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Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In an era of cell phone addiction and ever-expanding cities, many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature--but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact. Whether we observe it or not, our blood pressure stabilizes near trees, the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses. Drawing on new scientific discoveries, The Heartbeat of Trees reveals the profound interactions humans...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Poet and essayist Lisa Wells takes us on a pilgrimage to the margins, where trailblazers and outliers imagine new ways to live and reconnect to the Earth in the face of climate change"--
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 atlas (218 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"An unprecedented portrait of the hidden patterns in human society-visualized through the world of data. Award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti transform enormous datasets into rich maps and cutting-edge visualizations. In this triumph of visual storytelling, they uncover truths about our past, reveal who we are today, and highlight what we face in the years ahead. With their joyfully inquisitive approach, Cheshire...
Author
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations (color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In his new book, Noam Chomsky writes cogently about the threats to planetary survival that are of growing alarm today. The prospect of human extinction emerged after World War II, the dawn of a new era scientists now term the Anthropocene. Chomsky uniquely traces the duality of existential threats from nuclear weapons and from climate change-including how the concerns emerged and evolved, and how the threats can interact with one another. The introduction...
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
308 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces some of the men and women who are working in the field of biomimicry--a science that studies nature's models and then imitates them to solve human problems--and considers the implications of such studies for the future of mankind.
10) Earthship
Author
Publisher
Solar Survival Architecture
Pub. Date
<c1991- >
Physical Desc
v. <2 > : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The follow up to the #1 New York Times bestselling An Inconvenient Truth and companion to Vice President Al Gore’s new documentary, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, this new book is a daring call to action. It exposes the reality of how humankind has aided in the destruction of our planet and delivers hope through groundbreaking information on what you can do now. Vice President Gore, one of our environmental heroes and a leading expert in...
Author
Publisher
Oakland, California
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore present a new approach to analyzing today's planetary emergencies. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism,...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nature's Best Hope shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. Because this approach relies on the initiatives of private individuals, it is immune from the whims of government policy. Even more important, it's practical, effective, and easy--you will walk away with specific suggestions you can incorporate into your own yard. If you're concerned about doing something good for the...
Publisher
The Golden Sufi Center
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
iv, 264 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Showing the deep connection between our present ecological crisis and our lack of awareness of the sacred nature of creation, this series of essays from spiritual and environmental leaders around the world shows how humanity can transform its relationship with the Earth. Combining the thoughts and beliefs from a diverse range of essayists, this collection highlights the current ecological crisis and articulates a much-needed spiritual response to...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world-and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question: what manages to...
Author
Publisher
Harbinger House
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
xv, 194 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
These fifteen spontaneous commentaries on the health of the planet and the plight of traditional cultureas express concern, commitment, and a poignant call for remedial action. The voice of individual integrity can be heard above the din of bureaucracy and corporate-funded media which is driving the planet toward self-destruction. The authors and film-makers interviewed here provide glimpses into our illusion of planetary security and identify a few...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning astronomer and physicist's spellbinding and urgent call for a new Enlightenment and the recognition of the preciousness of life using reason and curiosity--the foundations of science--to study, nurture, and ultimately preserve humanity as we face the existential crisis of climate change"--
Author
Publisher
White Cloud Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 155 pages : Illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reclaiming the Wild Soul takes us on a journey into Earth’s five great landscapes — deserts, forests, oceans and rivers, mountains, and grasslands — as aspects of our deeper, wilder selves. Where the inner and outer worlds meet we discover our own true nature mirrored in the Earth's wild beauty and fierce challenges. A powerful archetypal model for transformation, the “soulscapes” return us to a primal terrain rich in knowing, healing, and...
Publisher
Sierra Club Books
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
xx, 236 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the annual Bioneers Conferences, 26 essays look at working with nature to heal nature; ecology as the art of restoring relationships; genetic engineering and the vandalism of nature; biology meets business; and spirit, mystery, and wonder. The underlying theme is interdependence.
20) Ishmael
Author
Series
Ishmael volume 1
Publisher
Bantam/Turner Book
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
263 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ishmael opens with the narrator reading the newspaper and finding himself both disgruntled and intrigued by a personal advertisement. The ad indicates that a teacher is looking for a student interested in saving the world. For most of the narrator's early life, he had searched for such a teacher, and he's angry that only now is one looking for him. He's sure the ad is a hoax, but he goes to the indicated address, only to find an empty office space...
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