre coins de la planète par l'intermédiaire de l'impérialisme anglo-saxon a fortement contribué à façonner le monde dans lequel nous vivons. …”

“…Est-il concevable qu’une période historique longue de quarante ans, qui vit s’instaurer un système bipolaire au niveau mondial, entraînant la planète dans une grille de lecture du monde manichéenne, n’ait trouvé aucun écho dans les communes et les départements français ? …”

“…Vingt ans après le Sommet de Rio qui avait consacré le concept de développement durable, tous les Etats de la planète étaient de nouveau réunis au Brésil en 2012 pour discuter du futur de la Terre. …”

“…Le mouvement des non-alignés, qui représente sans doute la manifestation la plus nette de l'émergence du Tiers Monde sur la scène internationale, a connu, depuis sa naissance en 1961, une croissance remarquable puisqu'il rassemble aujourd'hui près des deux tiers des États de la planète. Les représentants de ce mouvement, de même que la majorité des observateurs, rattachent ce développement rapide et puissant à l'accomplissement avec succès d'un certain nombre de fonctions stratégico-politiques et économiques, telles que l'instauration de la détente, la démocratisation des relations internationales et la remise en cause de l'ordre économique international. …”

“…<i>Banking for a Better World</i> challenges us to start finding overlaps between our own lives and global issues and to bridge the distance between our personal needs and those of our planet…”

“…We were also asking ourselves a question about what responsibility mankind might have to marine mammals, on our rapidly changing planet? The answer to the question; can, or should, humans have responsibility for the lives of marine mammals when they are affected by our activities? …”

“…Biopunk makes use of current posthumanist conceptions in order to criticize contemporary reality as already dystopian, warning that a future will only get worse, and that society needs to reverse its path, or else destroy all life on this planet. As Rosi Braidotti argues, "there is a posthuman agreement that contemporary science and biotechnologies affect the very fibre and structure of the living and have altered dramatically our understanding of what counts as the basic frame of reference for the human today". …”

“…The challenge is to explore and to look deeply into economics in order to provide it a new direction with the possibility for understanding, changing and saving the planet from climate change. This book presents to economists and policy-makers alike areas of environmental economics, energy policy, health and social issues which are needed to stop and reverse climate change…”

“…Comment les chercheurs font-ils pour modéliser un système aussi complexe que la planète terre ? Quelles données permettent de décrire et modéliser les climats passés ? …”

“…Wildfires influence the carbon cycle and the nutrient balance of our planet, and may even play a role in regulating the oxygen content of our atmosphere. …”

“…Les auteurs [...] invitent généreusement le lecteur à prendre part à cette conversation, qui est si cruciale pour l'avenir de l'humanité sur notre planète qui rétrécit. »…”

“…Your logical, linear guide to the fundamentals of data science programming Data science is exploding—in a good way—with a forecast of 1.7 megabytes of new information created every second for each human being on the planet by 2020 and 11.5 million job openings by 2026. …”

“…This research is also consistent with new attention to the environmental aspects of schools, which are significant in terms of embodied pedagogy, the health and comfort of educators and learners, and, indeed, the long-term prospects for life on the planet…”

“…The coastal zone is one of the most dynamic environments on our planet and is much affected by global change, especially sea-level rise. …”

“…A global Green New Deal, progressive trans-European movements, grassroots campaigning on international issues with new and improved language and storytelling are all needed if we are to pull the planet back from the edge of catastrophe. This book is both a warning and an inspiration to activists terrified by the strengthening wall of far-right power…”

“…Climate change is current with more change to come, and furthermore, climate change is an enormous problem facing the planet. However, the world’s greatest problem is that too many people must share too little energy. …”

“…Cars, buses, and other engine-based vehicles abound in every country on the planet, and it is continually evolving, with electric cars, hybrids, self-driving vehicles, and so on. …”

“…Is all this data making a difference to people and planet, and have we actually lost sight of what we are measuring and why? …”