Books in the Environmentalism and Politics Set series

We have poisoned the air and water on which our lives depend. Poor countries exhaust their land in the struggle to survive while rich countries demand more and more. This title tells why things have gone so terribly wrong and what each of us can do to clean up the mess. It deals with the major problems that people and the planet face.

Did dinosaurs contribute to global warming? What is rubbish theory and what indeed is rubbish? And how did the whale become a cuddly toy? And why did we decide to saturate our land and food with pesticides? This book examines these questions and also includes a study of pollution in fiction, from the fogs of Dickens to the smog of Chandler.

Never before have people been so aware of the importance of sound environmental law, as every week stories of controversial planning developments and prosecutions for the release of toxic substances feature in the news. This book explains the ways that ordinary citizens can use the law to ensure the environment is protected.

Using the simple device of an exchange of faxes from across time, this book reveals to us what the future may hold.

We are poisoning our planet and destroying the lives of our children. In the west arguments rage over how much nuclear radiation and toxic dumping is safe, while children continue to breath filthy air and eat food full of pesticides. This book tells about the world we are creating for our children, and sets out what must be done.