Natural Resources category: 648 books
by Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
New York Times bestselling author Douglas Adams and zoologist Mark Carwardine take off around the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures.
Join them as they encounter the animal kingdom in its stunning beauty, astonishing variety, and imminent peril: the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia,...
Water 4.0
The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital Resource
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Turn on the faucet, and water pours out. Pull out the drain plug, and the dirty water disappears. Most of us give little thought to the hidden systems that bring us water and take it away when we’re done with it. But these underappreciated marvels of engineering face an array of challenges that cannot...
Principles for Building Resilience
Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Social-Ecological Systems
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
As both the societies and the world in which we live face increasingly rapid and turbulent changes, the concept of resilience has become an active and important research area. Reflecting the very latest research, this book provides a critical review of the ways in which resilience of social-ecological...
Boom, Bust, Boom
A Story About Copper, the Metal that Runs the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
From “a first-rate writer in the fascinating tradition of Junger and Krakauer” (Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall), a sweeping account of civilization’s complete dependence on copper and what it all means for people, nature, and the global economy.
A SWEEPING ACCOUNT OF CIVILIZATION’S...
by María García Hurtado
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Realizar y distinguir los procedimientos de limpieza y desinfección de las zonas de trabajo, instalaciones, maquinaria y equipos de producción. Reconocer las medidas de higiene personal y general relacionadas con el trabajo para evitar riesgos de alteración o deterioro de los productos alimentarios....
The Elements of Power
Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Our future hinges on a set of elements that few of us have even heard of. In this surprising and revealing book, David S. Abraham unveils what rare metals are and why our electronic gadgets, the most powerful armies, and indeed the fate of our planet depend on them. These metals have become the building...
by Florencia Ramirez
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Experts predict two-thirds of people living on this planet in 2030 will experience water scarcity, a situation expected to result in the deaths of millions and an unprecedented rise in military conflicts. Can we as individuals hope to have any effect on the global scale of water misuse?
Yes,...
Feeding the Other
Whiteness, Privilege, and Neoliberal Stigma in Food Pantries
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
How food pantries stigmatize their clients through a discourse that emphasizes hard work, self help, and economic productivity rather than food justice and equity.
The United States has one of the highest rates of hunger and food insecurity in the industrialized world, with poor households,...
The Story of Stuff
How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
A classic exposé in company with An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring, The Story of Stuff expands on the celebrated documentary exploring the threat of overconsumption on the environment, economy, and our health. Leonard examines the “stuff” we use everyday, offering a galvanizing critique...
Seven Elements That Changed the World
An Adventure of Ingenuity and Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
From iron to uranium, titanium to silicon, this is “a wide-ranging look at scientific progress. It’s also a lot of fun” (The Wall Street Journal).
Iron. Carbon. Gold. Silver. Uranium. Titanium. Silicon. These elements of the periodic table have shaped our lives and our world, in ways...
Simple Prosperity
Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007
In his bestseller Affluenza, David Wann and his co-authors diagnosed the debilitating disease of over-consumption. In Simple Prosperity he shows readers how we can overcome this disease by investing in a variety of real wealth sources. To recapture a more abundant and sustainable lifestyle, try:
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California Dry
Diary During the Great Drought
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
In this digital publication, James Laxer writes a diary of the time he spent in California in the winter of 2014 during the great drought. In Los Angeles and the vicinity of Palm Springs, Laxer looks at the golden state at a time when its way of life is facing an existential threat as a consequence...
Quarterly Essay 66 The Long Goodbye
Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2017
The Great Barrier Reef is dying. Extreme weather is becoming all too familiar. Yet when it comes to action on climate change, division and paralysis rule the land.
In this vivid, urgent essay, Anna Krien explores the psychology and politics of a warming world. She visits the frontlines of Australia’s...
Blowout in the Gulf
The BP Oil Spill Disaster and the Future of Energy in America
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
The story of how a chain of failures, missteps, and bad decisions led to America's biggest environmental disaster.
On April 20, 2010, the gigantic drilling rig Deepwater Horizon blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven crew members and causing a massive eruption of oil from BP's Macondo...