In humanity’s more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it. In short, we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a world that threatens our own species? What can we do to change the current trajectory toward more climate change, increased famine, and epidemic disease?Renowned Stanford scientists Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich believe th...

Environmental scientists reveal the victims of humanity’s massive assault on nature.Gerardo Ceballos, Anne H. Ehrlich, and Paul R. Ehrlich serve as witnesses in this trial of human neglect, where the charge is the massive and escalating assault on living things. Nature is being annihilated, not only because of the human population explosion, but also as a result of massive commercial endeavors and public apathy. Despite the well-intentioned work of conservation org...

Named a Notable Book for 2005 by the American Library Association, One with Nineveh is a fresh synthesis of the major issues of our time, now brought up to date with an afterword for the paperback edition. Through lucid explanations, telling anecdotes, and incisive analysis, the book spotlights the three elephants in our global living room-rising consumption, still-growing world population, and unchecked political and economic inequity-that together are increasingly shaping today'...

Despite widespread public support for environmental protection, a backlash against environmental policies is developing. Fueled by outright distortions of fact and disregard for the methodology of science, this backlash appears as an outpouring of seemingly authoritative opinions by so-called experts in books, articles, and appearances on television and radio that greatly distort what is or is not known by environmental scientists. Through relentless repetition, the flood of anti-environme...

One of the most potentially disastrous consequences of global warming is likely to be the massive migration of displaced populations, including many of the world's poorest. As a place where a wealthy, heavily industrialized country is bordered directly by a struggling, preindustrial nation, the 2,000-mile United States-Mexican border provides a stark preview of the challenges we will face. Stereotyped thinking, based on racism or fear, will not solve these problems. The Golden Door

How far should a reporter go for a story? What's the role of the press at the scene of an emergency, or a murder? Why has journalism suddenly become so susceptible to plagiarism? Here's a book that poses these and other urgent questions-and offers candid answers. At a time when professionals and the public alike worry that journalism has lost its way, Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies is available to provide much-needed, accessible guidance.Its twelve chapters, written ...

This incisive and wholly practical book offers a hands-on guide to developing and assessing social justice art education for K–12 art educators by providing theoretically grounded, social justice art education assessment strategies.Recognizing the increased need to base the K–12 curriculum in social justice education, the authors ground the book in six social justice principles–conceptualized through art education–to help teachers assess and develop curriculum, design pedagogy, and...

Drei bissige Kurzhörspiele (Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Inhalte ebenfalls in anderen Veröffentlichungen des Autors enthalten sind.)Drei messerscharfe Satiren über den modernen Konsumtempel – gnadenlos, witzig und zum Weglaufen komisch.Im ersten Hörspiel stolpert ein Ehepaar beim gemütlichen Einkaufsbummel über einen Clochard, der der Gattin unverblümt „Flittchen“ hinterherruft. Was als Beleidigung beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einem absurden philosophischen Gespräch über Wah...

Es beginnt mit einem Missverständnis: Pekka erzählt, er sei aus der Mannschaft geflogen. Aus der Eishockeymannschaft, denken alle. Also gründen Ella und ihre Freunde die Ritter der Nacht – das neue Eishockeyteam für Pekka. Nur ist er nicht aus der Eishockey- sondern aus der Wasserballmannschaft geflogen. Jetzt heißt es Eishockey gegen Wasserball. Und es wird ein echtes Spektakel!

Business is the largest undergraduate major in the United States and still growing. This reality, along with the immense power of the business sector and its significance for national and global well-being, makes quality education critical not only for the students themselves but also for the public good.The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's national study of undergraduate business education found that most undergraduate programs are too narrow, failing to chall...

Zwischen Frust und Freude - die Geschichte einer FlüchtlingshelferinEin Jahr nach den Willkommensszenen und dem Merkel’schen Glaubensbekenntnis „Wir schaffen das“ stellt sich die Frage, wie wir das alltägliche Zusammenleben mit den Flüchtlingen bewerkstelligen können. Wie die unterschiedlichsten Mentalitäten mit der unseren zu vereinen sind und wie die vielen Menschen nicht nur ein Leben in Frieden und Freiheit bei uns finden, sondern auch ein Obdach und Arbeit. An...

So macht die Antike Spaß: Dimiter Inkiow erzählt mit viel Witz und in verständlicher Sprache die schönsten griechischen Sagen neu – abenteuerlich, spannend und lustig! Gelesen von Peter Kaempfe. Inhalt: Die Welt der alten griechischen Götter Zeus und der Rat der Götter Der Kampf der Giganten Die Geburt der Göttin Pallas Athene Die Rache des Hephaistos – der Gott des Feuers und der Schmiedekünste Hermes, der Gott der Diebe Die Styx und die Ferse des Achill Der Zankapfel Das Trojanische Pfer...