Catálogo de libros: El medioambiente

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  • One Week In August
    Jim McAllister
    One Week in August: Stories from Search and Rescue in British Columbia provides insights into how volunteer search and rescue groups, volunteer members, and agencies respond to locate lost persons and rescue those hurt or stranded.Based on actual incidents and responses that took place during one week in 2004 under very challenging conditions, individuals and some of those resc...
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    21,33 €

  • The Great Lakes
    Dave Dempsey
    Everybody who looks at the Great Lakes knows they’re big, but why are they Great? From sea serpents to sunken ships, from lonely lighthouses to fish on Prozac, this book engages the reader in a quest to find what’s beneath the surface.FLOW’s mission is to ensure the waters of the Great Lakes Basin are healthy, public, and protected for all. The public trust doctrine holds tha...
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    16,21 €

  • Reflections on Mountaineering
    Alan V. Goldman
    Presented as one hundred fifteen narrative-style poems, some of which are rhyming and others are in prose or blank verse, Reflections on Mountaineering, A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains, a FOURTH EDITION, summarizes much of what the author, Alan V. Goldman, learned in his more than 30 years of climbing, either from personal experience, or from his mountain...
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    19,18 €

  • Sanctuary - Exploring the Magical World of Birds
    Kathleen Knight
    This memoir offers stories of a surprising fall from an ordinary life into a completely new relationship with nature, following an unexpected path. Kathy Knight had no intention of creating a sanctuary when she bought her country house, but then a lone rooster appeared. Soon other creatures joined the rooster... chickens, doves and above all pigeons. Each one needed a home. As ...
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    10,95 €

  • Climate Uncertainty and Risk
    Judith Curry
    In Climate Uncertainty and Risk, Judith Curry shows how we can break the gridlock surrounding the climate debate. This book helps us rethink the climate change problem, the risks we are facing and how we can respond. ...
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    49,76 €

  • Climate Uncertainty and Risk
    Judith Curry
    In Climate Uncertainty and Risk, Judith Curry shows how we can break the gridlock surrounding the climate debate. This book helps us rethink the climate change problem, the risks we are facing and how we can respond. ...
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    157,93 €

  • Financing Regions Toward Sustainability in the Midst of Climate Change Risks and Uncertainty
    Financing Regions Toward Sustainability in the Midst of Climate Change Risks and Uncertainty is a groundbreaking book edited by Beata Zofia Filipiak, Dominika Kordela, and Izabela Nawrolska from the University of Szczecin, Poland. The book provides a comprehensive guide to financing regions towards sustainability in the midst of climate change risks and uncertainty. With a focu...
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    295,25 €

  • Disaster Recovery Planning
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication outlines why post-disaster needs assessments (PDNA) should provide comprehensive details of the economic and social impacts of disasters on countries to swiftly mobilize resources and support resilient recovery.Using a theoretical case study highlighting the aftermath of an earthquake and subsequent flooding, the publication shows how the cost to property, infr...
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    28,01 €

  • Journey to Hopeful Futures
    Helena Kettleborough
    With Journey to Hopeful Futures, Helena Kettleborough offers a transformative new approach to reimagining a world which respects and restores the natural systems on which life depends. At a time when the imminent destruction of our planet can feel overwhelming, Helena invites the reader to re-energise, re-think and embark with her on a unique journey of hopeful discovery.This j...
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    30,71 €

  • Shattered Horizons
    Mike L
    Discover the hidden wonders and urgent challenges of our oceanic world in ’Shattered Horizons: Navigating the Blue Ocean Event and Global Collapse’. Dive into the depths of marine biodiversity, unravel the impacts of human activities, and explore innovative solutions for ocean conservation. From the fragile coral reefs to the majestic whales, this captivating journey inspires u...
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    25,51 €

  • The Big Flood Glenreagh 1950
    Commissioned by the Glenreagh School of Arts to coincide with their Cedar & Steam Art Competition in 2023, the book is a compilation of illustrated poetry and short stories. In 1950 Glenreagh, on the Orara River in the north east of NSW, Australia, experienced a huge flood which washed houses off their foundations and caused massive destruction of property and livestock in the ...
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    15,39 €

  • The Ergodic Investor and Entrepreneur
    Graham Boyd / Jack Reardon
    Ergodicity is the little-known secret underpinning the success of companies as diverse as Apple, Unilever, Mitsubishi, and Mondragon. We can use this today to enable businesses, from startups to mature businesses, thrive when their fundamentals are good; to enable investors get the RoI they deserve; and to enable businesses to deliver net positive outcomes across all SDGs, incl...
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    16,19 €

  • Rhizome Too
    Gwen Diehn
    At the end of summer a friend and I were walking on a trail where the plants seemed to be winding down as the days had become cooler and shorter. Everything in the woods was in shades of brown and grayish tan. Suddenly my friend spotted something bright red, and seemingly out of place, on a rotting log. We bent over this something, trying to figure out what it could possibly...
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    37,21 €

  • Regenerative Business
    Samantha Garcia
    What kind of impact could your business make if you integrated the most powerful systems on Earth: THE SYSTEMS OF NATURE?Since the Industrial Revolution, much of human history has revolved around conquering Nature. But just as species have been hunted to extinction and forests have been leveled to create farmland and factories, the wildness inside you, too, has been suppressed....
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    14,02 €

  • Opportunities and Challenges in Climate-Friendly Clean Water and Energy Technologies
    Demand for energy and water is increasing as a result of rapid economic, population, and industrial growth. By 2050, it is expected that global energy consumption will nearly double in tandem with world water demand. Because of competing demands for finite resources, existing water and energy systems are limited in their ability to satisfy these expanding needs. Furthermore, ra...
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    248,92 €

  • Soul is Waterproof
    Matthew L. Moseley
    Matthew Moseley has a passion for long-distance swims in sometimes treacherous waters. In the early morning darkness of June 27, 2021, he wades into the Green River and begins the first-ever 52-mile swim where its waters meet those of the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park. Stroke by stroke, Moseley invites you on his journey, as he encounters expected and unexpected a...
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    25,13 €

  • The Good, Green Gold of Spring
    Jon Dahlem
    This book presents a case study of Island Marble Butterfly (IMB) conservation from an environmental sociological perspective. Using qualitative methods, the study explicates various social components of a collaboration of stakeholders working together to protect the species from extinction. Rediscovered in 1998 after being presumed extinct for nearly a century, the IMB persists...
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    43,51 €

  • Harvesting Hunger
    Mike L
    "Harvesting Hunger: Unraveling the Global Collapse of Food" delves into the intricate web of challenges facing our global food system, offering a thought-provoking exploration of the complex factors that contribute to food insecurity, environmental degradation, and social inequity. From climate change and land degradation to food waste and unequal access, this book sheds light ...
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    27,64 €

  • The Earth is Wrapped in Plastic
    Austin Mardon / Lauren Knafelc / Priyanka Shourie
    Modern societies have discovered that plastic can cause severe harm to the environment and human health. But, do enough people know how poor plastic control and dispensation can specifically impact them to care for and make a difference? The Earth is Wrapped in Plastic gives a detailed overview of human dependence on plastic and the potential consequences of plastic pollution. ...
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    30,71 €

  • From Root to Seed
    From Root to Seed lifts up the poetic voices of Black, Brown, and Indigenous writers who have deep historical and current connections to the land, places, and the natural world of the Northeastern region of the United States. The 25 contemporary writers featured in this collection share poetry that engages with nature and land from a wide variety of vantage points, from the gra...
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    16,87 €

  • Inferno Unleashed
    Mike L
    "Inferno Unleashed: Exploring the Global Collapse Amidst Wildfires" is a groundbreaking exploration of the devastating impacts of wildfires and the urgent need for comprehensive fire management strategies. From the scorching flames that consume vast landscapes to the far-reaching consequences on ecosystems, communities, and economies, this book delves deep into the complex web ...
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    25,64 €

  • Intersex Diversity
    Megan Dennis
    'Intersex Diversity' by Megan Dennis is a comprehensive exploration of intersex conditions and their various manifestations. The book delves into the definition of intersex and highlights the wide diversity of intersex variations. It provides detailed insights into chromosomal intersex conditions, such as Klinefelter Syndrome, Turner Syndrome, Triple X Syndrome, and XYY Syndrom...
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    24,67 €

  • Convivial Conservation
    Global biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, leading to calls for urgent change in how humans govern, conserve, and live with non-human species. It is argued that this change must be radical and transformative, and must challenge the structures and systems that shape biodiversity conservation. This book brings together a diverse group of authors to explore the potentia...
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    29,11 €

  • Eco-Emancipation
    Sharon R. Krause
    The case for an eco-emancipatory politics to release the Earth from human domination and free us all from lives that are both exploitative and exploitedHuman domination of nature shapes every aspect of our lives today, even as it remains virtually invisible to us. Because human beings are a part of nature, the human domination of nature circles back to confine and exploit peopl...
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    43,83 €

  • HERBOLOGY
    Simon Von Wolfie
    HERBOLOGY is a book about creating and finding naturally occurring medicines from natural plants, mushrooms, herbs, bark, and other plant materials. The book is meant to be a reference guide for those interested in what medicinal plants could be used in various ways. We do not recommend you use this book as a recipe book and please do not ingest plants you have not verified are...
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    63,88 €

  • Tight Lines
    Bill Curry
    Bill Curry takes us on the ideal fishing expedition: all across Nova Scotia and further afield. This combination memoir, guidebook, and collection of tall stories is copiously illustrated with photos by the author, who became the first certified Professional Master Guide in Nova Scotia when the professional guide certification program was created. ...
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    21,96 €

  • Industrialism - Our Commitment to Impermanence
    Christopher O. Clugston
    The REAL Inconvenient Truth! By choosing to industrialize, we Homo sapiens unwittingly made a commitment to impermanence. We adopted a terminally unsustainable way of life, in which the finite and non-replenishing NNRs (nonrenewable natural resources) that enable our industrial existence, would inevitably become insufficient to do so.Unfortunately, 'inevitably' is 'now' - Natur...
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    39,69 €

  • One Finch Singing
    Emily Ransdell
    Winner of the 2022 Concrete Wolf Louis Award’'Sometimes you have to tell a story / your entire life to get it right,'’ Emily Ransdell says in this exquisite debut volume of poems. Though richly different, the stories-about family, about our fragile planet, about the ways loss takes its inevitable toll-together relate a single human story. When I read good poems, I may learn abo...
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    13,60 €

  • Why Human Society Will Collapse Before 2100
    Ross E. Goodrich
    Our dream to reach higher states of civility, equity, security, peace, and good health fades with each passing day. A wealth of information shows resource depletion, overcrowding, environmental degradation, economic disruptions, and all their attendant crises are irreversible and intensifying. Soon, much too soon, we will face an experience we understand in the abstract but ign...
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    17,20 €

  • Concepts of Biology (paperback, b&w)
    James Wise / Rebecca Roush / Samantha Fowler
    Black & white print.Concepts of Biology is designed for the typical introductory biology course for nonmajors, covering standard scope and sequence requirements. The text includes interesting applications and conveys the major themes of biology, with content that is meaningful and easy to understand. The book is designed to demonstrate biology concepts and to promote scientifi...
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    35,95 €


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