Comments for Action Research Books http://uepibooks.wordpress.com Social Justice, Environment and Livability books from MIT Press Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:02:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Environmental Justice In Latin America by mzebich http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/environmental-justice-in-latin-america/#comment-38 mzebich Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:02:50 +0000 http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-38 This is a great book for upper division environmental justice courses and for courses within Latin American Studies programs. This is a great book for upper division environmental justice courses and for courses within Latin American Studies programs.

]]> Comment on Environmental Justice In Latin America by Doveblolkinoto http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/environmental-justice-in-latin-america/#comment-37 Doveblolkinoto Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:26:09 +0000 http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-37 Brilliant! Brilliant!

]]> Comment on Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability by kpezzoli http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/human-settlements-and-planning-for-ecological-sustainability/#comment-36 kpezzoli Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:12:48 +0000 http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-36 Photo of Mexico City, including shots of the case study featured my Human Settlements book, can be viewed and downloaded for free at: http://regionalworkbench.org/gallery/main.php See the galleries called : Album: Mexico City- general Album: Ajusco Desalojo and CEP Album: Mexico City Colonias (Los Belvederes-Ajusco) Photo of Mexico City, including shots of the case study featured my Human Settlements book, can be viewed and downloaded for free at: http://regionalworkbench.org/gallery/main.php

See the galleries called :

Album: Mexico City- general
Album: Ajusco Desalojo and CEP
Album: Mexico City Colonias (Los Belvederes-Ajusco)

]]> Comment on The U. S. Paper Industry and Sustainable Production by Forest Policy Research » Blog Archive » 360 Forest Type / World-wide http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/the-u-s-paper-industry-and-sustainable-production/#comment-26 Forest Policy Research » Blog Archive » 360 Forest Type / World-wide Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:16:32 +0000 http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-26 [...] 23) The U. S. Paper Industry and Sustainable Production: An Argument for Restructuring “Smith’s book is an entirely credible and comprehensive plan for restructuring an entire industrial sector toward ecological imperatives. Its scope and attention to detail will lead to widespread acceptance of the challenge and the practical initiatives required for success.” – Paul Hawken - The problems recyclers face with wastepaper are connected to the issues addressed by forest advocates, as well as to the difficulties confronted by those involved with industrial pollution from the paper industry. In this richly detailed study, Maureen Smith shows how industrial and environmental analysis can be synthesized to clarify these complex problems and produce solutions. Smith outlines the basic structural characteristics of the U.S. pulp and paper industry and its relationship to the larger forest products sector, as well as its patterns of domestic and global fiber resource use. She then reviews the core technologies employed in virgin pulp production, with an emphasis on their environmental impacts, the role of technological innovation, and the relationships between fiber choices and pollution prevention. Building on this base she reveals structural barriers within the industry that have impeded positive change and shows how these barriers are reinforced by the traditional isolation of environmental policy domains. The study includes a comparative analysis of how organochlorine pollution from pulp mills has been addressed in the United States, Europe, and Canada (and why the United States has seen the slowest rate of progress); an assessment of commodity trade patterns in the industry and how they are linked to resource demand; an examination of the momentum building around annual plant fiber use and the diverse interests it reflects; and a review of recent developments in paper recycling within the context of historical trends in fiber utilization. http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/the-u-s-paper-industry-and-sustainable-production/ [...] [...] 23) The U. S. Paper Industry and Sustainable Production: An Argument for Restructuring “Smith’s book is an entirely credible and comprehensive plan for restructuring an entire industrial sector toward ecological imperatives. Its scope and attention to detail will lead to widespread acceptance of the challenge and the practical initiatives required for success.” – Paul Hawken – The problems recyclers face with wastepaper are connected to the issues addressed by forest advocates, as well as to the difficulties confronted by those involved with industrial pollution from the paper industry. In this richly detailed study, Maureen Smith shows how industrial and environmental analysis can be synthesized to clarify these complex problems and produce solutions. Smith outlines the basic structural characteristics of the U.S. pulp and paper industry and its relationship to the larger forest products sector, as well as its patterns of domestic and global fiber resource use. She then reviews the core technologies employed in virgin pulp production, with an emphasis on their environmental impacts, the role of technological innovation, and the relationships between fiber choices and pollution prevention. Building on this base she reveals structural barriers within the industry that have impeded positive change and shows how these barriers are reinforced by the traditional isolation of environmental policy domains. The study includes a comparative analysis of how organochlorine pollution from pulp mills has been addressed in the United States, Europe, and Canada (and why the United States has seen the slowest rate of progress); an assessment of commodity trade patterns in the industry and how they are linked to resource demand; an examination of the momentum building around annual plant fiber use and the diverse interests it reflects; and a review of recent developments in paper recycling within the context of historical trends in fiber utilization. http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/the-u-s-paper-industry-and-sustainable-production/ [...]

]]> Comment on The U. S. Paper Industry and Sustainable Production by Kannan http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/the-u-s-paper-industry-and-sustainable-production/#comment-4 Kannan Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:52:00 +0000 http://uepibooks.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-4 I totally agree with what has been said above. Thanks, Kannan I totally agree with what has been said above.

Thanks,

Kannan

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