Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet, Reid John W., Lovejoy Thomas E.
Автор: Karel Prach, Lawrence R. Walker Название: Comparative Plant Succession among Terrestrial Biomes of the World ISBN: 1108460240 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108460248 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6494.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides the first global synthesis comparing plant succession across all major terrestrial biomes and disturbances. Students and researchers in ecology, restoration ecology and conservation biology will benefit from insights into general patterns, and restorationists can utilize succession concepts in a rapidly changing world.
Описание: Sick of floods, fires, and fault lines? Sustainability expert debunks biggest myths about saving the planet and gives 5 tips to make real impact.
Have you ever wondered whether all your plastic recycling, reusable cup carrying, and hybrid car driving are really making a difference? How about the money you give to charity or the politicians you vote for? Why is it that, after 100 years of the modern environmental movement, things only seem to be getting worse?
John Pabon has spent two decades in the business of saving our Earth. After leaving his role at the United Nations, he travelled the world studying the impacts of sustainability first-hand in factories, on fields, and in Fortune 500s. In his book, "Sustainability for the Rest of Us," he reveals why much of what we've been doing isn't having a big impact at all. The no-holds-barred, unorthodox book reveals to readers what we really need to change, why we need to change, and how to make it happen.
"For too long, we've held outdated ideas of what it's going to take to save the planet. We recycle our cans, sign a check to charity, or write a scathing Facebook post about an oil company as if any of that is going to make a difference.
If we really want to make impactful change, it's time to dramatically reconsider our approach, message, and some of the sustainability myths we hold so dear."
In his book, John reveals to readers 5 practical tips to start making a truly positive impact on the planet.
John's mission is to move sustainability from theory to practical strategies that help people confidently make real impact. His focus is to cut through the BS and call out things others are afraid to talk about. That way sustainability can shift from a misunderstood, scary buzzword to something buzzworthy and sexy.
Автор: Peter Dauvergne Название: Will Big Business Destroy Our Planet? ISBN: 1509524010 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781509524013 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 1582.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Walmart. Coca-Cola. BP. Toyota. The world economy runs on the profits of transnational corporations. Politicians need their backing. Non-profit organizations rely on their philanthropy. People look to their brands for meaning. And their power continues to rise.
Can these companies, as so many are now hoping, provide the solutions to end the mounting global environmental crisis? Absolutely, the CEOs of big business are telling us: the commitment to corporate social responsibility will ensure it happens voluntarily.
Peter Dauvergne challenges this claim, arguing instead that corporations are still doing far more to destroy than protect our planet. Trusting big business to lead sustainability is, he cautions, unwise -- perhaps even catastrophic. Planetary sustainability will require reining in the power of big business, starting now.
Описание: There is little doubt that our beautiful planet is now under huge threat. We need to take action before it`s too late, and we can all do our bit to help. This guide is full of simple tips we can all incorporate into our daily lives, and will demonstrate how small eco-friendly changes can have a huge positive effect on the world around us.
Автор: Boerker, Richard H. D. Название: Behold our green mansions ISBN: 1469612208 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469612201 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 7524.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Boerker points out exactly how important forests are for recreation, water supply, flood control, wild life, livestock raising, agriculture, and the lumber industry.
Originally published in 1945.
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Inside the U.S. government EPA (from 1979), scientists clearly saw climate change as a potentially horrific problem. Since 2017, U.S. tools of pollution control have been disassembled or left unused. Climate change is on the national agenda for the first time in the 2020 Presidential election. The western world sees the need to resuscitate the U.S. EPA to manage the "Green New Deal", and for the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and restore U.S. global climate leadership.
Fighting Pollution and Climate Change provides needed and timely advice to new activists in the Congress, to the youth of the Sunrise Movement, Extinction Rebellion, We Don't Have Time, Right to Zero, and to similar movements around the world and now marching into the news. Climate change is an air-pollution problem like others already successfully resolved or at least effectively addressed, many nationally and some internationally. In recent decades, new technologies have proven themselves to be effective, affordable, safe, and climate-friendly. This book displays these tools and the policies and laws needed to apply them. Starting whenever our national government regains its senses, it shouldn't be too late to save our life on planet earth.
In this genre, the interest is global, upon such a compelling topic, the content of Fighting Pollution and Climate Change is outstanding and unique because of these features:
-Authenticity--Other authors in this genre--bona fide scientists, a politician, an academic and social organizer, a philosopher, journalists, and concerned and well-meaning persons--are government outsiders and commentators. The author is not an outside observer. During more than three decades when EPA developed and applied the now well-used and trusty tools of effective pollution control, the author was part of it all. This book may be the first written by an EPA insider who, working both at home and abroad, has confronted and can tell us what both our nation and our planet are facing and what must be done.
-Scope--Broader than climate change, it is about a variety of other environmental threats that require global attention and must be approached holistically. Accordingly, this multi-disciplinary book covers science, technology, engineering, economics, history, policy, law, and governance both domestic and international. The scope increases it's intellectual appeal and usefulness in college courses in environmental studies and pre-law.
-Focus on Needed Results--The book reviews the dismal climate science and the consequences of continuing with the fossil-fuel business-as-usual. Yet the book is positive and hopeful, with emphasis on solutions, being the technologies and proven policies that EPA has available now.
-Adventures and Fun-To lighten the mood, to engage and amuse the reader, and to attract young readers to follow in a career like the author's, the book describes his adventures in public service, from the military to courtroom trials to foreign missions and living abroad.
-Personal Growth and Civic Action--Finally, the book speaks to environmental activists of all ages, especially younger people worried about (and many protesting) climate neglect as an existential crisis. Within the popular genre of "how-to-do-it" guides, the book shows the way to build lives of happy employability as full-time professional pollution fighters working to save life on our planet--finding real pleasure, even joy, and paychecks for doing this important work. At the same time, the book will engage their parents and grandparents, who will find reasons to support younger family members seeking education leading to "green" professional careers. All readers will find inspiration to make climate-friendly lifestyle changes and voting choices, and to take effective civic action.
Описание: This book provides the first global synthesis comparing plant succession across all major terrestrial biomes and disturbances. Students and researchers in ecology, restoration ecology and conservation biology will benefit from insights into general patterns, and restorationists can utilize succession concepts in a rapidly changing world.
Автор: Price Jenny Название: Stop Saving the Planet!: An Environmentalist Manifesto ISBN: 0393540871 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393540871 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 1266.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A short, fun, fierce manifesto for a fairer, more effective environmentalism (with a lot less shopping!).
Автор: Rice Stanley Название: Green Planet: How Plants Keep the Earth Alive ISBN: 0813553547 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813553542 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3254.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presenting an overview of how human civilization has altered the face of the Earth, particularly by the destruction of forests, this book details the startling consequences of these actions. It provides compelling reasons for government officials, economic leaders, and the public to support efforts to save threatened and endangered plants.
Описание: A practical, bipartisan call to action from the world's leading thinkers on the environment and sustainability
Sustainability has emerged as a global priority over the past several years. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and the adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals through the United Nations have highlighted the need to address critical challenges, like the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, water shortages, and air pollution. But in the United States, partisan divides, regional disputes, and deep disagreements over core principles have made it nearly impossible to chart a course toward a sustainable future.
This timely new book, edited by celebrated scholar Daniel C. Esty, offers fresh thinking and forward-looking solutions from environmental thought leaders across the political spectrum. The book's forty essays cover such subjects as ecology, environmental justice, Big Data, public health, and climate change, all with an emphasis on sustainability. This book focuses on moving toward sustainability through actionable, bipartisan approaches based on rigorous analytical research.
Описание: If there ever was a time to build an American hemp industry, the time is now. In Jesse Ventura's Marijuana Manifesto, former Minnesota Governor teamed up with Jen Hobbs to explain why it's time to fully legalize cannabis and end the War on Drugs. Through their research, it became clear that hemp needed its own manifesto. Jen Hobbs takes up this torch in American Hemp. The movement to legalize marijuana has always treated hemp as an afterthought or a separate battle, even though both plants are indiscriminately listed as schedule 1 narcotics under the Controlled Substance Act. American Hemp asks what's stopping America from saving the planet, bringing new jobs to a stagnant economy, and making everyone healthier? Why don't most Americans know that hemp absorbs carcinogens, heavy metals, lead, and nuclear waste from the soil and water? Why does there seem to be less enthusiasm for an all-American hemp industry than for marijuana? This book examines where we are as a nation on the fight to legalize hemp, which countries have a viable hemp industry, what hemp can be used for, what makes it a superior product, why it was made illegal in the first place, and the many health benefits of hemp (from CBD to healthy hemp seeds packed with Omega 3). American Hemp connects the dots between hemp's ability to absorb toxins and the scientific studies that show the irreversible damage from these toxins if they are not removed from the environment. If we sow hemp everywhere, we could grow a better future and save the planet in the process.
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