“…It introduces readers to the concept of planetary urbanisation, with the view of deepening an understanding of urbanisation and its all-pervasive impact on the planet, people and places from a theological perspective. …”
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“…Understanding and implementing sustainable agricultural and land management practices that improve soil health is essential for mitigating and reversing these trends, if we are to successfully meet the needs of more than 9.5 billion people who will be sharing our fragile planet by the middle of the 21st century. The overall focus for this Special Issue was on agricultural factors contributing to soil degradation and suggested strategies for mitigating and reversing those trends. …”

“…A comprehensive resource for understanding the complexities of agricultural finance Agricultural Finance: From Crops to Land, Water, and Infrastructure is a pioneering book that offers a comprehensive resource for understanding the worldwide agriculture markets, from spikes in agricultural commodity prices to trading strategies, and the agribusiness industry generally to the challenges of feeding the planet in particular. The book also goes in-depth on the topics of land, water, fertilizers, biofuels, and ethanol. …”

“…The reason, of course, is that life on planet Earth includes more than human beings and relationships. …”

“…Climate change is one of the most pressing existential issues for humans and the planet, and this book covers leading-edge applications of computational modeling to the vast array of interdisciplinary factors and challenges posed by climate change. …”

“…Hart provides a succinct framework for managers to harmonize concerns for the planet with wealth creation and unambiguously demonstrates the connection between the two. …”

“…Learn how IBM used an outside-in approach within its Smarter Planet digital experience. Develop a method for learning client language and see it in the context of search engine results. …”

“…Corey Barker, Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and one of the Photoshop Guys of Photoshop User TV, brings you this handy and inspiring volume in the Down & Dirty Tricks series. …”

“…Bill Winters, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank "Compulsory reading for any leader searching for purpose and looking to authentically transform their organisation, people and planet for positive impact." Esther Foreman, CEO, The Social Change Agency Companies with an authentic purpose outperform the market by 42%, according to recent research. …”

“…We are living on a finite planet. Humankind is overstepping planetary boundaries, however. …”

“…Should we, as designers, follow Silicon Valley in its quest for products that engage everyone on the planet, or the architect Glenn Murcutt's conviction that he can only build in places he knows so well that his designs can be outstanding? …”

“…Overproduction and air travel are killing our planet, and social media addiction and busyness are killing us. …”

“…Braidotti then analyzes the escalating effects of post-anthropocentric thought, which encompass not only other species, but also the sustainability of our planet as a whole. Because contemporary market economies profit from the control and commodification of all that lives, they result in hybridization, erasing categorical distinctions between the human and other species, seeds, plants, animals and bacteria. …”

“…Let Her Fly is Ziauddin’s journey from a stammering boy growing up in a tiny village high in the mountains of Pakistan, through to being an activist for equality and the father of the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and now one of the most influential and inspiring young women on the planet. Told through intimate portraits of each of Ziauddin’s closest relationships – as a son to a traditional father; as a father to Malala and her brothers, educated and growing up in the West; as a husband to a wife finally learning to read and write; as a brother to five sisters still living in the patriarchy – Let Her Fly looks at what it means to love, to have courage and fight for what is inherently right. …”

“…And all of the world’s problems—widening inequality, a rapidly warming planet, the injustices of global poverty—are consequently harder to solve. …”

“…Given the huge number of microbial species present on the planet, the microorganisms studied represent just the tip of an iceberg. …”

“…This new economics recognizes that the economy is embedded in a society and culture that are themselves embedded in an ecological life-support system, and that the economy cannot grow forever on this finite planet. In this report, we discuss the need to focus more directly on the goal of sustainable human well-being rather than merely GDP growth. …”

“…L'exemple, développé dans cet ouvrage, en témoigne : comment la Nouvelle-Zélande, petit pays de cinq millions d'habitants perdu dans le Pacifique Sud, a pu tenir tête aux géants de la planète et remporter, en 1995, la prestigieuse Coupe de l'America, détrônant les grandes nations maritimes comme les États-Unis, détentrice du trophée. …”