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Histories of the Dustheap: Waste, Material Cultures, Social Justice
This volume provides an examination of how garbage reveals the relationships between the global and the local, the economic and the ecological, and the historical and the contemporary.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262305693
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- 1 online resource (vi, 291 pages) :map.
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Meaningful stuff :design that lasts
"In a world suffocated by people and things, this book exposes why we throwaway things that still work, and shows how we can design products, services, and experiences that last"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262363785
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Invention and innovation :a brief history of hype and failure
"Smil presents the long history and modern infatuation with invention and innovation. Meticulous as always, these vast realms of human ingenuity are organized into sensible categories: inventions that went from welcome to undesirable, inventions that dominate and missed the mark, inventions we still dream about, and lastly, the exaggerations, myths, and wise expectations for innovations we need…
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The green power of socialism :wood, forest, and the making of Soviet industri…
"An environmental history of the Soviet forestry industry, showing how a utilitarian view of nature and the "rational" use of natural resources plays out in practice"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262377560
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Plastics
"An overview of the science of plastics, what makes them a desired material choice, why they are harmful to humans, animals, and the environment, and how we can replace them"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262377058
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Pioneers, hidden champions, changemakers, and underdogs :lessons from China's…
An insider's view of China's under-the-radar, globally competitive innovators. Chinese innovators are making their mark globally. Not only do such giants as Alibaba and Huawei continue to thrive and grow through innovation, thousands of younger Chinese entrepreneurs are poised to enter the global marketplace. In this book, Mark Greeven, George Yip, and Wei Wei offer an insider's view of China's…
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- 9780262352338
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- 1 online resource (216 pages).
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Shadows in the forest :Japan and the politics of timber in Southeast Asia
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- 0585337888
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- 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) :illustrations, map.
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Designing Sustainable Clothing Systems The design for environmentally sustai…
The Fashion System is at the center of the international debate as one of the most polluting and most impactful industries on the environment. In the last decade the fashion industry has changed, and is still modifying, its approach, aware of the fact that the attention to the environment can no longer be considered a trend: the entire system needs to find and adopt a methodological approach to…
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Dairy Chemistry and Biochemistry
It also covers heat-induced changes in milk, the use of exogenous enzymes in dairy processing, principal physical properties of milk, bioactive compounds in milk and comparison of milk of different species.
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Developing New Products and Services
A central theme of this book is that there is, or should be, a constant struggle going on in every organization, business, and system. The struggle is fueled by the dynamic tension that exists between delivering Midas feature-rich versions of products and services using extravagant engineering and delivering low-cost Hermes versions of products and services using frugal engineering (see the…
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