What I've Always Known: Living in Full Awareness of the Earth
by Tom Harmer
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There's a war going on. A war against the earth, against mother earth. I wonder whose side you're on?" So says Clayton Tommy, teacher and mentor, to Tom Harmer, his pupil in the old ways of the native peoples of the American northwest, and the even more...
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Infinite Nature:
by R Bruce Hull
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You would be hard-pressed to find someone who categorically opposes protecting the environment, yet most people would agree that the environmentalist movement has been ineffectual and even misguided. Some argue that its agenda is misplaced, oppressive...
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The State of the Southern Rockies Ecoregion
by Southern Rockies Eco
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The State of the Southern Rockies Ecoregion report is a comprehensive ecological assessment of the Southern Rockies *Land use history and Social and Economic Settings *Biodiversity Assessment *Protected Areas Assessment *Conservation and Management...
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New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture #08: Environment
by Martin Melosi
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From semitropical coastal areas to high mountain terrain, from swampy lowlands to modern cities, the environment holds a fundamental importance in shaping the character of the American South. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture...
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A People's History of Wilderness
by Matt Jenkins
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High Country News honors the Wilderness Act's 40th Anniversary by examining the Act's origin and impacts. *Published on the 40th anniversary of America's most important public lands protection movement *Highlights the citizen activists who made and...
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The Strangler Fig and Other Tales
by Mary A Hood
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Hood's travel memoir is a lyrical journey to places of great natural beauty and biological importance. Her stories reveal the vulnerability of natural places and the consequences of unsustainable exploitation. This inspiring work will be valuable for...
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Last Great Wilderness: The Campaign to Establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
by Roger Kaye
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is at the center of the conflict between America’s demand for oil and nature at its most pristine. Three decades before the battle over oil development began, a group of visionary conservationists launched a...
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Smart Alliance: How a Global Corporation and Environmental Activists Transformed a Tarnished Brand (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
by Gary J Taylor
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Large and wealthy global companies too often fail to acknowledge environmental responsibility or workers' rights. This book tells the dramatic story of one company--Chiquita Brands International--that decided to change the negative paradigm. Formerly the...
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The Real Environmental Crisis: Why Poverty, Not Affluence, Is the Environment's Number One Enemy
by Jack M Hollander
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-228) and index....
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Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown
by David Steinman
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In the first years of the twenty-first century, we have spent billions of dollars fighting the war on terror but not even one half of one percent of this amount to tackle an issue that could devastate our planet and is already taking its toll on our...
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What's the Beef?: The Contested Governance of European Food Safety (Politics, Science, and the Environment)
by Christopher Ansell
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Examines European food safety regulation at the national, European, and international levels as a case of "contested governance," illustrating issues of institutional trust and legitimacy....
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The State of the Earth: Environmental Challenges on the Road to 2100
by Paul K. Conkin
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The present era of staggering scientific and technological innovations, with major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, and communications, seems to document unparalleled human achievement. Yet when we examine the long term implications, it...
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Gasp!: The Swift and Terrible Beauty of Air
by Joe Sherman
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From a baby's first breath—that universal and fundamental entry into life outside the womb—air is taken for granted. Joe Sherman's Gasp is an entertaining investigation of air and the discoveries of how it works in the body and in our world...
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Toxic Exposures: Contested Illnesses and the Environmental Health Movement
by Phil Brown
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The increase in environmentally induced diseases and the loosening of regulation and safety measures have inspired a massive challenge to established ways of looking at health and the environment. Communities with disease clusters, women facing a growing...
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Painting the White House Green: Rationalizing Environmental Policy Inside the Executive Office of the President
by Randall Lutter
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In economics and environmental policy, where disagreement among stakeholder and expert opinion is especially strong, the president needs good advice about political needs good advice about political strategy, as well as unbiased information about the...
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David Suzuki: The Autobiography
by David Suzuki
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David Suzuki’s autobiography defines a life dedicated to making the world a better place. The book expands on the early years covered in Metamorphosis and continues to the present, when, at age 70, Suzuki reflects on his entire life, and his hopes...
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Where We Stand: A Surprising Look at the Real State of Our Planet
by Seymour Garte
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Global warming, new epidemics, and the destruction of natural resources have all made the future of the planet seem increasingly dire. But the real truth, according to respected scientist Dr. Seymour Garte, is thet the environment is actually in better...
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Resources Under Regimes: Technology, Environment, and the State, (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine)
by Paul R Josephson
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Democratic or authoritarian, every society needs clean air and water; every state must manage its wildlife and natural resources. In this provocative, comparative study, Paul R. Josephson asks to what extent the form of a government and its economy...
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Writing the World: On Globalization (Terra Nova)
by David Rothenberg
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Globalism as a global exchange of art and ideas: essays, memoirs, fiction, and poetry by writers including Arundhati Roy, Bill McKibben, and Naomi Klein....
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Sustainability and Cities: Concept and Assessment
by Ooi Giok Ling
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This important book addresses issues of development and its environmental sustainability for the fastest growing areas in Asia ? its cities. Recognizing sustainability with respect to the environment and its exploitation has yet to make its impact on...
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