Environmental Conservation Protection category: 3266 books
by Dave Foreman
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
A book that will set the course for the environmental movement for years to come, Confessions of an Eco-Warrior is an inspiring ecological call to arms by America's foremost and most controversial environmental activist. "Rude and brilliant. Read it and you will see the future".--William Kittredge.
Introduction to Energy and Climate
Developing a Sustainable Environment
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
The purpose of this textbook is to provide a well-rounded working knowledge of both climate change and environmental sustainability for a wide range of students. Students will learn core concepts and methods to analyze energy and environmental impacts; will understand what is changing the earth’s...
Hope's Horizon
Three Visions For Healing The American Land
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
At a time of widespread environmental pessimism, Hope's Horizon goes on an inspirational offensive. In this entertaining and thought-provoking book, author Chip Ward tells of his travels among a new generation of activists who are moving beyond defensive environmental struggles and advocating pioneering,...
Human Nature
A Blueprint for Managing the Earth--by People, for People
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
A radical approach to the environment which argues that by harnessing the power of science for human benefit, we can have a healthier planet
As a prizewinning theoretical physicist and an outspoken advocate for scientific literacy, James Trefil has long been the public's guide to a better understanding...
Arming Mother Nature
The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
When most Americans think of environmentalism, they think of the political left, of vegans dressed in organic-hemp fabric, lofting protest signs. In reality, writes Jacob Darwin Hamblin, the movement--and its dire predictions--owe more to the Pentagon than the counterculture. In Arming Mother Nature,...
Landscapes in Between
Environmental Change in Modern Italian Literature and Film
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Since its economic boom in the late 1950s, Italy has grappled with the environmental legacy of rapid industrial growth and haphazard urban planning. One notable effect is a preponderance of interstitial landscapes such as abandoned fields, polluted riverbanks, and makeshift urban gardens. Landscapes...
Mekong—The Occluding River
The Tale of a River
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2010
Part travelogue, part history, and part environmental treatise, Mekong The Occluding River is above all else an urgent warning that factors such as pollution, ecological devastation, and the depletion of natural resources are threatening the very existence of the Mekong River. Author Ngo The Vinh...
Fighting Dirty
How a Small Community Took on Big Trash
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Chosen by Now Magazine as one of the “18 must-read books for fall 2017”.
Fighting Dirty tells the story of how one small group of farmers, small-town residents, and Indigenous people fought the world’s largest waste disposal company to stop them from expanding a local dumpsite into a...
The Polluters: The Making of Our Chemically Altered Environment
The Making of Our Chemically Altered Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
The chemical pollution that irrevocably damages today's environment is, although many would like us to believe otherwise, the legacy of conscious choices made long ago. During the years before and just after World War II, discoveries like leaded gasoline and DDT came to market, creating new hazards...
Heavy Metals in Soils
Trace Metals and Metalloids in Soils and their Bioavailability
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
This third edition of the book has been completely re-written, providing a wider scope and enhanced coverage. It covers the general principles of the natural occurrence, pollution sources, chemical analysis, soil chemical behaviour and soil-plant-animal relationships of heavy metals and metalloids,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
This book presents a comprehensive and detailed description of remediation techniques for metal-contaminated soils derived from both natural processes and anthropogenic activities. Using a methodical, step-by-step presentation, the book starts by overviewing the origin of toxicants and the correlated...
Where There's Smoke
The Environmental Science, Public Policy, and Politics of Marijuana
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Over the course of a year, in just one national forest in California, raids on illegal marijuana growing operations yielded 19,710 pounds of infrastructure, 138 ounces of restricted poisons, 4,595 pounds of fertilizer, 12 gallons of common pesticides, 5.6 miles of waterlines, and 102 propane bottles....
Soils, Ecosystem Processes, and Agricultural Development
Tropical Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
The main objective of this book is to integrate environmental knowledge observed in local agriculture, based on the understanding of soils science and ecology, and to propose possible technical solutions and a more integrated approach to tropical agriculture. The chapters describe and analyze the...
by Bruce E. Johansen
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
In the industrial age, first powered by coal and then more often by oil, environmental degradation nearly inevitably followed resource exploitation and energy production. This book examines environmental issues in specific countries around the world as well as solutions some of these countries have...