Based on 40 years of experience, Integrated Environmental Management: A Transdisciplinary Approach brings together many ecological and technological tool boxes and applies them in a transdisciplinary method.
Environmental Justice: Key Issues is the first textbook to offer a comprehensive and accessible overview of environmental justice, one of the most dynamic fields in environmental politics scholarship.
Originally published in 1979, Solar Energy provides a tour of the world of solar energy and asks two key questions: is solar energy the key to the future of our energy needs, and what are the facts and potential of this source of renewable power.
Global Application of Prescribed Fire provides a first-hand perspective of the various methods and ways people around the world view and use prescribed fire.
This book initiates a conversation about blue ecocriticism: critical, ethical, cultural, and political positions that emerge from oceanic or aquatic frames of mind rather than traditional land-based approaches.
This book provides an understanding of the joint dynamics of physical, chemical, and biological components of the ecosystem, and describes the role of ecology as an operational environmental science in solving environmental problems.
In an age of record-breaking superstorms and environmental degradation, this collection of poetry seeks to make sense of how we interact with and are influenced by nature.
Written in a clear, accessible style, this authoritative and wide-ranging dictionary contains entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines such as biogeography, genetics, soil science, geomorphology, atmospheric science, and oceanography.
'One of the most influential books about the natural world ever published' Paul Kingsnorth, Guardian'There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot,' begins Aldo Leopold's totemic work of ecological thought.
The continuing devastation of the worlds tropical rain forest affects us allspurring climate change, decimating biodiversity, and wrecking our environments resiliency.
An in-depth look at the role of plant spirits in shamanic rituals from around the world *; Shows how shamans heal using their knowledge of plant spirits as well as the plant's ';medical properties' *; Explores the core methods of plant shamanism--soul retrieval, spirit extraction, and sin eating--and includes techniques for connecting with plant spirits *; Includes extensive field interviews with master shamans of all traditions In Plant Spirit Shamanism, Ross Heaven and Howard G.
A step-by-step guide to animal communication, connecting with your primal mind, and immersing yourself in Nature*; Includes exercises for learning how to become invisible within Nature, sense hidden animals, and communicate with wild animals and birds*; Explains how to approach wild animals and form friendships with them*; Details the intuitive awareness of our hunter-gatherer ancestors and their innate oneness with NatureAnimals and plants are in constant communication with the world around them.
In 2008, as the storms of the financial crash blew, Isabelle Fremeaux and Jay Jordan deserted the metropolis and their academic jobs, traveling across Europe in search of post-capitalist utopias.
Indigenous leaders and other visionaries suggest solutions to today's global crisis *; Original Instructions are ancient ways of living from the heart of humanity within the heart of nature *; Explores the convergence of indigenous and contemporary science and the re-indigenization of the world's peoples *; Includes authoritative indigenous voices, including John Mohawk and Winona LaDukeFor millennia the world's indigenous peoples have acted as guardians of the web of life for the next seven generations.
After her record-breaking two year tree sit, Julia Butterfly Hill has ceaslessly continued her efforts to promote sustainability and ecologically-minded ways to save the old-growth redwoods she acted so valiantly to protect.
The 100th volume of the prestigious New Naturalist series, written by one of Britain's best-known naturalists, explores the significance and history of woodlands on the British landscape'Trees are wildlife just as deer or primroses are wildlife.
The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.
The perfect companion for the safari enthusiast, this complete traveller's guide to the wildlife of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Malawi is a must-have for all those considering a trip to the game reserves of this highly popular region.
Desafíos en la gestión del agua, publicación del Instituto Cinara de la Universidad del Valle, pone a disposición del lector los desarrollos y avances de investigaciones y experiencias nacionales e internacionales relacionadas con el ahorro, uso eficiente y microcontaminates en el agua, siendo estos factores claves en la gestión integral del agua.
En una época en que la lealtad humana hacia el mundo natural parece en entredicho, 'Parentesco' ofrece historias de solidaridad que subrayan la profunda interdependencia existente entre los humanos y el mundo no humano.
Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished.
Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished.
Kit Pedler, the scientist who co-created the 'Doomwatch' television series to warn us of the dangers of technology, presents his vision of a totally different way of being in the world.
Reveals the use of direct perception in understanding Nature, medicinal plants, and the healing of human disease*; Explores the techniques used by indigenous and Western peoples to learn directly from the plants themselves, including those of Henry David Thoreau, Goethe, and Masanobu Fukuoka, author of The One Straw Revolution*; Contains leading-edge information on the heart as an organ of perceptionAll ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge of plant medicines came from the plants themselves and not through trial-and-error experimentation.
A tribute to the visionary contributions and prophetic writings of Thomas Berry, spiritual ecologist and father of environmentalism *; Contains 10 essays by eminent philosophers, thinkers, and scientists in the field of ecology and sustainability, including Matthew Fox, Joanna Macy, Duane Elgin, Sean Esbjrn-Hargens, Ervin Laszlo, and Allan Combs *; Calls for a transformation of consciousness to resolve today's global ecological and human challenges *; Includes a little-known but essential essay by Thomas Berry When cultural historian and spiritual ecologist Thomas Berry, described by Newsweek magazine as ';the most provocative figure among the new breed of eco-theologians,' passed away in 2009 at age 94, he left behind a dream of healing the ';Earth community.
