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Don't just sit there, do something. But what? How Can I Stop Climate Change? explains what climate change is and what you can do to stop it. Written by the experts at Friends of the Earth, it gives you the facts and figures and offers practical advice and simple solutions. What is happening and why? Learn to distinguish myth from fact and find out what the future holds, based on the scientific evidence What are our options? Discover what works and...
62) Being Where You Are: How Environmental Volunteers Impact Their Community and the Planet Every Day
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Being Where You Are explores the lives of people who volunteer for conservation organizations, those with missions supporting the preservation and protection of the natural world. This book poses some essential questions, such as: How do people connect to place? What makes them care about a place and want to work towards preserving it? What motivates them to seek out volunteering opportunities? What do they get in return when they volunteer to protect...
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In Almost Green, James Glave demonstrates that the journey along the path to a greener life is not always easy but is frequently hilarious and always enlightening. Glave-a writer and stay-at-homedad-describes his experiences building a green writing studio in the front yard of his home on Bowen Island, British Columbia, a not-so-green paradise where SUVs still outnumber compost boxes. While coping with the many frustrations and small victories of...
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Nuestro interés por el ser humano nos ha llevado a desarrollar una serie de trabajos y planteamientos que nos permiten delimitar qué es la humanidad y cómo esta evoluciona en el marco de la ecología planetaria. Sobre todo, nos interesa conocer cómo la hominización y la humanización se complementan en este proceso evolutivo para generar la conciencia en nuestro género. Una conciencia de especie que, una vez emergida, se ha de consolidar para...
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"Do you want to become rich?" If I give you this question, I think 'most people' will answer "Yes". And this is very reasonable and agreeable. But have you ever considered the number of 'most people'? There are about 7 billion people in the world now. Then, have you ever considered the state of Earth when 7 billion people became rich? What about clean water and clean air? Do we have clean water to drink at that time? Can we even breathe in the natural...
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As we approach the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 2004, attention will inevitably turn to the nineteenth-century explorers who risked life and limb to interpret the natural history of the American West. Beginning with Meriwether Lewis and his discovery of the bitterroot, the goal of most explorers was not merely to find an adequate route to the Pacific, but also to comment on the state of the region's ecology and its suitability...
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In this impassioned polemic, radical environmental philosopher Derrick Jensen debunks the near-universal belief in a hierarchy of nature and the superiority of humans. Vast and underappreciated complexities of nonhuman life are explored in detail-from the cultures of pigs and prairie dogs, to the creative use of tools by elephants and fish, to the acumen of caterpillars and fungi. The paralysis of the scientific establishment on moral and ethical...
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A chance encounter with an orange-eyed lemur changed everything for Penelope Bodry-Sanders, at 49. Her captivating memoir, "A Conspiracy of Lemurs," chronicles a life intertwined with the destiny of species on the brink of extinction.
Her Lemur Conservation Foundation, begun as a wishful endeavor, is now an internationally recognized model for protecting endangered primates through captive breeding, scientific research, education, and art. For nearly...
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A vast expanse of rock formations, sand dunes, and sagebrush in central and southwest Wyoming, the little-known Red Desert is one of the last undeveloped landscapes in the United States, as well as one of the most endangered. It is a last refuge for many species of wildlife. Sitting atop one of North America's largest untapped reservoirs of natural gas, the Red Desert is a magnet for energy producers who are damaging its complex and fragile ecosystem...
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En este libro se muestran algunas tesis nacidas del esfuerzo por construir una visión compleja, interdisciplinaria, ética y participativa en distintos territorios del país y en escenarios diferentes entre sí. La intención de generar respuestas a problemas ambientales o aportar elementos que nutran a los procesos educativo-ambientales puede identificarse en las formulaciones teórico-metodológicas, en las reflexiones que hacen los autores y en...
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It's Not About Politics.
It's About Caring--And What Every Family Can Do!
Written by a passionately concerned couple--David Seligman is an active duty U.S. serviceman and Melissa is a devoted stay-at-home mom--this is the first book about going green that won't scare you with statistics, overwhelm you with science, or make you feel guilty about your SUV. Instead, this indispensable guide will help families everywhere to take simple, practical steps,...
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The woods-whether viewed from the ground on a morning hike or among the branches during an autumn afternoon spent in a tree stand-is a complex ecosystem at every level. Few sportsmen observe and even fewer appreciate the balance of food supply for the wildlife and game, which draws millions of families back to the forest every year. Left unchecked by nature, such biomes eventually mature past the point of providing sustenance to the animals they once...
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Concern for environment is as old as human civilization. The traditional society took sanctity of environment for granted as a necessary precondition for the existence of human society. But this situation started changing after the industrial revolution when human society with the help of technologically advanced knowledge system started making significant changes in the whole environment and this gave the society an understanding that man will be...
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ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHNAGE: Agricultural Ecosystems and Gender Dimensions is a product of over four years of painstaking and rigorous research by a multidisciplinary team. It brings together empirical knowledge on farmer's adaptation to climate change in a developing country. The book is comprehensive as well as broad in its coverage. Detailed analysis of various dimensions of climate change on dryland and wetland agriculture as well as fishing...
75) Food First
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This book looks back on forty years of writings from the Oakland-based Institute for Food and Development Policy, better known as Food First, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. The book highlights the breadth and depth of the organization's published works, addressing issues such as hunger, international trade, US foreign policy, the Green Revolution, agroecology, climate justice, land reform, food and farm workers' rights, and food sovereignty....
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In the fall of 1979, millions of some of the most beautiful acres in the world were under threat. The political heat surrounding the environmental controversy prompted then Senator Frank Church to wear a bullet proof vest to public hearings. This is Ralph Maughan's personal story of the courageous creation of the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness.
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Esta publicación es el resultado del 1.er Congreso Educativo Ambiental, CEA 2020, que estuvo dirigido a equipos directivos y docentes, profesionales de distintas áreas ambientales y sociales, grupo de alumnos, jóvenes estudiantes y todas aquellas personas que desearon participar de un espacio no solo de propagación de conocimientos y experiencias, sino en un espacio para analizar el medio ambiente como factor indispensable para el bienestar social,...
78) Walking in the Land of Many Gods: Remembering Sacred Reason in Contemporary Environmental Literature
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How are we placed on Earth? What is our relationship to the world around us, and how
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The author came to Alaska as a greenhorn biologist - enthusiastic, but lacking in practical knowledge. The timing was perfect for opportunity: federal legislation was in the works that would change the face of Alaska forever - millions of acres of wild Alaska were being set aside in perpetuity for conservation purposes. The passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) set the stage for the future, both for the land and for...
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Esta guía-el tercer producto de una colección de materiales para favorecer prácticas formativas, impulsada por la maestría en Educación Ambiental de la Universidad de Guadalajara-ofrece herramientas prácticas para enriquecer la planificación de talleres educativos sobre educación ambiental. Tanto para principiantes como para expertos, esta guía promueve el desarrollo de competencias clave en los participantes, que van desde la responsabilidad...
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