Ready to unlock your dream IELTS score — even if you’re just starting out? This beginner-friendly guide, written by a real Band 8 achiever, gives you everything you need to crush the IELTS Listening and Reading sections with confidence.Inside, you’ll discover:✨ Proven strategies that helped the author jump from Band 7 to Band 8 in just weeks — no expensive tutors required.✨ IELTS-style practice questions with step-by-step explanations.✨ Smart tips to conquer...

Discover a powerful new lens for viewing the world with fascinating implications for our companies, economies, societies, and planet as a whole.What causes one system to break down and another to rebound? Are we merely subject to the whim of forces beyond our control? Or, in the face of constant disruption, can we build better shock absorbers—for ourselves, our communities, our economies, and for the planet as a whole?Reporting firsthand from the coral reef...

How human behavior brought our world to the brink, and how human behavior can save us.The world is a mess. Our dire predicament, from collapsing social structures to the climate crisis, has been millennia in the making and can be traced back to the erroneous belief that the earth’s resources are infinite. The key to change, says Don Norman, is human behavior, covered in the book’s three major themes: meaning, sustainability, and humanity-centeredness. Emphasize qua...

“This book comes at just the right moment. It is NOT too late if we get together and take action, NOW.” —Jane GoodallFears about climate change are fueling an epidemic of despair across the world: adults worry about their children’s future; thirty-somethings question whether they should have kids or not; and many young people honestly believe they have no future at all.In the face of extreme eco-anxiety, scholar and award-winning author Eli...

Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused approach to Geography, presented in global contexts.- Develop conceptual understanding with key MYP concepts and related concepts at the heart of each chapter.- Learn by asking questions for a statement of inquiry in each chapter.- Prepare for every aspect of assessment using support and tasks designed ...

Ace the TOEIC exam with these reading comprehension and vocabulary exercises.What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to read freely in English? How about understanding more vocabulary? This workbook is designed to get you a better score on the reading portion of the TOEIC test. Get the job you want or get into that educational program in another country.Jackie Bolen has more than 20 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) works towards ending hunger and poverty while using precious natural resources sustainably. The fisheries and aquaculture sector makes substantial contributions to food security, livelihoods and global trade. Global production of fish and other aquatic animals continued to grow and reached 179 million tonnes in 2018, and about 59.5 million people were engaged in the primary sector of capture fisheries and aquaculture. Fisher...

Winner of the Environmental Design Research Association's 2018 Book AwardHow can we design places that fulfill urgent needs of the community, achieve environmental justice, and inspire long-term stewardship? By bringing community members to the table, we open up the possibility of exchanging ideas meaningfully and transforming places powerfully. Collaboration like this is hands-on democracy in action. It’s up close. It’s personal. For decades, participatory design ...

Urban populations are projected to increase from 54% to 66% of the global population by 2050, with close to 90% of the increase concentrated in Asia and Africa. Cities and towns---a growing source of greenhouse gas emissions---will need to address challenges posed by climate change. A nature-based approach in identifying climate change vulnerabilities and developing relevant adaptation options was conducted in three towns of the Greater Mekong Subregion. Working with local governments, non...

Unlock the key to success on the IELTS academic reading test with this book!This comprehensive guide is designed to help you navigate the challenging reading section of the IELTS exam with confidence. Whether you're aiming for a high band score or just need to improve your reading skills, this book offers everything you need to succeed.Inside Master IELTS Reading (Academic), you'll find:Engaging academic passages: Realistic te...

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are interventions to protect, restore, and sustainably manage natural or modified ecosystems to support both biodiversity and human well-being. This guide explores the benefits of using NBS in a suite of development options to promote sustainable and resource-efficient infrastructure. It includes case studies from Bangladesh, Nepal, the People's Republic of China, the Philippines, and Viet Nam to show how NBS can be mainstreamed in the portfolio of the Asian De...

Brief description: Dear Machine is a letter to a future superintelligent entity, which Kieser identifies as a super-aware/intelligent machine (SAIM). Through the letter, he shares several hypotheses about how SAIMs will emerge and engage humanity. At its core, Dear Machine is a treatise on how humanity might strive for symbiosis with superintelligent entities.Long description: A growing number of experts are sounding the alarm about the potential d...