Environmental movements are among the most vibrant, diverse, and powerful social movements occurring today, across all corners of the globe. They range dramatically from government lobbyists raising campaign funds to save the North American spotted owl; to "Green Warriors" engaging in guerrilla conflict in the mountains of the Philippines; to small landholders and indigenous peoples vowing to die by meeting the waters of the Narmada River in India as it rises due to its damming. Drawing on his primary fieldwork in six countries, environmental researcher Timothy Doyle argues that there is, in fact, no one global environmental movement; rather, there are many, and the differences among them far outweigh their similarities. Movements in the third world--such as those in India and the Philippines --tend to be oriented around issues of human health, shelter, food security, and survival; while those of the developed world--for example, the United States, England, Germany, and Australia --can afford to focus on post-materialist issues such as wilderness concerns and animal rights. Doyle also demonstrates that the consequences of these campaigns are as wide-ranging as their motives and methods. Taking a much-needed step beyond the wealth of nation-centered accounts of environmentalism, this book makes an important contribution to studies concerned with global environmental problems and politics.

Join the geeks of WENG'S CHOP for their BIGGEST ISSUE YET as they dig deep thru the outer reaches of oddball and obscure to bring you the wildest and weirdest in global cinema This issue includes Articles: In Memoriam - Ray Harryhausen, The Witch Lives Again , The Odd and Unique Cinema of Larry Cohen, Rizal Mantovani's Kuntilanak Trilogy, The Search for Weng Weng: Shooting Diary, The Mick Travis Trilogy, The Devil Does Nollywood, The Stupendous Cinema of SyFy, Joe D'Amato: The Last Centurion of Eurotrash, The Legacy of Sonny Chiba, Top 10 Weirdest Improvised Weapons. Interviews: Tim Doyle, Ryan Nicholson, Lubega Vicent Columns: Geek Roundtable: HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY, Box Set Beatdown, Beatdown/Heads-up, Stephen Bissette's Spiderbaby Sinema, Steve's Video Store Volume 2: DON'T, Mexican Monsters on Parade Part Dos, Pimping Godfrey Ho, The Ferocious Aspect: Indian Fantastic Cinema Part 5, Cult Cinema Under The Gun. Reviews (Films), The Bookshelf (Book Reviews) The KrisWord Puzzle, Our Contributors & Final Thought.

Prison Grievances: when to write, how to write (Captive Audiences Publishing, 2013). This entertaining and educational graphic novel teaches inmates how to think through a jail or prison problem and then write a grievance about it. Written with 5th-grade vocabulary and syntax, it engages readers with plot and character development. Grievances must conform to the stringent rules of the federal Prison Litigation Reform Act and the rules of particular jails or prison systems. This novel teachers those rules. It also warns against frivolous and malicious filings. Endorsed by Sister Helen (Dead Man Walking) and over 700 human and civil rights groups, this much-needed novel is priced just right--and needed right now.

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