"A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention--and our personal information--that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity. doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So...

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We still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it happen.
You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds. There is hope—but only if we listen to the science before it's too late.
In The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg has gathered...

Walking is a lecture by Henry David Thoreau first delivered at the Concord Lyceum on April 23, 1851. It was written between 1851 and 1860, but parts were extracted from his earlier journals. Thoreau read the piece a total of ten times, more than any other of his lectures. "Walking" was first published as an essay in the Atlantic Monthly after his death in 1862. He considered it one of his seminal works, so much so, that he once wrote of the lecture,...

Carlos Adrin Pizarro Ros, mexicano con gran admiracin hacia la naturaleza y de los que se esfuerzan por mantenerse en armona con ella sin dejar de evolucionar. Licenciado en Negocios Internacionales, Maestro de Yoga, Vicepresidente en ACIMA A.C., y apasionado de convivir con todos los seres vivos. Con una trayectoria de ms de diez aos en el apoyo al cuidado del ambiente y al de una mejor interaccin social. Participa como conferencista, colabora en...

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHNAGE: Agricultural Ecosystems and Gender Dimensions is a product of over four years of painstaking and rigorous research by a multidisciplinary team. It brings together empirical knowledge on farmer's adaptation to climate change in a developing country. The book is comprehensive as well as broad in its coverage. Detailed analysis of various dimensions of climate change on dryland and wetland agriculture as well as fishing...

Environmental Risk Management Handbook' It is a reference work with technical and non-technical content —humanistic-, simple —easy to read-, that brings together concepts, information on the controversial environmental issue. This work is a reference text for academics, students, journalists, businessmen and public servants, who are interested in finding concepts explained in a simple and direct way. A handbook intended to be a reference work...

A chance encounter with an orange-eyed lemur changed everything for Penelope Bodry-Sanders, at 49. Her captivating memoir, "A Conspiracy of Lemurs," chronicles a life intertwined with the destiny of species on the brink of extinction. Her Lemur Conservation Foundation, begun as a wishful endeavor, is now an internationally recognized model for protecting endangered primates through captive breeding, scientific research, education, and art. For nearly...

La crisis ecológica actual demanda respuestas integrales, pues no hay un solo camino de solución. La Universidad Católica de Salta asume el desafío y busca profundizar el discernimiento de esta problemática y la creación de líneas de acción que promuevan el cuidado de la casa común. La encíclica Laudato Sí' del papa Francisco ha significado impulso e inspiración para abrir el campo reflexivo de las especializaciones científicas y suscitar...

The woods-whether viewed from the ground on a morning hike or among the branches during an autumn afternoon spent in a tree stand-is a complex ecosystem at every level. Few sportsmen observe and even fewer appreciate the balance of food supply for the wildlife and game, which draws millions of families back to the forest every year. Left unchecked by nature, such biomes eventually mature past the point of providing sustenance to the animals they once...

The author came to Alaska as a greenhorn biologist - enthusiastic, but lacking in practical knowledge. The timing was perfect for opportunity: federal legislation was in the works that would change the face of Alaska forever - millions of acres of wild Alaska were being set aside in perpetuity for conservation purposes. The passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) set the stage for the future, both for the land and for...