Far to the south of Arizona’s sprawling metropolises, a rolling savanna of grass, oak, and mesquite rises above the surrounding deserts. The Sonoita Plain is a basin of a thousand square miles bracketed by mountains, a land once the domain of cowboys that is now more and more the focus of exurban development. These southwestern grasslands are both typical of and distinct from those of the Great Plains—similarly shaped by drought, grazing, and fire, but with a different flo...

The Sea Around Us reveals the science and poetry of the sea while ranging from its primeval beginnings to the latest scientific probings. Often described as poetic, it is Carsons second published book and the one that launched her into the public eye and a second career as a writer and conservationist. The book was awarded both the 1952 National Book Award for Nonfiction and a Burroughs Medal in nature writing.

Smartphones, laptops, tablets, and e-readers all at one time held the promise of a more environmentally healthy world not dependent on paper and deforestation. The result of our ubiquitous digital lives is, as we see in The Anthrobscene, actually quite the opposite: not ecological health but an environmental wasteland, where media never die. Jussi Parikka critiques corporate and human desires as a geophysical force, analyzing the material side of the earth as essential for the exi...

Cold Matters is a vital and approachable work that distills the scientific complexities of snow, ice, water and climate and presents the global implications of research put forth and funded by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences. This timely book gives the concerned reader an opportunity to take part in the conversation about our global environment in a way that transcends traditional scientific journals, textbooks, public talks or newspaper articles that ...

Glen Chilton, the author of the rollicking Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour finalist The Curse of the Labrador Duck, returns with yet another quest, this time to seek out species ill-advisedly introduced into foreign environments.Chilton visits Ireland to witness how rhododendrons, an ornamental plant that escaped a private garden, now threaten to choke out the last of the great oak forests of the United Kingdom. He escapes blood-thirsty midges and a murderous Hungarian ar...

An exploration of the relationship between humans and nature through conversations with 12 leading scientific and social visionaries• Explores the importance of the unification of humankind and nature as it relates to creation, destruction, diversity, and the spiritual health of the world• Contains interviews with Rupert Sheldrake, Jane Goodall, and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Rigoberta Menchú Tum, among othersSociety’s attitude toward nature has changed considerably o...

Damanhur and Damanhurians: Here is a guide to the Federation of Communities and its many aspects: spirituality, research, art, sustainability, politics and solidarity, which have characterized this unique experience in the world for 40 years. With practical information for a visit, a course or a period of regeneration on this magical land.

Leading Liberal Democrats and policy experts re-examine their political approach and propose a radical new direction for the party, setting the agenda for the next election and beyond. The Green Book cogently argues that a low-carbon economy and environmental investments are the best way to escape from sluggish growth, create new jobs and share prosperity. It is a clarion call for Liberal Democrats to treat the environmental crisis as a core challenge of economic policy, not a discrete pro...

The Ecology of Sulawesi is a comprehensive ecological survey of one of Indonesia's least populated and most diverse islands.It is hoped that it will prove useful to resource managers, ecologists, environmental scientists and local government personnel, and be enlightening to Sulawesi's inhabitants and visitors.Sulawesi is one of the least-known islands of Indonesia, and wise environmental management, including the proper assessment of environmental...

IMPORTANT: This book contains a lot of wonderful gardening pictures and might not be counted in the print length. There are approximately 70 pages.If you want to learn the basics of gardening than this book will help. Self fulfillment and delicious tasting vegetables can be achieved by growing a successful garden. For those of you who have never grown vegetables before or have only had limited experience, this book will explain the basics. You too can become a successful gardener.

The Eurasian beaver was near extinction at the start of the twentieth century, hunted across Europe for its fur, meat and castoreum. But now the beaver is on the brink of a comeback, with wild beaver populations, licensed and unlicensed, emerging all over Britain.As a keystone species, the beaver plays a vital role in the creation of sustainable wetland habitats through its damming activities, providing living opportunities for a broad spectrum of wildlife. Yet as proposals for rei...

NATURE RESERVE ON THE CITY'S EDGE" In this book James E Garratt has written a love story, a tone poem... It's astonishing to think that something this relatively untouched still exists in the Anthropocene Age. But it's not in a fairy tale book, it's in Vaughan [Ontario, Canada]. Garratt writes knowledgeably and with as much sensitivity about black walnut trees as stoneflies... takes us inside the delicious natural world and eloquently makes the case for its protection... it is ...