{"title":"Jim Mason","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJim Mason\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. His works delve into ethical questions surrounding animal rights, food systems, and environmental responsibility, inviting readers to consider the impact of human choices on other species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending scientific inquiry with thoughtful advocacy, Mason’s books challenge conventional perspectives and encourage a deeper understanding of our place within nature. Perfect for those interested in \u003cem\u003eScience \u0026amp; Nature\u003c\/em\u003e and ethical considerations in contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-ethics-of-what-we-eat-by-jim-mason-9781921145872","title":"The Ethics of What We Eat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter achieving best-selling status in trade paperback, a handsome new format edition of this important work by Australia's Peter Singer is now available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1980, Peter Singer and Jim Mason published \u003cem\u003eAnimal Factories\u003c\/em\u003e, a landmark work on the harm factory farming inflicts on the environment, rural communities, and animals. A generation later, in \u003cem\u003eThe Ethics of What We Eat\u003c\/em\u003e, the pair embark on a remarkable journey to investigate the foods we eat. Their findings are both shocking and illuminating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir adventure begins at the dinner tables of three families with differing tastes and shopping habits. The authors scrutinise methods of production for every food group, including the factory farming of cattle and pigs, of chicken and fish, as well as the recent increase of GM foods now available from our supermarket shelves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey also explore the burgeoning organic food movement, the fair trade movement, the pros and cons of buying locally, and how it is possible to be an ethical consumer in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342754992364,"sku":"9781921145872","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27955633482871.jpg?v=1743939947"},{"product_id":"an-unnatural-order-by-jim-mason-9781590566312","title":"An Unnatural Order","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fully revised and updated version of the classic work on the origins of animal agriculture and our longstanding contempt for and hatred of nature and animals.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1993, Jim Mason, journalist, advocate, and pioneering figure in the contemporary animal advocacy movement, published \u003cem\u003eAn Unnatural Order\u003c\/em\u003e — a sweeping overview of the origins of our hatred and destruction of the natural world and its creatures, from the dawn of agriculture to the present day. Now fully revised and updated to reflect developments in paleoanthropology and ethology, as well as greater awareness of, and urgency regarding, the climate crisis, \u003cem\u003eAn Unnatural Order\u003c\/em\u003e offers an expansive overview of what has changed (both for good and for ill) and what has unfortunately remained the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis message is clear: until we grapple with the question of the animal, and our relationship with animality and the natural world, we will not be able to confront the consequences of our perpetuation of environmental destruction, biodiversity collapse, and our alienation from the Earth and one another. As brilliantly polemical and richly descriptive as it was when it was published almost three decades ago, this new version of \u003cem\u003eAn Unnatural Order\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to excite a passionate debate about our role in either saving the ecosystems upon which all species (including our own) rely, or bringing it all to an end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460199661804,"sku":"9781590566312","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781590566312-an-unnatural-order.jpg?v=1774945478"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/jim-mason.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}