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A Sand County Almanacby Aldo Leopold
Oxford University Press, USA 1968; US$ 11.65First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "a trenchant book, full of vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Written with an unparalleled understanding of the ways of nature, the book includes a section on the monthly changes of the Wisconsin countryside; another part that gathers informal pieces written by Leopold over a forty-year period as he traveled through the woodlands of Wisconsin, Iowa, Arizona, Sonora, Oregon, Manitoba, and elsewhere; and a final section in which Leopold addresses the philosophical issues involved in wildlife conservation. As the forerunner... more...
Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0by Thomas L. Friedman
Picador 2009; US$ 9.99This Independence Day edition of Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0 includes an an exclusive preview of That Used to Be Us : How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back , by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, on sale September 5th, 2011. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Businessweek Best Business Book of the Year A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year In this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment and a sustainable America.... more...
Water Sustainabilityby J.A.A. Jones
Hodder Education 2010; US$ 59.99Using the latest mapping techniques, J.A.A. Jones, Chair of the IGU Commission for Water Sustainability, examines water availability, the impact of climate change and the problems created for water management worldwide as well as possible solutions. more...
Fateful Harvestby Duff Wilson
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 10.99I see soil in a new light, and I wonder about my own lawn and garden. What have I sprinkled on my backyard? Is somebody using my home, my food, to recycle toxic waste? It seems unbelievable, outlandish -- but what if it's true? A riveting expose, Fateful Harvest tells the story of Patty Martin -- the mayor of a small Washington town called Quincy -- who discovers American industries are dumping toxic waste into farmers' fields and home gardens by labeling it "fertilizer." She becomes outraged at the failed crops, sick horses, and rare diseases in her town, as well as the threats to her children's health. Yet, when she blows the whistle on a nationwide problem, Patty Martin is nearly run out of town. Duff Wilson, whose Seattle... more...
Conservation and Biodiversity Bankingby Nathaniel Carroll; Jessica Fox; Ricardo Bayon
Earthscan 2009; US$ 47.95'This work will undoubtedly be viewed as "the sourcebook" for any stakeholder involved with conservation banking.' George Kelly Director of Business Development and Founder Environmental Banc and Exchange LLC 'This is the most comprehensive practical book on the market for conservation banking.' James Salzman Nicholas Institute Professor of Environmental Policy and Mordecai Professor of Law Duke University 'An excellent primer.' Steve Morgan Founder and Chief Executive Officer Wildlands Inc. The conservation of biodiversity is now big business. Whether called conservation banking species banking habitat banking biodiversity banking biodiversity offsets compensatory mitigation or ecological footprint offsetting... more...
Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Changeby Will Author)
CSIRO Publishing 2009; US$ 63.00Strategic assessment of the vulnerability of Australia's biodiversity to climate change. more...
Environmental Social Sciencesby Ismael Vaccaro; Eric Alden Smith; Shankar Aswani
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 38.00A comprehensive summary of interdisciplinary social methods and research strategies for analysis of the complex relationship between environments and societies. more...
The Big Thirstby Charles Fishman
Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 12.99The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex . Rather than only three states of water—liquid, ice, and vapor—there is a fourth, “molecular water,” fused into rock 400 miles deep in the Earth, and that’s where most of the planet’s water is found. Unlike most precious resources, water cannot be used up; it can always be made clean enough again to drink—indeed, water can be made so clean that it’s toxic. Water is the most vital substance in our lives but also more amazing and mysterious than we appreciate. As Charles Fishman brings vibrantly to life in this surprising and mind-changing narrative, water runs our world... more...
Sacred Natural Sitesby Bas Verschuuren; Robert Wild; Jeffrey McNeely; Gonzalo Oviedo
Earthscan 2010; US$ 49.95Sacred Natural Sites are the world's oldest protected places. This book focuses on a wide spread of both iconic and lesser known examples such as sacred groves of the Western Ghats (India), Sagarmatha /Chomolongma (Mt Everest, Nepal, Tibet - and China), the Golden Mountains of Altai (Russia), Holy Island of Lindisfarne (UK) and the sacred lakes of the Niger Delta (Nigeria). The book illustrates that sacred natural sites, although often under threat, exist within and outside formally recognised protected areas, heritage sites. Sacred natural sites may well be some of the last strongholds for building resilient networks of connected landscapes. They also form important nodes for maintaining a dynamic socio-cultural fabric in the face of global... more...
Cradle to Cradleby William McDonough; Michael Braungart
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010; US$ 12.99A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in their provocative, visionary book, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world, they ask. In fact, why not take nature itself as our model? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not... more...