Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

Arthur Parkinson's town garden is like a path of pots, a tiny, exposed stage on bricks.

This book is a call to action.

THE NEW AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF THE MOUNTAIN"e;Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesb "e; - Massimo Vincenz, La Repubblica.

With the temperament of Santa Claus and the tenacity of a badger, Jack Loeffler reveals his compassion and concern for Southwestern traditional cultures and their respective habitats in the wake of Manifest Destiny.

At the Precipice explores the question many of us have asked ourselves: What kind of world are we leaving to our children?

Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (17131785) is remembered today not only as colonial New Mexico's preeminent religious artist, but also as the cartographer who drew some of the most important early maps of the American West.

Exploring censorship imposed by corporate wealth and power, this book focuses on the energy industry in Wyoming, where coal, oil, and gas are pillars of the economy.

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As a three-term member of Congress and as the secretary of the interior in the Kennedy and Johnson cabinets (19611969), Stewart L.

Written with clarity, tenacity, humor, and warmth, A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World attempts to find tolerable ethical positions in the face of barely tolerable eventsand the real possibility of an intolerable future.

Wrenched from the Land features sixteen interviews with some of the most iconic eco-warriors to put themselves on the line for their beliefs.

Field Guide to the Trees of the Gila Region of New Mexico is the definitive guide for field botanists, researchers, students, and avid nature lovers who wish to explore the natural history of native and introduced tree species across the Gila.

Running more than 1,200 miles from headwaters in eastern New Mexico through the middle of Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River has frustrated developers for nearly two centuries.

Mono Lake is one of the largest lakes in California, and Californians have been using it, enjoying it, and abusing it since nomadic northern Paiutes began hunting the lake's vast bird populations.

In 1906 George Shiras III (18591942) published a series of remarkable nighttime photographs in National Geographic.

First published in 1985, William deBuys's Enchantment and Exploitation has become a New Mexico classic.

Yellowstone National Park looks like a pristine western landscape populated by its wild inhabitants: bison, grizzly bears, and wolves.

In the summer of 1969, a federal district court in Denver, Colorado, heard arguments in one of the nation's first explicitly environmental cases, in which the Defenders of Florissant, Inc.

Thinking Like a Watershed points our understanding of our relationship to the land in new directions.

This is a true story of discovery and discoverers in what was the northern frontier region of Mexico in the years before the Mexican War.

The most thorough account ever written of southwestern life in the early seventeenth century, this engaging book was first published in 1630 as an official report to the king of Spain by Fray Alonso de Benavides, a Portuguese Franciscan who was the third head of the mission churches of New Mexico.

Although most people prefer not to think about them, hazardous wastes, munitions testing, radioactive emissions, and a variety of other issues affect the quality of land, water, and air in the Land of Enchantment, as they do all over the world.

More than twenty-five years after his death, iconic writer and nature activist Edward Abbey (19291989) remains an influential presence in the American environmental movement.

For generations the Ro Embudo watershed in northern New Mexico has been the home of Juan Estevan Arellano and his ancestors.

Struggles over land and water have determined much of New Mexico's long history.

In the American Southwest, no two events shaped modern Spanish heritage more profoundly than the San Diego Expositions of 1915-16 and 1935-36.

For centuries, the spectacular landscapes now protected in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park have amazed and inspired us.

The Rio Grande was ancient long before the first humans reached its banks.

Los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible #3, Salud y Bienestar y #6, Agua Limpia y Saneamiento han mostrado la necesidad de las comunidades de tener un buen manejo y control de las aguas potables y residuales.

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt der Photovoltaik mit dem umfassenden Buch 'Zukunftstechnologie Photovoltaik – Nachhaltige Energieversorgung für eine grüne Zukunft'.

To satisfy demands for software systems that collect, organize and utilize pollution prevention auditing, design and implementation, hundreds of software companies have developed and are marketing software systems that perform these functions.

This book ties together history, legislation and economics to create an awareness of what chances an individual will have when he selects a location for a plant.

After spending over 12 years developing new microsystems for biotechnology - especially concerned with the microfluidic aspects of these devices - Jean Berthier is considered a leading authority in the field.

Part I is a supplement to the EMSL-Cincinnati publication "e;Methods for the Determination of Metals in Environmental Samples"e; and was prepared to revise and place in the Environmental Monitoring Management Council (EMMC) format certain spectrochemical methods used for metals.

What do Brazil's top beauty brand, America's second-fastest-growing restaurant chain, and the world's third bestselling car have in common--besides achieving enormous success with revenue in the tens of billions?

Increasingly today, in every age group, consumers are committing to brands that show good citizenship--from fair employment practices, to social responsibility, to charitable giving.

Over 400 photos of representative feathers from 379 species.

A guide to 122 hikes to more than 300 publicly accessible waterfalls .

*; Real-life scientific adventure*; A thought-provoking exploration of how the Endangered Species Act works--and how it failsThirty years ago, researchers discovered a previously unknown species of bird in the rain-soaked and remote mountains of Hawaii.

A wealth of information.

Ecological approach to natural history provides complete descriptions of 80 common wetland plants.

How to cut heating and cooling costs, utilize solar energy, construct nonflush toilets and solar showers, collect rainwater, and apply permaculture techniques.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Mountains of California (With Original Drawings & Photographs)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

This book treats the different current as well as unusual and hitherto often unstudied physico-chemical and surface-thermodynamic properties of water that govern all polar interactions occurring in it.

Out of sight of most Americans, global corporations like Nestl , Suez, and Veolia are rapidly buying up our local water sources lakes, streams, and springs and taking control of public water services.

Civic Revolutionaries offers a practical guide for renewing the great American tradition of spirited, breakthrough community leadership.

AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edison wrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternating current and direct current.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*An Economist, Financial Times, Times and New Statesman Book of the Year*Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award and the British Academy Book Prize, Longlisted for the Wainwright Conservation Writing Prize'Compelling' TIM MARSHALL'Lively, rich and exciting' PETER FRANKOPAN'Vitally important' TIM HARFORD_____________Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium.

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