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How to take action on climate change in your everyday life.
When it came to climate change, Natalie Isaacs used to think it was someone else's issue. After all, what can one person do to make a difference? Then she cut her electricity bill by 20-percent and saw how much money and pollution she'd saved.
Feeling empowered, she embraced action instead of apathy and changed her life. She has never looked back.
In Every Woman's Guide to Saving the Planet,...
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This book follows the arc of an upland hunter's life from childhood into old age. Each chapter emphasizes the larger life lessons that hunting teaches a person as they learn and then practice the sport. A large portion of the book centers on the way upland hunting integrates wing shooting and dog work into a coherent whole that, when it works well, can approach art.
The book consists a Preface, 34 stories organized into seven sections (Growing Up,...
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Pillage d'eau, fracturation du sous-sol, contamination de l'air, danger de l'industrie nucléaire, privatisation des montagnes, érosion de la biodiversité… Si le Québec a pu échapper jusqu'ici à diverses tentatives d'agressions envers son territoire, c'est grâce à des groupes mobilisés, qui demeurent en alerte.
Les récits de lutte présentés dans cet ouvrage témoignent de l'engagement de citoyennes et citoyens qui se sont invités dans...
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The Chesapeake Bay restoration effort has been touted as the nation's premier environmental restoration program. Yet the Bay and the living systems it supports remain in dismally poor condition, with fisheries in decline and drinking water in danger. This book addresses the Chesapeake Bay as a political problem and reveals how the political process has worked against the interests of science, the public, and environmental advocates all at once. Author...
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You аlwауѕ hеаr thе mоttо "reduce, rеuѕе, rесусlе!" but dо you really knоw whаt it mеаnѕ? Sо mаnу thingѕ саn influеnсе hоw, why, when, оr whеrе you rесусlе, inсluding where уоu livе and how уоu livе, whеrе you work and how уоu work, аnd much mоrе. Yоu ѕhоuld knоw thе рrореr elements оf rеduсing your resource consumption, rеuѕing what уоu саn, аnd recycling products tо ensure...
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Celebrating our national parks
• Denali National Park celebrates its centennial anniversary in 2017
• The park attracts more than 400,000 visitors annually
• More than 60 historic photographs throughout
Historic Denali National Park is a vibrant narrative that covers different parts of the park's history, from the Native Americans and the early explorers to park visitors today. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Denali National Park and...
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Basándose en la sabiduría espiritual de san Francisco de Asís y guiados por el papa Francisco –quien prologa la obra–, los autores de El placer por el cambio dan respuestas para una coexistencia armoniosa entre la humanidad y el planeta Tierra.
A través del sentimiento de comunidad y el sentido de justicia social, abordan la urgente necesidad de hacer frente a la degradación del medio ambiente, el derecho a un trabajo digno, la creciente...
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The Chilcotin's wild horses are are romantic and beautiful, but they are also controversial: they are seen by government policy as intruders competing for range land with native species and domestic cattle and, as a result, they have been subject to culls and are not officially protected.
In this compelling book, wildlife biologist Wayne McCrory draws upon two decades of research to make a case for considering these wonderful creatures, called...
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Daphne Sheldrick, whose family arrived in Africa from Scotland in the 1820s, is the first person ever to have successfully hand-reared newborn elephants. Her deep empathy and understanding, her years of observing Kenya's rich variety of wildlife, and her pioneering work in perfecting the right husbandry and milk formula have saved countless elephants, rhinos, and other baby animals from certain death.
In this heartwarming and poignant memoir, Daphne...
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What's to be done when only three spotted owls are left in Canada's wild? When wolves eat endangered caribou, cormorants kill rare trees, and housing developments threaten a tiny frog?
Environmental journalist Sarah Cox has witnessed what happens when we drive species to the brink of extinction. In Signs of Life, she tags along with the Canadian military, Indigenous guardians, biologists, conservationists, and ordinary people who are racing to save...
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Though life on earth is the history of dynamic interactions between living things and their surroundings, certain powerful groups would have us believe that nature exists only for our convenience. One consequence of such thinking is the apparent fate of the Pacific salmon--a key resource and preeminent symbol of America's wildlife--which is today threatened with extinction.
Drawing on abundant data from natural science, Pacific coast culture, and...
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A Muslim environmentalist explores the fascinating intersection of environmentalism and Islam.
Muslims are compelled by their religion to praise the Creator and to care for their community. But what is not widely known is that there are deep and long-standing connections between Islamic teachings and environmentalism. In this groundbreaking book, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin draws on research, scripture, and interviews with Muslim Americans to trace Islam's...
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A vivid and illuminating portrayal of the surprising ways that climate change will affect the world in the near future-politically, economically, and culturally
While reporting just outside of Darfur, Stephan Faris discovered that climate change was at the root of that conflict, and began to wonder what current and impending-and largely unanticipated-crises such changes have in store for the world.
Forecast provides the answers.
Global warming...
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Have you ever wondered what fascinating creatures inhabit our planet? "Wonders, Oddities, and Surprising and Unusual Creatures of the Animal Kingdom." invites you to explore the amazing world of rare and curious animals that defy our expectations and expand our understanding of biological diversity.From insects with amazing abilities to marine mammals with extraordinary behaviors, this book will take you on an exciting journey through the most peculiar...
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Every civilization in history has faced moments of overwhelming existential crises, and they all eventually collapsed. Was this failure inherent in the evolution of civilization, something within the human species, or a combination of both? More importantly, was it predictable and unavoidable? Most civilizations believed they had a special relationship with the divine and were beyond the laws of nature. Our current economic civilization is now global...
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This is the first book of its kind to present sustainable eating with a failsafe 30-way recipe plan for readers to follow and cook from. Based on the simple principle that local ingredients equal the lowest possible carbon footprint, Ollie Hunter endeavours to eat sustainable, desirable and delicious food. Organised into four main chapters: Zero Waste, Organic and Seasonal, 50% of Produce within 30 Miles and What is Sustainability? the straightforward...
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Have you ever wondered what fascinating creatures inhabit our planet? "Wonders, Oddities, and Surprising and Unusual Creatures of the Animal Kingdom." invites you to explore the amazing world of rare and curious animals that defy our expectations and expand our understanding of biological diversity.From insects with amazing abilities to marine mammals with extraordinary behaviors, this book will take you on an exciting journey through the most peculiar...
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In 1953, birding guru Roger Tory Peterson and noted British naturalist James Fisher set out on what became a legendary journey-a one hundred day trek over 30,000 miles around North America. They traveled from Newfoundland to Florida, deep into the heart of Mexico, through the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and into Alaska's Pribilof Islands. Two years later, Wild America, their classic account of the trip, was published.
On the eve of that book's...
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Car, train, ship or aeroplane – which form of transport is most harmful to the atmosphere? What do farming techniques such as agrochemicals do? What is 'acid rain' and what are effects of it? This book takes a look at the impact that our modern world is having on our surrounding environment, from our use of fossil fuels and our increase in global food production and building work, to the rise in our transport production. Discover what steps scientists...
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