Interviews with bankers, civic leaders, politicians, and architects provide the basis for this searching analysis of the ways in which the physical arrangement of land expresses American ideals, assumptions, and beliefs.
In 2001, Kenneth Deffeyes made a grim prediction: world oil production would reach a peak within the next decade--and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it.
Vino y vida biodinamica en la Patagonia es una invitacion a descubrir la vitivinicultura en uno de los rincones mas extremos y fascinantes de Argentina: Paso del Sapo, en el valle medio del rio Chubut.
Imagine one day you receive a letter in the mail that informs you that a large energy company is planning to build a massive pipeline through your property.
Imagine one day you receive a letter in the mail that informs you that a large energy company is planning to build a massive pipeline through your property.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, an inspiring vision of how to reorient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and communityAs Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy.
A radical new history of energy and humanity's insatiable need for resources that will change the way we talk about climate change *Winner of a Nouvel Observateur Award, a Fondation pour l' cologie politique Award, the Prix du jury Turgot and the Prix du S nat du livre d histoire 2025**Selected as an Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year*It has become habitual to think of our relationship with energy as one of transition: with wood superseded by coal, coal by oil, oil by nuclear and then at some future point all replaced by green sources.
Overseas Press Club Award Winner 2016A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, 'The Looting Machine' explores the dark underbelly of the global economy.
This latest volume in the New Naturalist series provides a comprehensive study of wildlife conservation in Britain, concentrating on events in the last 30 years.
Este libro representa una valiosa aportacion al inventario documentado de las memorias del agua en Baja California Sur, en particular del puerto de La Paz.
Es fundamental estudiar y comprender la montaña andina, especialmente por su importancia geopolítica nacional e internacional en materia económica, cultural y ambiental.
"Hacer un balance crítico de los diez años de vigencia de la Ley Orgánica de Régimen de Soberanía Alimentaria es uno de los objetivos principales que han propuesto los autores de este libro.
Esta obra presenta una discusion sobre los retos que existen hoy para construir una vision integral de desarrollo dentro de las poblaciones rurales que habitan el Paramo de Santurban, bajo las dificultades que ha traido el proceso de delimitacion del paramo y la consecuente prohibicion de la agricultura.
La cambiante naturaleza del escenario internacional se perfila de manera cada vez más acentuada en torno a los recursos naturales esenciales para el desarrollo como elementos de poder.
Wie Kochen die Welt veranderteWas ware, wenn das Kochen als einer der alltaglichsten Vorgange der Schlussel zu unserer Kultur, Politik und Geschichte ist?
Smartphone, Laptop, E-Auto: Viele Dinge in unserem Alltag benotigen fur Herstellung und Betrieb Rohstoffe, die keineswegs unbegrenzt zur Verfugung stehen oder deren Gewinnung auch aus ethischer Sicht problematisch ist.
The River's Tale: Ayman's Journey is a heartwarming and philosophical story that follows a young boy, Ayman, and his deep connection with the river that runs through his village.
'A curious-minded and subtle intervention in the politics of the countryside' Sunday Times'Galbraith spent three years investigating the truth about rural Britain and how we treat it.
Liebe Lesende, ein Blick aufs Handy zeigt mir, wie viel Strom von der Fotovoltaikanlage auf unserem Dach gerade die Batterie im Keller speist und wie viel ins öffentliche Stromnetz geht.
Este libro recoge, desde los conceptos basicos tecnicos, cientificos y metodologicos, hasta importantes experiencias practicas, realizadas en el Suroccidente colombiano y en Costa Rica, de determinacion de la cantidad de agua apropiada que se debe dejar en un curso de agua para que las condiciones ambientales, la flora y fauna del cuerpo de agua y fondos no se vea afectada.
