This richly-illustrated, full-color guide to the geology of Mount Desert Island, Maine, the home of Acadia National Park, makes the spectacular scenery and rich geological history accessible to outdoor explorers, geology enthusiasts, and armchair travelers alike. The Guide grounds readers in basic geologic concepts before chronicling the unique history of the area from 550 million years ago to the present. Including information-packed self-guided trips with stops at 31 points of i...

This collection of women's racialized and gendered mappings of place, people, and nature includes the stories of teachers, organizers, activists, farmers, healers, and gardeners. From their many entry points, the contributors to this work engage crucial questions of coexistence with nature in these times of overlapping climate, health, economic, and racial crises.

This book summarizes what is currently known about gravity sensing and response mechanisms in microorganisms, fungi, lower and higher plants; starting from the historical eye-opening experiments from the 19th century up to today’s extremely rapid advancing cellular, molecular and biotechnological research. All forms of life are constantly exposed to gravity and it can be assumed that almost all organisms have developed sensors and respond in one way or the other to the unidirectional accel...

In Zeiten stetigen und schnellen Wandels verändert sich auch Führung permanent und der Druck auf Führungskräfte nimmt zu. Dieses Herausgeberwerk vereint verschiedene Blickwinkel auf das Thema Führung und Selbstführung und umfasst Ideen, Erfahrungen und praktische Anwendungsbeispiele. Die Autor:innen sind Firmeninhaber:innen, Geschäftsführer:innen, Führungskräfte und Mitarbeiter:innen aus Konzernen und KMU. Zudem kommen Wissenschaftler:innen/Zukunftsforscher:innen, Journalist:innen und Expe...

Die klugen Leute" - ein Märchenhörspiel nach den Brüdern Grimm.