Environment category: 6530 books
Decision-Making in Conservation and Natural Resource Management
Models for Interdisciplinary Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Making decisions about the management and conservation of nature is necessarily complex, with many competing pressures on natural systems, opportunities and benefits for different groups of people and a varying, uncertain social and ecological environment. An approach which is narrowly focused on...
The Texas Landscape Project
Nature and People
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2016
The Texas Landscape Project explores conservation and ecology in Texas by presenting a highly visual and deeply researched view of the widespread changes that have affected the state as its population and economy have boomed and as Texans have worked ever harder to safeguard its bountiful but limited...
Achieving environmental justice
A cross-national analysis
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Environmental justice aspires to a healthy environment for all, as well as fair and inclusive processes of environmental decision-making. In order to develop successful strategies to achieve this, it is important to understand the factors that shape environmental justice outcomes. This optimistic,...
The Five-Ton Life
Carbon, America, and the Culture That May Save Us
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Winner of the 2018 Nautilus Book Award, Silver, for Green Living/Sustainability
At nearly twenty tons per person, American carbon dioxide emissions are among the highest in the world. Not every American fits this statistic, however. Across the country there are urban neighborhoods, suburbs,...
Climate Change in California
Risk and Response
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
California is synonymous with opportunity, prosperity, and natural beauty, but climate change will certainly influence the state’s future. Changes will affect the economy, natural resources, public health, agriculture, and the livelihoods of its residents. But how big is the risk? How will Californians...
by Cynthia Wylie, Courtney Carbone
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
The popular Bloomers Island! gardening kits and online world blossom in a playful, beautifully illustrated new book aimed at getting kids to love everything about nature.
Join the Bloomers on a whimsical adventure as they attend a magical boarding school on Bloomers Island. As Pete Moss, Rosey...
Zero Waste
Simple Life Hacks to Drastically Reduce Your Trash
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Easy and Effective Strategies to Jumpstart a Sustainable, Waste-Free Lifestyle
We have a worldwide trash epidemic. The average American disposes of 4.4 pounds of garbage per day, and our landfills hold 254 million tons of waste.
What if there were a simple—and fun—way for you to make a difference?...
Dead Snails Leave No Trails, Revised
Natural Pest Control for Home and Garden
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
A practical guide to repelling indoor and outdoor pests using organic methods, updated with new information on getting rid of bedbugs and dust mites, plus includes updated online resources.
If you’ve ever had a swarm of fruit flies in your kitchen or a gopher wreaking havoc in your yard,...
Quinta Mazatlan: A Visual Journey
Architecture of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, #2
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2018
Quinta Mazatlan: A Visual Journey, is a celebration of the architectural and cultural wonders of McAllen’s most distinctive mansion and landscape. Photographer Deval Pino Shah and writer Eileen Mattei collaborated on this book filled with stunning images by Shah. Mattei presents new artistic...
Every Grain of Sand
Canadian Perspectives on Ecology and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Universal in scope, yet focusing on recognizable Canadian places, this collection of essays connects individuals’ love of nature to larger social issues, to cultural activities, and to sustainable technology. Subjects include activism in Cape Breton, eco-feminism, Native perspectives on the history...
The Longest Race
A Lifelong Runner, An Iconic Ultramarathon, and the Case for Human Endurance
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
“It soon becomes clear that this book isn’t just about an athletic race. It’s also about the human race” (Bloomberg Businessweek).
Having run in more than six hundred races over the span of fifty-five years, Ed Ayres is a legendary distance runner—and this book is his urgent exploration...
Changing Tack
An Ecological Account of My Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Changing Tack is an inspirational account of one man’s quest to understand ecology and use it to live more fully in his daily work and play. The book shows how the environment is an active player in our personal lives, not just in global disasters and far-away places. Stories from the author’s life bear witness to the ecological meaning of everyday events.
by Chantal Bilodeau
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
In Inuit mythology, “sila” means air, climate, or breath. Bilodeau’s play of the same name examines the competing interests shaping the future of the Canadian Arctic and local Inuit population. Equal parts Inuit myth and contemporary Arctic policy, the play Sila features puppetry, spoken word poetry,...
Weather 101
From Doppler Radar and Long-Range Forecasts to the Polar Vortex and Climate Change, Everything You Need to Know about the Study of Weather
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Learn the science behind weather and weather prediction in this clear and straightforward new guide.
Weather is everywhere, and while it’s typically not thought about most of the time, it can get everyone’s attention in an instant—whether it’s the swirling destruction of a tornado,...