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1) River and dam management: a review of the Bureau of Reclamation's Glen Canyon environmental studies
Author
Publisher
National Academy Press
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Author
Publisher
LaDonna Rose Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Get ready to sail to Alaska with Keta, the adventurous sea cat who befriends orca whales, discovers her love for salmon and learns to fish sustainably with her pawrents. Join Keta on her thrilling adventures, including seeing the mesmerizing northern lights."--
6) The clean living handbook: 80+ all-natural soaps, cleaners, detergents & nontoxic household products
Publisher
Cider Mill Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Commercially bought soaps and shampoos are jam-packed with harmful chemicals that you might want to avoid, but buying organic products can get expensive. With so many DIY attempts resulting in failure, it can be hard to find safe and healthy alternatives. It's time to ditch the expensive creams and serums with ingredients you can't pronounce. The Chem Free Body features 100% natural products you can be confident in. What you put in and on your body...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"What we eat matters--to us, and to the planet. Cool food is a game-changing new food category and way of thinking that can help fix the climate. This ... book will show you how to make simple choices, starting today--in the supermarket, in your kitchen, and in the world--to reduce your environmental impact. Hundreds of cool foods exist, but until now have gone largely uncelebrated for their climate-positive powers. Some of these foods may already...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This book traces the development of the perception of carbon dioxide through the ages, from the history of our understanding of the gas to the recognition of its radiative properties and impact on climate. It addresses the rise in its atmospheric concentration through deforestation and energy production.
Author
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, this mythology ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it primitive. Today, we have slowly come to realize that the legacy of this mythology is haunting us. Designers understand the urgency of reducing humanity's negative environmental impact, yet perpetuate the...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Every major American city has a highway tearing through its center. Seventy years ago, planners sold these highways as progress, essential to our future prosperity. The automobile promised freedom, and highways were going to take us there. Instead, they divided cities, displaced people from their homes, chained us to our cars, and locked us into a high-emissions future. And the more highways we built, the worse traffic got. Nowhere is this more visible...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An Inspiring Look at the Clean Energy Revolution Combining the instincts of a journalist and the insight of the leader of a national business organization at the forefront of climate policy, Bob Keefe provides the first in-depth look at how the most important climate action in history is reshaping our economy, the way we live, and the future of our planet"--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This narrative middle-grade nonfiction from Rebecca Donnelly dives into the scientific and cultural history of the waste humans produce, examining why we make so much trash, why we're so bad at handling it, and how we can stop it (that is, us) from ruining the planet"--
15) Catastrophes, confrontations, and constraints: how disasters shape the dynamics of armed conflicts
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Author
Publisher
One Signal Publishers/Atria
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Tough choices loom if the world wants to go green. The United States and other countries must decide where and how to procure the materials that make our renewable energy economy possible. To build electric vehicles, solar panels, cell phones, and millions of other devices means the world must dig more mines to extract lithium, copper, cobalt, rare earths, and nickel. But mines are deeply unpopular, even as they have a role to play in fighting climate...
Author
Series
Management bulletin R3 volume 12-07
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Tonto National Forest
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The right to farm, by name, is essential to the survival of us all as growers and eaters. Since the late 1970s, states across the nation have adopted so-titled right-to-farm laws to limit nuisance suits loosely related to agriculture. But since their adoption, there has yet to be a comprehensive analysis of what these laws do and who they benefit, not just what their title suggests. In the first national analysis and guide of its kind, this book...