Conservation of the environment

Perhaps no other natural setting has as much literary, spiritual, and environmental significance for Americans as Walden Pond.

Can we prevent the destruction of the world's tropical forests?

Agricultural droughts affect whole societies, leading to higher food costs, threatened economies, and even famine.

This book brings together in compact form a broad scientific and sociopolitical view of US wetlands.

During the late 1960s and 1970s, massive herds of poisonous crown-of-thorns starfish suddenly began to infest coral reef communities around the world, leaving in their wake devastation comparable to a burnt-out rainforest.

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.

In the summer of 1978, residents of Love Canal, a suburban development in Niagara Falls, NY, began protesting against the leaking toxic waste dump in their midst-a sixteen-acre site containing 100,000 barrels of chemical waste that anchored their neighborhood.

In Writing Without Teachers, well-known advocate of innovative teaching methods Peter Elbow outlines a practical program for learning how to write.

Swamps and marshes once covered vast stretches of the North American landscape.

Swamps and marshes once covered vast stretches of the North American landscape.

In Inherit the Holy Mountain, historian Mark Stoll introduces us to the religious roots of the American environmental movement.

In Inherit the Holy Mountain, historian Mark Stoll introduces us to the religious roots of the American environmental movement.

Natural Resources Conservation and Advances for Sustainability addresses the latest challenges associated with the management and conservation of natural resources.

Although climate change and pollution make near-daily appearances in the news, humans have not always recognized that the environment needs to be protected.

Although climate change and pollution make near-daily appearances in the news, humans have not always recognized that the environment needs to be protected.

The environment, and how humans affect it, is more of a concern now than ever.

As humanity presses down inexorably on the natural world, people debate the extent to which we can save the Earth's millions of different species without sacrificing human economic welfare.

In a society more concerned with how to cope with existential dread than how to make actionable changes to save the planet, a surprisingly large number of Americans identify as environmentalists.

In a society more concerned with how to cope with existential dread than how to make actionable changes to save the planet, a surprisingly large number of Americans identify as environmentalists.

We hear about pieces of ice the size of continents breaking off of Antarctica, rapidly melting glaciers in the Himalayas, and ice sheets in the Arctic crumbling to the sea, but does it really matter?

We hear about pieces of ice the size of continents breaking off of Antarctica, rapidly melting glaciers in the Himalayas, and ice sheets in the Arctic crumbling to the sea, but does it really matter?

Rivers are a vital component of ecology-the earth's hydrological cycle depends on them.

Rivers are a vital component of ecology-the earth's hydrological cycle depends on them.

In 1999, Texas passed a landmark clean energy law, beginning a groundswell of new policies that promised to make the US a world leader in renewable energy.

In 1999, Texas passed a landmark clean energy law, beginning a groundswell of new policies that promised to make the US a world leader in renewable energy.

The NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist and creator of Drawdown, Paul Hawken The dangers of climate change and a warming world have been in the public eye for fifty years.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

One of the earliest warnings about climate change and one of environmentalism's lodestars'Nature, we believe, takes forever.

The definitive history of the modern climate change era, from an award-winning writer who has been at the centre of the fight for more than thirty yearsIn 1979, President Jimmy Carter was presented with the findings of scientists who had been investigating whether human activities might change the climate in harmful ways.

*A Times, Financial Times, Observer and Nature Book of the Year* Spectacular .

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, Silent Spring exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides 'Rachel Carson educated a planet.

The international bestseller that gives you the facts about climate changeWhen students David Nelles and Christian Serrer struggled to find a book that explained the nuts and bolts of climate change in a way that was comprehensive, concise and enjoyable to read, they decided to write it themselves.

The Sunday Times bestseller *Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize*A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year'This book calls for nothing less than a revolution in the future of food' Kate RaworthFrom the bestselling author of Feral, a breathtaking first glimpse of a new future for food and for humanityFarming is the world's greatest cause of environmental destruction - and the one we are least prepared to talk about.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor the first time ever, an international coalition of leading researchers, scientists and policymakers has come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change.

'Captivating.

Daphne Sheldrick's best-selling love story of romance, life and elephants, An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants is an incredible story from Africa's greatest living conservationist.

'When you have a large collection of animals to transport from one end of the world to the other you cannot, as a lot of people seem to think, just hoist them aboard the nearest ship and set off with a gay wave of your hand.

'In the gloom it came along the branches towards me, its round, hypnotic eyes blazing, its spoon-like ears turning to and fro independently like radar dishes .

Born Wild is a story of passion, adventure and skulduggery on the frontline of African conservation.

'Everyone interested in the natural world will enjoy The Secret Life of Trees.

"e;Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery"e; - Richard Dawkins In this book a master scientist tells the great story of how life on earth evolved.

Materials and the Environment: Eco-Informed Material Choice, Second Edition, is the first book devoted solely to the environmental aspects of materials and their selection, production, use and disposal, by one of the world's foremost materials authorities.