In a time of uncertainty about our environmental future--an eye-opening global tour of some of the most wounded places on earth, and stories of how a passionate group of eco-restorers is leading the way to their revitalization. Award-...
Nature and the environment
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Author:Schwartz, Judith D.Summary: - Author:Conaty, Pat, Lewis, MikeSummary:
We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place—compelled by the intertwined forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The Resilience Imperative argues for a major SEE...
- Author:Suzuki, DavidSummary:
The world is changing at a relentless pace. How can we slow down and act from a place of respect for all living things? The Sacred Balance shows us how. David Suzuki reflects on the increasingly radical changes in science and nature--...
- Author:Suzuki, DavidSummary:
In this extensively revised and enlarged edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on the increasingly radical changes in nature and science — from global warming to the science behind mother/baby interactions — and...
- Author:Childs, CraigSummary:
Like the highest mountain peaks, deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to the most seasoned explorers. Craig Childs, who has spent years in the deserts of the American West-as an adventurer, a river guide, and a field...
- Author:Whiteley, AliyaSummary:
Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. From fields, feasts, and fairy rings to death caps, puffballs, and ambrosia beetles, this is an intoxicating journey into the life of an extraordinary organism, one that we...
- Author:Bird, Christopher, Tompkins, PeterSummary:
This book invokes the latest scientific discoveries to rewrite our understanding of plants and the natural world, offering insights about the unforeseen reach of sentience among plants, their ability to communicate and adapt, and their...
- Author:Caudill, CraigSummary:
Learn how to navigate through any landscape - forests, deserts, even your own backyard - through observation of the world around you! Put away your map, look up from your phone, and let nature be your guide. Rediscover nature's hidden...
- Author:Gooley, TristanSummary:
A guide to uncovering the mysteries of weather using close observation-decoding the ever-shifting alchemy of heat, water, and air to understand how it shapes our cities, woods, and hills.
- Author:Jahren, HopeSummary:
"Hope Jahren is the voice that science has been waiting for." 'Nature "A superb account of the deadly struggle between humanity and what may prove the only life-bearing planet within ten light years, written in a...
- Author:Finkel, MichaelSummary:
Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality--not out of anger at the world, but...
- Author:Rawlence, BenSummary:
For the last fifty years, the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. The Treeline takes us along this critical frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, to meet the scientists, residents and...
- Author:Haigh, J. C.Summary:
The trouble with lions is that while you are conducting a pregnancy test, you need to be equally, if not more, aware of what you can learn from the lion's other end. That is one lesson that Jerry Haigh brings home in this...
- Author:Lights, ZionSummary:
The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting is the first book of its kind. Journalist, science writer and mother Zion Lights has researched all those questions that beset new or expecting parents, not just about environmental issues but also...
- Author:Wallace-Wells, DavidSummary:
"The Uninhabitable Earth hits you like a comet, with an overflow of insanely lyrical prose about our pending Armageddon."--Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday DemonIt is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety...
- Author:Lovelock, JamesSummary:
In The Vanishing Face of Gaia, British scientist James Lovelock predicts global warming will lead to a Hot Epoch. Lovelock is best known for formulating the controversial Gaia theory in the 1970s, with Ruth Margulis of the University of...
- Author:Casey, SusanSummary:
From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil's Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet...
- Author:Flannery, Tim F.Summary:
Sometime this century the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all other natural factors. Over the past decade, the world has seen the most powerful El Nino ever recorded, the most devastating hurricane...
- Author:Forsyth, ScottSummary:
An astounding collection of photographs and essays celebrating the grandeur of Canada's most remote regions located along the three ocean coastlines. Divided into three main sections - the Atlantic (Newfoundland and Labrador), the...
- Author:Debbink, AndreaSummary:
The wonder of the natural world surrounds us--from the Amazon rainforest to the snowy peaks of Mount Everest to the green spaces in big cities. And as the threat of climate change grows, it's more important than ever to show...
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