Marina Silva
Author: Ziporah Hildebrandt
Publisher: Feminist Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781558612624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA vital biography for young readers of a courageous Brazilian woman dedicated to saving the Amazon rainforest.
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Church, Cosmovision and the Environment
Author: Evan Berry
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-06-27
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 135159611X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThough currently only partially understood, evolving interactions among Latin American communities of faith, governments, and civil societies are a key feature of the popular mobilizations and policy debates about environmental issues in the region. This edited collection describes and analyses multiple types of religious engagement with environmental concerns and conflicts seen in modern Latin American democracies. This volume contributes to scholarship on the intersections of religion with environmental conflict in a number of ways. Firstly, it provides comparative analysis of the manner in which diverse religious actors are currently participating in transnational, national, and local advocacy in places such as, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico. It also considers the diversity of an often plural religious engagement with advocacy, including Catholic, Evangelical and Pentecostal perspectives alongside the effects of indigenous cosmological ideas. Finally, this book explores the specific religious sources of seemingly unlikely new alliances and novel articulations of rights, social justice, and ethics for the environmental concerns of Latin America. The relationship between religion and environmental issues is an increasingly important topic in the conversations around ecology and climate change. This book is, therefore, a pertinent and topical work for any academic working in Religious Studies, Environmental Studies, and Latin American Studies.
The Fight against Systemic Corruption
Author: Maria Eugenia Trombini
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published:
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 3658435798
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Undys: Itching for Action
Author: Michael Wagner
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Published: 2008-02-04
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 1742284663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLife's Great with an exciting pair of Undys! Did you know that . . . There is a job called mannying? Mannies get paid just to play games? Dad and I are the world's best mannies? Aunty Faber can be flipping embarassing? Dad and I know all of these things now. We have discovered them in fun, exciting and sometimes stupid ways. Now you can discover them too, just by reading my awesome new book. So, do not waste another second of your life . . . RIP into the UNDYS NOW!
Brazilian Evangelicalism in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Eric Miller
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-05-09
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 3030136868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the past fifty years Brazil’s evangelical community has increased from five to twenty-five percent of the population. This volume’s authors use statistical overview, historical narrative, personal anecdote, social-scientific analysis, and theological inquiry to map out this emerging landscape. The book’s thematic center pivots on the question of how Brazilian evangelicals are exerting their presence and effecting change in the public life of the nation. Rather than fixing its focus on the interior life of Brazilian evangelicals and their congregations, the book’s attention is directed toward social expression: the ways in which Brazilian evangelicals are present and active in the common life of the nation.
Environment: Why Read the Classics
Author: Sofia Vaz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-09-29
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 1351277677
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnvironment: Why Read the Classics? presents six important essays by some of the world's leading environmental thinkers on six of the most emblematic books ever written on the environment. The books – Walden; A Sand County Almanac; Small is Beautiful; Silent Spring; The Limits to Growth; and Our Common Future – taken together have been hugely important in the development of global environmental awareness, activism and policy. The essayists – Viriato Soromenho-Marques, J. Baird Callicott, José Lima Santos, Tim O'Riordan, Satish Kumar and Marina Silva – invite readers to reflect on these ground-breaking works and examine their historical importance, as well as what they should mean to us today and what relevance they will have to future generations. More than just books about the environment, these are also philosophical treatises, in that they increase our understanding of the natural world and of ourselves, calling us "to weigh and consider", as Bacon put it. In particular, they make us reflect on the need to constantly redefine the purposes of progress, the economy and society. How we relate to nature is a crucial aspect in the plans we make as a species, and as individuals; and every one of these books inspires a more respectful relationship, both with nature and humanity, and consequently with ourselves. The six essays in this book are the result of a series of conferences organised in Lisbon by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation with the support of the American Embassy in Portugal. Its *raison d'être* was to revisit the ideas that have shaped the environmental movement, seeking inspiration to deal with what looks like a very challenging future. The significance of such timeless concepts is now more apparent than ever; and these evergreen books are full of ideas that retain their spark even in our difficult times. This is what makes them classics. Environment: Why Read the Classics? is a provocative book and will be essential reading for all those concerned about the state of the world.
An Introduction to World Politics
Author: Richard Oliver Collin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 659
ISBN-13: 1442218037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn today's world, students need to know that there is more to politics than just politics. This clearly written text introduces students to world politics as a combination of comparative politics and international relations in an increasingly interconnected globe and explores topics that are sometimes left out of the equation: health care; the status of children; changing roles of women in the developing world; and the interplay among population growth, resources, the environment, and sustainable development. Designed specifically for introductory-level students, the book balances theory with authentic insights and examples that provide a compelling window into the struggles of citizens worldwide.
Opportunities and Challenges for Women Leaders in Environmental Management
Author: Aquino, Jr., Perfecto Gatbonton
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2023-11-24
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 1668459884
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOur planet is facing the prospect of environmental catastrophe, resulting from decades of reckless human activities. The ongoing degradation of the Earth's natural resources, climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction have created an urgent global crisis. The responsibility for addressing these challenges has been a significant issue since the 1972 International Conference on Human Environment in Sweden. Despite widespread acknowledgment of the issues at hand, insufficient efforts have been taken to safeguard our fragile ecosystems and secure a sustainable future for generations to come. Opportunities and Challenges for Women Leaders in Environmental Management is a groundbreaking book meticulously crafted for academic scholars seeking answers to the most pressing environmental questions of our time. This book reveals the pivotal role women are playing as environmental stewards, providing a ray of hope in the face of environmental turmoil. Through data, empirical studies, and narratives, this book spotlights the remarkable contributions of women worldwide in environmental activism, advocacy, research, education, and innovative strategies. Their unwavering commitment to energy conservation, responsible waste management, and the preservation of ecological parks and wildlife is both inspiring and transformative.
Marina Silva
Author: Elzira Guzman
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780618599707
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollows environmentalist Marina Silva's work of conserving the Amazon rain forest.
Brazil under Lula
Author: J. Love
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009-01-05
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 0230618375
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers the first multidisciplinary analysis of the impact of the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Workers' Party on Brazilian economy and society, as he begins his second four-year term.
