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    Frontlines : stories of global environmental justice / Nick Meynen.

    • Title:Frontlines : stories of global environmental justice / Nick Meynen.
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    • Author/Creator:Meynen, Nick, author.
    • Published/Created:Winchester : Zero Books, 2019.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Environmental justice.
      Environmental responsibility.
    • Description:xiii, 288 pages ; 22 cm
    • Summary:"Every unpacked frontline is one cutting edge of an economic system and political ideology that is destroying life on earth. Reveling our ecosystems to be under a sustained attack, Meynen finds causes for hope in unconventional places."--Back cover.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
    • ISBN:9781789041927 paperback
      1789041929 paperback
      9781789041934 (ebook)
    • Contents:Preface: Mining the St Paul's Cathedral
      Part I: What we take from earth. Mineral matters
      Fossil fuel
      Above ground: life on earth
      How we take what the earth gives us
      Part II: What we give back to earth. At the end of the pipeline
      The trade in hot air
      Sustainable destruction
      Planned obsolescence
      Circular economy?
      Toxic tour in mafia territory
      Beaching boats in Bengal
      How we give back to earth
      Part III: Modern myths. Myth 1: More world trade makes us stronger
      Myth 2: Neoliberalism is the way to freedom
      Myth 3: Economic growth is the key to progress
      Part IV: Alternatives. The heresy of a pope
      And academic revolution: prosperity without growth
      From neoliberalism to environmentalism
      From free to fair and sufficient trade
      Pioneering movements
      Pioneering governments.
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