29/05/2013
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Created to raise awareness of the need to save energy resources and invest in renewable energy for future generations, the World Energy Day is celebrated on Wednesday (29). The date also reinforces the idea of preserving the planet and combating the environmental crisis. The Bookstore Leaf selected some books that address.
Lutzenberger Joseph (1926-2002), "Manual of Ecology", debate issues that are now part of everyday life. However, in the early 1970s, when Lutzenberger began to talk about it, the ecology was seen as something of "eccentric people." Agronomist argued that "progress" would cause the depletion of irreplaceable natural resources that would cause imbalance in the climate of the planet and social problems.
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"Ecological Enterprises", Bibi van der Zee meets guidelines and the best ways to follow the "green trend" and adapt business strategies to more sustainable practices. Besides being more profitable, these postures can define the quality of life of the future.
Written by Eduardo José Gomes Gonçalves, "Where Do We Go?" gathers information about the situation and shows how our recent habits can destroy us in a relatively short time.
"Six Degrees" by Mark Lynas, winner of the Royal Society, 2008, is based on forecasts of temperature increase of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). According to the author, global warming could produce a global disaster.
In the book "The Environmentalism of the Poor", the economist Joan Martinez Alier investigates the relationship between ecology, politics and economics. Alier debate as it is possible to develop the economy and technology, meet the needs of humanity and to protect nature.
In "The War For Food", the sociologist Walden Bello alert to the increase of prices of basic food items when biofuels and biofuels become strategic commitment of the country to the 21st century.
For children, 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth describes ecological problems of Brazil and the world and presents small things not to harm plants, trees and rivers, avoid all kinds of pollution and preserve endangered animals.
