242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

This is a tale of our times. marking the 25th anniversary of Friends of the Earth, Promising the Earth locates the inside story of pioneering campaigns within a broader canvas. No single organization's record can expect to paraphrase the development of environmental consciousness and the growth of grassroots environmental movement, but experiences bear intimate witness to a story that is still... Read more
Chronology; 1 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL; 2 IMAGINING JUSTICE; 3 DESTROYERS OF THE TEMPLE; 4 CREATURE CONTEXT; 5 POETIC JUSTICE; 6 FROM THE HEART; 7 MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN DEATH; 8 WALLS HAVE MOUTHS; 9 THE APPLIANCE OF SCIENCE; 10 LIE OF THE LAND; 11 SEEING THE WOOD; 12 CATCHING THE WAVE; 13 BOOMTIME; 14 TWIN PEAKS; 15 THE ROAD FROM RIO; 16 FRIENDS AND RELATIONS; 17 PROMISING THE EARTH; Appendix: Twenty-five years of campaigning success; Index;

Biography

Robert Lamb

'Overall Lamb has written a very readable, informative and well illustrated book.' - Environmental Politics, Vol 7, No.4, 98