Focusing on the fundamentals of sustainable energy transitions, the textbook delves into biophysical principles and examines the environmental impacts of current energy sources. It addresses critical questions and themes essential for understanding and promoting equitable and sustainable energy solutions, making it a valuable resource for those looking to engage with energy policy and practices.
Focusing on sustainability, this guide delves into the critical advancements in green technology, highlighting both the modification of existing technologies for energy conservation and the innovation of new clean technologies that harness renewable resources. It serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding the impact and importance of technology in promoting an eco-friendly future.
Focusing on the intersection of social and environmental aspects of the energy system, this volume highlights essential organizations, policy tools, and technologies for transitioning to a green-energy economy. It integrates insights from various disciplines, including social sciences and engineering, emphasizing the critical need for effective technologies, policies, and social frameworks to address the urgent challenges posed by climate change.
Focusing on agri-food studies, this volume explores the intersection of agriculture and food within political ecology, rural sociology, geography, and environmental studies. It examines the evolution of these fields, offering insights into the institutions and practices that define "green" food. By highlighting the vital connection between food systems and daily life, the book emphasizes the potential for sustainable change through informed choices in agriculture and food consumption.
In this important new primer, Dustin Mulvaney makes a passionate case for the significance of solar power energy and offers a vision for a more sustainable and just solar industry for the future. The solar energy industry has grown immensely over the past several years and now provides up to a fifth of California’s power. But despite its deservedly green reputation, solar development and deployment have potential social and environmental consequences, from poor factory labor standards to landscape impacts on wildlife. Using a wide variety of case studies and examples to trace the life cycle of photovoltaics, Mulvaney expertly outlines the state of the solar industry, exploring the ongoing conflicts between ecological concerns and climate mitigation strategies, as well as current trade disputes and the fate of toxins in solar waste products. This exceptional overview will outline the industry’s current challenges and possible future for students in environmental studies, energy policy, environmental sociology, and other aligned fields.
