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Climate change owing to global warming is a paramount concern for society in the twenty-first century. Because climate change involves a wide range of interlinked problems, solutions must be pursued in an interdisciplinary manner. This book adopts a holistic approach to various aspects of global warming.

First, knowledge mapping about global warming is presented as a framework for addressing the issue. A discussion of risks in relation to global warming and of the communication of risk between academia and society is discussed. Impacts, adaptation strategies, the institution of a low-carbon society and a number of other policy concerns associated with climate change are then reviewed. Because human behaviour is a critical factor in the move towards a low-carbon society, issues involving quality of life are also presented, with an emphasis on philosophy. Finally, the book considers the integration of three scenarios for society—a low-carbon society, a resource-circulating society, and a society in harmony with nature—and presents a comprehensive vision of the future.

This new publication chronicles achievements of over 400 Barbadians who immigrated to Canada since the nineteenth century, and whose energy, creativity and talents have made a significant contribution to every section of Canadian life and society. This is a very special work of living memory.. In these stories of Barbadian pioneers can be found the footprints of Canada, a nation on the move.

This excellent slice of scholarship will be a useful resource and will also be enlightening for general readers who seek to know more about the important nexus between Barbados and Canada.

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a wide range of chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, mental illness, asthma, and arthritis to name a few.  Most people are deficient in vitamin D, but 90 percent of blacks are critically deficient.  

This book examines a crucial and grossly under-examined health issue among dark-skinned people – chronic vitamin D deficiency. In the United States alone, blacks suffer disproportionate incidence and mortality rates from major degenerative diseases linked to vitamin D deficiency. “Correcting The Vitamin D Deficiency Epidemic” also shows how to optimize your vitamin D level; how to select, prepare and consume foods that work with vitamin D to preserve your health, and how to prevent and fight chronic diseases.