Tony Juniper
1) Spix's Macaw
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An environmental parable for our times - the story of a beautiful blue bird meeting its nemesis at the end of the 20th-century.
In December 1897, the Reverend F. G. Dutton lamented that 'there are so many calls on a parson's purse, that he cannot always treat himself to expensive parrots.' He was hoping to purchase a Spix's Macaw, a rare and beautiful parrot found in a remote area of Brazil. Today, the parson's search would be in vain. By the turn...
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During recent years, environmental debate worldwide has been dominated by climate change, carbon emissions and eff orts to achieve low carbon economies. But a number of academic, technical, political, business and NGO initiatives indicate that there is a new wave of environmental attention focused on a wholly different set of subjects: namely that of natural capital, ecosystem services and biodiversity, or in other words, what Nature does for us....
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HarperCollins
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For the first time, His Royal Highness Charles, the Prince of Wales, shares his views on how mankind’s most pressing modern challenges are rooted in our disharmony with nature. In the vein of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and Van Jones’ Green Collar Economy, Prince Charles presents the compelling case that solutions to our most dire crises—from climate change to poverty—lie in regaining a balance with
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For the first time, His Royal Highness Charles, the Prince of Wales, shares his views on how mankind's most pressing modern challenges are rooted in our disharmony with nature. In the vein of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth and Van Jones' Green Collar Economy, Prince Charles presents the compelling case that solutions to our most dire crises-from climate change to poverty-lie in regaining a balance with the world around us.
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Español
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El príncipe Carlos con la ayuda de sus dos principales colaboradores, Ian Skelly y Tony Juniper, comparte sus puntos de vista sobre cómo los desafíos modernos más apremiantes de la humanidad tienen sus raíces en nuestra falta de armonía con la naturaleza.
Al contrastar los estilos actuales de arquitectura con el diseño tradicional y las técnicas de la medicina moderna con las del pasado, pinta un retrato de lo que nosotros, como especie,...