Island Press: 819 books
The Death of Our Planet's Species
A Challenge To Ecology And Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
The presrate and extof species extinction -- estimated by some scientists as one species every 20 minutes -- are unprecedented in the history of mankind. Human activities are responsible for nearly all species loss, yet ethical aspects of this crisis are rarely mentioned. Any concern expressed tends...
Postcards from Paradise
Romancing Key West
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
Detailing life in tiny, artsy, anything-goes Key West-where Broadway composers and bestselling authors live on the same funky blocks as housekeepers, bartenders, and tour guides-this updated collection of essays and columns about island life features pieces that first appeared in the *Miami Herald. *Profiles...
by Callum Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Humanity can make short work of the oceans’ creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller’s sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It’s a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island...
Nature's Restoration
People and Places on the Front Lines of Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
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 prairies in the...
Nature-Friendly Communities
Habitat Protection And Land Use Planning
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Nature-Friendly Communities presents an authoritative and readable overview of the successful approaches to protecting biodiversity and natural areas in America's growing communities. Addressing the crucial issues of sprawl, open space, and political realities, Chris Duerksen and Cara Snyder explain...
Pacific High
Adventures In The Coast Ranges From Baja To Alaska
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
"Starting out, my mind and spirit were open to the mystery of foreign cultures, the spareness of aridity, the tension of seismicity, the heat of fire, the exuberance of the vast, the abundance of rot and rebirth, the kindness of strangers, the indomitable rules of climate, the triumph of life, the...
by Frank Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
A World Between Waves is a collection of essays on the natural history of Hawaii by some of America's mrenowned writers. It is a testamto the biological and geological wealth of this unique and threatened island landscape, and a passionate call to action on behalf of what may soon be gone.
by Gary Paul Nabhan, Stephen L. Buchmann
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Consider this: Without interaction between animals and flowering plants, the seeds and fruits that make up nearly eighty percof the human diet would not exist.In The Forgotten Pollinators, Stephen L. Buchmann, one of the world's leading authorities on bees and pollination, and Gary Paul Nabhan, award-winning...
Escape from the Ivory Tower
A Guide to Making Your Science Matter
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
Mscientists and researchers aren’t prepared to talk to the press or to policymakers—or to deal with backlash. Many researchers have the horror stories to prove it. What’s clear, according to Nancy Baron, is that scientists, journalists and public policymakers come from differcultures. They follow...
by Lars Willum
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Sea Food Through My Eyes features fine ingredients from the world-renowned Cape Breton coastal waters. One doesn’t have to live in Cape Breton to enjoy these recipes, as all of the ingredients are readily available at your fish market. Recipes have been paired with the four seasons for easy...
Where Our Food Comes From
Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
The future of our food depends on tiny seeds in orchards and fields the world over. In 1943, one of the first to recognize this fact, the great botanist Nikolay Vavilov, lay dying of starvation in a Soviet prison. But in the years before Stalin jailed him as a scapegoat for the country’s famines,...
Smarter Planet?
IBM's Climate Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
On October 19, 2011, Sharon Nunes participated in The National Climate Seminar, a series of webinars sponsored by Bard College’s Center for Environmental Policy. The online seminars provide a forum for leading scientists, writers, and other experts to talk about critical issues regarding climate...
Nature and the Marketplace
Capturing The Value Of Ecosystem Services
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
In recyears, scientists have begun to focus on the idea that healthy, functioning ecosystems provide essential services to human populations, ranging from water purification to food and medicine to climate regulation. Lacking a healthy environment, these services would have to be provided through...
Designing Climate Solutions
A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
With the effects of climate change already upon us, the need to cut global greenhouse gas emissions is nothing less than urgent. It's a daunting challenge, but the technologies and strategies to meet it exist today. A small set of energy policies, designed and implemented well, can put us on the path...