MUTUALISM AND HEALTH CARE British Hospital Contributory Schemes in the Twentieth Century Mutualism and health care presents the first comprehensive account of a major innovation in hospital funding before the NHS. The voluntary hospitals, which provided th

This volume provides an up-to-date presentation of climate change and its implications for society. Burroughs, an expert on the subject, begins with balanced coverage of the physical principles of the global climate, its behavior on all timescales, and the

John Houghton explores the scientific basis of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change on human society in this comprehensive guide to the subject. He then addresses the action that could be taken by governments, industry and individuals to

In The Revenge of Gaia, bestselling author James Lovelock- father of climate studies and originator of the influential Gaia theory which views the entire earth as a living meta-organism-provides a definitive look at our imminent global crisis. In this dist

A glacier disappears high in the Peruvian Andes. Floodwaters surge across the English countryside. Ten thousand Pacific islanders begin to evacuate their homeland. A duststorm turns day into night across the Inner Mongolian plains. To many people these eve

... its first phase, in the EU alone, c.10,000 industrial companies will have to

For decades conservation has been based on the donor-driven principle. It hasn't worked. For centuries, environmental pollution or degradation has been addressed by the same attitude, the "Polluter pays" principle. That hasn't worked either. The cycle has

This volume examines case studies on EU countries' policy to combat climate change, examining the constraints to and opportunities for the implementation of climate change strategies in these countries. The introductory section provides an overview of the

... Studies, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, and Director, Global

Welcome to the on-line Taste of a Better Future Network Directory, a listing of groups who are part of WEN’s Taste of a Better Future network. Women's Environmental Network has compiled this directory with agreement of the contacts involved. Most of the gr