The story of surfing in Scotland is defined by people who dared to dream in spite of the cold, from Neva MacDonald-Haig and the coffin-lid surfers of Machrihanish, who first took to the waves off the west coast in the 1930s with a little help from a local undertaker, to Andy Bennetts and the pioneers of the 1960s, who discovered many of the nation's best breaks, to contemporary big wave surfer Ben Larg, a native of the tiny island of Tiree who now travels the world riding skyscraper-sized walls of water for a living.
Este libro hace referencia a los animales no humanos, citándose antecedentes legislativos que exigen que se los respete como seres con vida que sienten.
This volume makes visible the many innovative resistances and solutions emanating from the Global South, in response to the injustices of the current global ecological crises.
In The Need for Sustainable Tourism in an Era of Global Climate Change: Pathway to a Greener Future, the authors delve into the critical transition from traditional to sustainable tourism.
In The Need for Sustainable Tourism in an Era of Global Climate Change: Pathway to a Greener Future, the authors delve into the critical transition from traditional to sustainable tourism.
This volume makes visible the many innovative resistances and solutions emanating from the Global South, in response to the injustices of the current global ecological crises.
We live in a moment rife with mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering technologies, and hopefulness of youth climate activism.
Climate Change Impacts on Soil Processes and Ecosystem Properties, Volume 35, presents current and emerging soil science research in the areas of soil processes and climate change, while also evaluating future research needs.
Climate Change Impacts on Soil Processes and Ecosystem Properties, Volume 35, presents current and emerging soil science research in the areas of soil processes and climate change, while also evaluating future research needs.
Discover the fascinating world of trees with this comprehensive tree identification guide book, combining practical dendrology knowledge with professional tree care techniques.
We live in a moment rife with mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering technologies, and hopefulness of youth climate activism.
Over the past decade, people have learned about oil contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon through toxic tours in which a guide brings participants - students, lawyers, environmental activists, journalists, and foreign tourists - to visit contaminated sites.
An Engaging Compilation of Perspectives on Climate Activism The impassioned essays, noteworthy profiles and first-person narratives in this anthology champion grassroots and global environmental movements that have persuaded policymakers and mobilized communities to take note of the worsening state of the natural order.
Over the past decade, people have learned about oil contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon through toxic tours in which a guide brings participants - students, lawyers, environmental activists, journalists, and foreign tourists - to visit contaminated sites.
Bei diesem Buch handelt es sich um ein Buch für die ganze Familie und es klärt dich über einiges im Bereich Ernährung, Hühnerhaltung, "Fleischproduktion", etc.
El ciclo extractivo de las aves silvestres se dio en Colombia de 1870 a 1930, cuando cientos de miles de ejemplares vivos fueron cazados, y sus insumos derivados (cuerpos disecados, pieles, plumas, cabezas, garras, picos, etc.
Das Buch verfolgt die bewegte Geschichte des Landesbunds von seinen Anfängen als »Staatlich autorisierte Kommission für Vogelschutz im königlichen Bayern« bis zum heutigen Verband mit mehr als 100.
Best New Books on Space 2024 - Forbes'Rarely is a non-fiction book about science this engaging' - ForbesWhy darkness is so important - to plants, to animals, and to ourselves - and why we must protect it all costs.
This book introduces green ideas to students of the social sciences, showing how society affects and is affected by nature and assessing the future of the green movement.
Mediante una serie de relatos de las propias comunidades del Valle del Huasco, este libro ofrece una mirada historiográfica hacia la explotación de los territorios indígenas, que son el blanco preferencial de las grandes trasnacionales y los proyectos mineros en Latinoamérica.
Dynamic naturalist Michael Blencowe has travelled the globe to uncover the fascinating backstories of eleven extinct animals, which he shares with charm and insight inGone.
Disenchanted by indirect forms of protest designed to work within existing systems of corporate and state power, animal and earth liberation activists have turned instead to direct action.
Disenchanted by indirect forms of protest designed to work within existing systems of corporate and state power, animal and earth liberation activists have turned instead to direct action.
Mercedes-AMG-Petronas-Formel-1-Team lautet seit der Saison 2010 der offizielle Name des Werksteams des deutschen Automobilkonzerns Daimler AG in der Formel 1.
En esta obra se reúnen las iniciativas, pero también las experiencias vividas, por las y los autores que han participado como estudiantes de distintas promociones de las siete primeras versiones del Diplomado en Educación para el Desarrollo Sustentable y cómo este, tanto en la interacción del ejercicio académico de intercambio de saberes como la experiencia –en sí misma– de haberlo cursado ha significado en su desarrollo como persona y en la ejecución de su iniciativa en el colectivo al que pertenece.
German environmental organizations have doggedly pursued environmental protection through difficult times: hyperinflation and war, National Socialist rule, postwar devastation, state socialism in the GDR, and confrontation with the authorities during the 1970s and 1980s.
