Book Reviews
IEF often reviews books and papers that may be of interest to its members, with the latest creative thinking on issues important to the environment and sustainability.
MOST RECENT FIRST
The Forever Crisis: Adaptive Global Governance, by Adam Day, review and summary by Arthur Dahl, 18 February 2025
‘AdasÃyyih: The Story of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Model Farming Community, by Paul Hanley, reviewed by Arthur Dahl, 13 May 2024
Sustainable Development, Education and Learning, by Victoria Thoresen, 12 August 2023
The Peoples' Environment Narrative: 50 Years with UNEP and Civil Society, Towards Stockholm+50 and Beyond, 5 June 2023
Earth for All: A survival guide for humanity, reviewed by Arthur Dahl, 5 December 2022
Politics of Being: Wisdom and Science for a New Development Paradigm, by Thomas Legrand, review by Arthur Lyon Dahl, 12 December 2021
Active Coral Restoration: Techniques for a Changing Planet, 3 April 2021
Inside UNEP, Maria Ivanova's The Untold Story of the World’s Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP at Fifty reviewed by Arthur Dahl, 16 March 2021
The Dasgupta Review in a Bahá'à perspective, Commentary on The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review, UK Government, 2 February 2021
UNEP at Fifty, by Maria Ivanova
Creating Built Environments: Bridging Knowledge and Practice Divides, by Roderick J. Lawrence, reviewed by Arthur Dahl
Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century, Augusto Lopez-Claros, Arthur L. Dahl and Maja Groff, 23 January 2020
In Pursuit of Hope: A Guide for the Seeker, by Arthur Dahl, 13 June 2019
Equality for Women = Prosperity for All: The Disastrous Global Crisis of Gender Inequality, book review 12 February 2019
Man of the Trees, Richard St. Barbe Baker, the first global conservationist, book review 6 October 2018
Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet, book review of report to the Club of Rome, 13 September 2018
The Imperatives of Sustainable Development: Needs, Justice, Limits, book review, 6 December 2017
In Search of a Better World, 4 November 2017
Harnessing the Power of Collective Learning, 12 April 2016
Responsible Living: Concepts, Education and Future Perspectives, March 2015
Karlberg: Meaning, Religion and a Great Transition - review, January 2015
Review of Paul Hanley's new book "Eleven", November 2014
Last updated 20 May 2025