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Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply by Vandana Shiva Publisher Comments Contents Introduction Chapter 1 The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply Chapter 2 Soy Imperialism and the Destruction of Local Food Cultures Chapter 3 The Stolen Harvest Under the Sea Chapter 4 Mad Cows and Sacred Cows Chapter 5 The Stolen Harvest of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Devil and the Disappearing Sea: A True Story about the Aral Sea Catastrophe by Robert Ferguson Publisher Comments Environmental crisis, post-Soviet dysfunction, international intrigue, Silk Road history and an unsolved murder - this darkly comic true-crime memoir reads like a novel and is packed with pleasing details for the non-fiction reader.... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Water Wars : Privatization, Pollution, and Profit (02 Edition) by Vandana Shiva Publisher Comments While draught and desertification are intensifying around the world, corporations are aggressively converting free-flowing water into bottled profits. The water wars of the twenty-first century may match—or even surpass—the oil wars of the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Devil and the Disappearing Sea: Or, How I Tried to Stop the World's Worst Ecological Catastrophe by Rob Ferguson Publisher Comments Environmental crisis, post-Soviet dysfunction, international intrigue, Silk Road history and an unsolved murder - this darkly comic true-crime memoir reads like a novel and is packed with pleasing details for the non-fiction reader.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World by Brian Walker and David Salt Publisher Comments Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our planet's well-being. The response from most quarters has been for "more of the same" that created the... (read more) List Price $30.75 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Nature's Restoration: People and Places on the Front Lines of Conservation by Peter Friederici Publisher Comments Across America and around the world, people are working to help nature heal itself. In Bermuda, a man single-handedly grows thousands of trees on a small island to restore nesting habitat for a rare seabird. In Illinois, legions of volunteers replant... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ecological Design (Tenth Anniversary Edition) by Sim Van Der Ryn and Stuart Cowan Publisher Comments Ecological Design is a landmark volume that helped usher in an exciting new era in green design and sustainability planning. Since its initial publication in 1996, the book has been critically important in sparking dialogue and triggering collaboration... (read more) Your price: $41.50 New - Trade Paper
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Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland (Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration) by Viki A. Cramer Publisher Comments Land abandonment is increasing as human influence on the globe intensifies and various ecological, social, and economic factors conspire to force the cessation of agriculture and other forms of land management. The “old fields” that result... (read more) Your price: $47.95 New - Trade Paper
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Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy by Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendricks Publisher Comments In 1961, President John F. Kennedy ignited America's Apollo Project and sparked a revolution in space exploration. Today the New Apollo Energy Project is poised to revolutionize the production of energy and thereby save our planet. The nation that built... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Mountain Goats: Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of an Alpine Ungulate by Marco Festa-bianchet Publisher Comments Mountain goats have been among the least studied of North American ungulates, leaving wildlife managers with little information on which to base harvest strategies or conservation plans. This book offers the first comprehensive assessment of the... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis by Greg Pahl Publisher Comments National Tour, Radio Satellite Tour, Off-the-Book-Page Coverage, On-line Advertising, Consumer Mail Campaign, Green Living Organization Outreach. $20,000 promotional budget.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $5.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Farming with Nature: The Science and Practice of Ecoagriculture by Sara J.Scherr and Jeffrey A. McNeely Publisher Comments A growing body of evidence shows that agricultural landscapes can be managed not only to produce crops but also to support biodiversity and promote ecosystem health. Innovative farmers and scientists, as well as indigenous land managers, are developing... (read more) Your price: $56.25 New - Trade Paper
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Markets and the Environment by Nathaniel O Keohane Publisher Comments Markets and the Environment is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to a topic of central importance in understanding a wide range of environmental issues and policy approaches. It offers a clear overview of the fundamentals of environmental... (read more) Your price: $23.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth (World as Home) by Bill McKibben Publisher Comments In lyrical, penetrating essays, Bill McKibben offers an optimistic response to his best-selling The End of Nature. He journeys from the Adirondack Mountains to Brazil and India to profile the efforts of caring communities to preserve wilderness and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Silicon Cycle: Human Perturbations and Impacts on Aquatic Systems by Venugopalan Ittekkot Publisher Comments Silicon is among the most abundant elements on earth. It plays a key but largely unappreciated role in many biogeochemical processes, including those that regulate climate and undergird marine food webs. The Silicon Cycle is the first book in more... (read more) Your price: $58.95 New - Trade Paper
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Life in the Valley of Death: the Fight To Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed (08 Edition) by Alan Rabinowitz Publisher Comments Dubbed the Indiana Jones of wildlife science by The New York Times, Alan Rabinowitz has devoted—and risked—his life to protect natures great endangered mammals. He has journeyed to the remote corners of the earth in search of wild... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price: $19.00 Used - Hardcover
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Parks and Carrying Capacity: Commons Without Tragedy by Robert E. Manning Publisher Comments How much can we use the environment without spoiling what we find so valuable about it? Determining the carrying capacity of parks and related areas is a perennial question whose urgency grows each year as the number of visits continues to increase... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $21.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action by J Matthew Sleeth Publisher Comments Drawing on science and religion, Dr. Sleeth builds a bridge between environmentalists and mainstream Christians and shares how material downsizing led his family to healthier lifestyles, stronger relationships, and richer spiritual lives. (Practical Life)... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $3.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities by Mark A. Benedict and Edward T. McMahon Publisher Comments With illustrative and detailed examples drawn from throughout the country, Green Infrastructure advances smart land conservation: large scale thinking and integrated action to plan, protect and manage our natural and restored lands. From the individual... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $27.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Foundations of Restoration Ecology (05 Edition) by Donald A. Falk Publisher Comments As the practical application of ecological restoration continues to grow, there is an increasing need to connect restoration practice to areas of underlying ecological theory. Foundations of Restoration Ecology is an important milestone in the field... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $38.00 Used - Trade Paper
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