Our planet is responding in complex ways to climate chaos, over-consumption and species extinction. This photography book illustrates the wealth that is at stake. Unforgettable images reveal the unexpected, exhilarating beauty of the world’s carefully-balanced ecosystems, and the people whose traditional way of life is under threat. From delicate and colourful coral reefs, to the man-made ecosystem of rice paddies, to the horrible beauty of oil on water, Our Fragile World celebrates the beauty of the world we have and cannot afford to lose.
The compelling photos make you look twice, and think again. It’s a beautiful, complex, fragile planet: we can adapt and learn, working with nature to protect it.
Includes work from some of the world’s leading photographers, and many images that featured in the United Nations Environment Program Photography competition.
From the foreword by Caroline Lucas, Green MEP: “The world that it captures is a world of Aristotle’s four elements: earth, water, fire and air. They are presented at both their delicate best, playing their essential part in the earth’s diverse ecosystems, and at their destructive worst in what must surely be read as a call to arms for the global environmental movement. Our Fragile World adds both urgency and immediacy to our work, by showing both the beauty and fragility of the world around us and exactly what we stand to lose if we fail.”
About the authors: Caspar Henderson is a writer on the environment, energy and political affairs and an editor at openDemocracy.net, a project dedicated to open global politics. Troth Wells has been with the New Internationalist since 1972 . She has written a number of world food books, and is the English language editor of The World Guide, a global reference source that focuses on majority world issues.
This is a collection of short stories, poetry, seasonal customs and fascinating facts. Great stocking filler for friends and family.
Fiction & prose
Christmas poetry
Steve Turner, Anne Bronté, Thomas Hardy & William McGonagall and others
All the trimmings
All you need to know about seasonal customs, fascinating facts, and some of the best writing remembering Christmases past
A must-have cookbook choc-full of wonderful recipes...! The Bittersweet World of Chocolate reveals the eventful history of chocolate and explains why more of us are buying Fair Trade chocolate. Accompanied by 50 recipes from around the world, this book gives a chocolate boost to the mind and the body.
"Enjoy your chocolate and help cocoa farmers at the same time." My Weekly
"An ideal gift for chocolate lovers." Woman Alive
"This beautifully illustrated recipe book gives new ideas for delicious dishes to make with fair trade chocolate." Developments Magazine
This fantastic book provides desset and drink recipes from around the world, with a whole lot of fair trade information to boot!
Features collected recipes from ten years of groundbreaking food publishing and support for fair trade. Features easy-to-cook, vegetarian, and very tasty dishes from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Try rum cake from Mauritius, Lebanese fruit salad, Caribbean ginger beer, or Iranian muhallabia (rice and almond dessert).
Paperback.
How do people keep going against all the odds in their efforts to change the world? Meet nine remarkable individuals who tell their own inspiring life stories and are blazing trails for others to follow.
From Cambodia to Israel-Palestine, nine stories from individuals standing up for their rights. ‘You can cut the flower, but you cannot stop the coming of spring.’ Malalai Joya, the young member of the Afghan parliament, refuses to let injustice go unchallenged. Her words reflect the irrepressible attitudes and actions of all the women and men who tell their stories here.
Youk Chhang - who has dedicated his life to laying bare the atrocities of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge. Malalai Joya - one of the first women elected to Afghanistan’s parliament, now banned for denouncing her warlord fellow MPs. Harry Wu - survivor of and campaigner against China’s laogai labor camps. Chaeli Mycroft - a teenage girl with cerebral palsy whose campaign for disability rights has lit up South Africa. Sompop Jantraka - Thai campaigner who has rescued thousands of girls and women from the sex trade. Oscar Arias - Nobel Peace Prize winner and President of Costa Rica, which has no army. Monireh Baradaran - who survived years of imprisonment and torture under Iran’s theocratic regime. Bassam Aramin - Palestinian peace campaigner whose daughter was shot by Israeli troops. Rami Elhanan - Israeli peace campaigner whose daughter was killed in a suicide bombing.
A must-have book and a fantastic gift!
This book looks at the latest findings on climate change, explores the options and explains key issues like carbon emissions, trading and the debate over nuclear power versus renewable energy. Short, clear and concise - a brilliant read.
A must-have book for anyone with an interest in fair trade.
This book tells the human story behind the products we consume. David Ransom argues that the key question is not whether trade should be regulated or deregulated, but whether trade is to be master or servant of the people.
A must-have book and a fantastic gift!
This book condenses our complex world into a clear, concise commentary. It traces the journey towards a borderless world, showing that the promise of globalization is seductive, powerful and ultimately hollow.
A must-have book and a fantastic gift!
In this text, Maggie Black traces the history of international development from its post-colonial beginnings, and examines the relationship between development and economic growth; the impact development has had on the living conditions of the poor and on the environment; and whether development will have a specific role in the future, or whether it will simply be subsumed under the concept of globalization.
This is the book to take the tastebuds travelling!
Arepas from Venezuela, tom yam soup from Thailand, delicious mezze from the Middle East, "The World of Street Food" offers the best in fast food from Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. Over a hundred recipes have been chosen for their popularity at street stalls and markets around the world.
A collective effort by the author and fans of street food worldwide, this book combines thorough research with personal stories from the people and places the recipes come from. For instance, how the South African bunny chow was invented through a combination of Asian curry, European bread and apartheid; or the stories from Penang, Malaysia, said by many to be the street food capital of the world. Each recipe is accompanied by awarding-winning food photography and evocative travel pictures.
The majority of recipes are vegetarian, and many are vegan or vegan-adaptable. It includes information on nutrition, and organic and Fair Trade ingredients. It includes recipes such as: Indian idli - freshly made rice puffs with chutney; Spicy prawns piqued with lime; Falafel or baba ganoush from the Middle East; China's dim sum dumplings, spring rolls and noodle dishes; Satay from south-east Asia; Crispy samosas from India and Africa; Golden corn cake arepas from South America; Enticing desserts like coconut ice cream; and Rum cocktail.
This large-format, lavishly-illustrated book is a celebration of water – its history and its many roles in the human and natural world. Author Maggie Black delves into literary, historical and folkloric sources for extracts and quotations that highlight and complement more than 90 photographs demonstrating the majesty of water. These images range from natural wonders, such as oceans, mighty rivers and snow-capped mountains, to everyday scenes of people interacting with water; planting seedlings, boiling kettles and jumping puddles. The text and photographs are interspersed with contemporary droplets of fact.
About the author: Maggie Black is a writer on international issues, including water resources and children’s rights. She has written histories of Unicef and Oxfam, as well as books and reports on water and sanitation. Widely traveled in the developing world, especially in East Africa and South Asia, she has worked as a consultant for many international organizations. A book on the drinking water crisis in India’s villages will shortly be published by OUP in Delhi. She also wrote an NI magazine issue on the struggle against large dams in India’s Narmada Valley, and two No-Nonsense Guides: International Development and Water.
Collected recipes from ten years of groundbreaking food publishing and support for fair trade. Features easy-to-cook, vegetarian, and very tasty dishes from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
State of the World’s Street Children: Research brings together a comprehensive collection of literature about street children from the last decade. It draws on over 400 pieces of research, determining where advances have been made in the knowledge about this often over-looked group and dispelling some unfounded assumptions. It also identifies where the gaps are in current knowledge to reveal areas where further exploration is needed.
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