Critical Trends Shaping the Future of Our Planet
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The easiest way to learn about them is to read The Little Green Handbook. Endorsed by Nobel Laureate (expert in atmospheric science), praised by top academics and by common readers (see the compilation of comments) this book is the only publication in which all critical global trends (not just climate change) are discussed and presented in an easy-to-understand language. It is the essential guide for all those who are concerned about the future of our children. First published in Australia in 2005, and a year later in the US, this book has been also translated into Chinese.
The most important and the most popular issue now discussed is the ongoing climate change. According to the Scientific Expert Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, we now have only a small window of opportunity (Science 6 April 2007, vol. 316, p. 17). This calls for a quick and decisive action. However, the problem of solving climate change is linked with other critical global trends. For instance, we shall not be able to solve this problem if we do not understand or ignore the dynamics of global population, the energy consumption by developed and developing nations, and the developing energy crisis. But there are also other interconnected links, which The Little Green Handbook will help to understand and appreciate. |
| The
Little Green Handbook |
This
book replaces The
Seven Thunders published earlier in response to repeated requests
for information. The Little Green Handbook is available via
any bookshop in Australia, New Zealand, the US, and Canada. It can be
also purchased online e.g. from Amazon.com
and its branches in Canada,
France,
Germany,
Japan,
and UK.
There are also many other online
bookstores in various parts of the world selling this book. |
| A compilation of extracts from comments and reviews of The Little Green Handbook. This page contains also some examples how The Little Green Handbook is helping people. | |
| The launching speech by Professor Ian Lowe, AO at the launch of The Little Green Handbook, Brisbane, 8 March 2005. | |
| Without our active participation is solving the problems associated with the current critical global trends our children will have no future. | |
| A brief outline of the topics discussed in The Little Green Handbook. This article was published on the New Matilda website. You can download a pdf version of this article from their site. | |
| Can climate change become uncontrollable? | |
Nitrogen
is essential in food production, which is now supported strongly by
nitrogen-based synthetic fertilisers. But do we really have to use them?
The claim that the use of nitrogen-based fertilisers caused global population
explosion is shown here to be incorrect. Likewise, the claimed essential
role of synthetic fertilisers in feeding the world appears be also based
on false premises. |
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| Temperature data provide no evidence for the global Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age. | |
| In just one hour the Sun delivers more energy than we consume globally in one year. | |
| How much solar energy can we expect to harvest and use for the production of electricity? | |
Can
nuclear energy be used to combat the problem of global warming? Is nuclear
technology an answer to our ever-increasing energy consumption? Is it
the energy of the future? |
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| All you need to know about this ambitious geoengineering project to mitigate global warming. | |
| A simple illustration how we waste planet's resources. | |
This
was an ambitious project aimed at a compilation of practical solutions
to environmental and social problems discussed in The Little Green
Handbook. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, the project had
to be put on hold. |
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| Personal page: A few photos from our visit to New Zealand. | |
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| If you really want to know. | |
| Visit this site and learn about a fantastic, environmentally-friendly real estate project. | |
| A compilation of some useful links. |
Site development commenced: April 2005. Last updated: November 2007.
