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This changes everything: capitalism vs. the climate
Par Naomi Klein. 2014
Forget everything you think you know about global warming. The really inconvenient truth is that it’s not about carbon -…
it’s about capitalism. The convenient truth is that we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed system and build something radically better. Here Naomi Klein tackles the most profound threat humanity has ever faced: the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. Winner of the 2014 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. c2014.Heat: how to stop the planet from burning
Par George Monbiot, Matthew Prescott. 2006
The author considers what must be done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a safe level, cutting through the waffle…
produced by politicians and environmentalists alike. This presentation of the bare and practical truth makes this book a frightening, yet essential read. 2006.February 1945. The war is almost over and Britain and America rule the waves, but sixty young Nazi soldiers still…
choose to undertake a mission in U-869 - to reach and bomb the coast of America. Several weeks later the boat barely has enough fuel to make it home and radio links with Germany are broken. The commander, Neuerberg, must make a tough decision: to carry on to America and risk death in the pursuit of glory, or to admit defeat and return home. Driven by pride, patriotism and determination, he decides to risk it. In 1991, a group of deep-sea divers hear about the wreck of a U-boat 260 feet beneath the sea. There are virtually no records of the Nazi submarine, and an on-location investigation is extremely dangerous. But twelve divers decide to take the risk. Over the next six years they eventually piece together an incredible story. 2004.The weather makers: how we are changing the climate and what it means for life on earth
Par Tim F Flannery. 2006
Conservationist and author of "Eternal Frontier" explores the history and possible impact of global warming. Notes phenomena such as melting…
glaciers, rising sea levels, and increasing instances of extreme weather, and predicts their future effects on global climate. Urges a transition to carbon-free fuels to reduce air pollution. 2006.Yardwork: a biography of an urban place
Par Daniel Coleman. 2017
Coleman decided he wanted to truly know and belong to a small piece of land, his patch of garden on…
the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, to deeply understand its ecology, landscape and history. Starting with the creation myths and geology, moving through the settler era and up to the present, Coleman pours his considerable talents into learning, and sharing, as much of the story of the land as possible. Most books on ecology focus either on protecting the wilderness or analyzing a toxic dump. Most books on gardens focus on plant health or landscape design. Most books on Indigenous-settler relations focus on politics or social inequities. 'Yardwork' meditates on the sedimentary layers of ecological, cultural and political stories that make up Hamilton, the escarpment city at the Head of the Lake. 2017.Woodswoman
Par Anne LaBastille. 1976
True story of an ecologist who headed into the Adirondack Mountains to forge a life in the wilderness, in a…
log cabin she built herself, after her divorce. Details her struggle against the elements, along with her descriptions of the changing seasons and the breathtaking wildlife. 1976.White silk & black tar: a journal of the Alaska oil spill
Par Page Spencer. 1990
The author, a native Alaskan and an ecologist with the National Park Service, was on her honeymoon when the Exxon…
Valdez oil spill occurred in 1989. Within days she was heading up a team that monitored the effect of the spill on the pristine wilderness. She gives a personal account of the devastating environmental tragedy. 1990.Where on earth are we going?
Par Maurice F Strong. 2000
A call to action on behalf of the environment and the world, giving a thoughtful account of the scenario that…
lies ahead for the Earth if human consumption and pollution continue to occur at their current rates. The author explains how he came by his opinions and how he became an authority on the subject. 2000.Water: the epic struggle for wealth, power, and civilization
Par Steven Solomon. 2010
Journalist explains water's role in shaping societies and cultures since the earliest civilizations. Notes global concerns over demand and access…
to clean water and the power struggle between countries that have water resources and those that do not. c2010.Wanderer on my native shore
Par George Reiger. 1983
Waking the frog: solutions for our climate change paralysis
Par Tom Rand. 2014
Venture capitalist, entrepreneur, engineer, and philosopher Tom Rand explains why climate disruption might just be our very own pot of…
hot water. Rand looks to contemporary psychology, economics, business, and finance to explain our stasis in the face of one of the most fundamental problems of our time. c2014.Walking the Bible: a journey by land through the five books of Moses
Par Bruce S Feiler. 2001
One part adventure story, one part archaeological detective work, one part spiritual exploration, author Feiler recounts a personal odyssey -…
by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel - to retrace the Five Books of Moses through the desert. Along with archaeologist Avner Goren, he treks through Turkey, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Egypt, the Sinai, and Jordan, visiting the actual places of some of history's most storied events, from the mountain where Noah's ark landed to the site of the legendary burning bush. 2001.Vers une gouvernance de l'eau au Québec
Par Catherine Choquette, Alain Létourneau. 2008
Cet ouvrage collectif présente un bilan sur la gestion de l’eau au Québec, et plus précisément de sa gouvernance, suite…
à la Politique Nationale de l’eau lancée en 2002. Tous les aspects de la gestion de l’eau dans une province canadienne sont abordés, sous l’angle de la géographie dans ses disciplines les plus pointues, du droit et des sciences de l’information et de la communication. Cet ouvrage s’adresse ainsi à tous les acteurs de l’eau, et peut-être encore plus à ceux qui ont besoin d’assurer la coordination entre ses multiples acteurs. 2008.Valley of the Kings
Par John Romer. 1981
A popular historical account of one of the world's richest archaeological sites, the valley that contains all the known tombs…
of the pharaohs of the Egyptian New Kingdom. This double account tells the story of both the magnificent tombs themselves and the travelers and diggers of recent centuries who have hunted for the mysterious past of ancient Egypt. 1981.Urgence planète Terre: l'esprit humain face à la crise écologique
Par Jean-Marc Mendel, Albert Gore, Claude Badens. 2007
Best-seller traduit en onze langues, cet ouvrage de l'ancien vice-président des États-Unis se veut "une réflexion globale assortie de mesures…
précises et concrètes". Il se compose de trois parties remarquablement documentées: Un équilibre en danger - À la recherche de l'équilibre - Pour rétablir l'équilibre. Un véritable "Plan Marshall" écologique, plan que seules les grandes puissances auront les moyens de mettre en oeuvre. 2007, c1993. Titre uniforme: Earth in the balance.Un an dans la vie d'une forêt
Par David George Haskell, Thierry Piélat. 2014
" Jour après jour, le biologiste a observé un mètre carré de sol forestier des Appalaches une année durant. Il…
livre ses réflexions et ses découvertes sur l'écologie, l'évolution du vivant, l'interaction entre les espèces, le rythme des saisons et les conséquences de l'activité humaine sur la nature. "-- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Forest unseen.Tutankhamen: the life and death of the boy-king
Par Christine El Mahdy. 1999
Egyptologist examines archaeological and historical evidence to reconstruct the life of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh. El Mahdy separates fact from…
legend as she describes Egyptian civilization based on evidence from Luxor in the fourteenth century B.C. Also provides details of British archaeologist Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. 1999.Tout peut changer: capitalisme et changement climatique
Par Naomi Klein. 2015
Oubliez tout ce que vous croyez savoir sur le réchauffement climatique. La " vérité qui dérange " ne tient pas…
aux gaz à effet de serre, la voici : notre modèle économique est en guerre contre la vie sur Terre. Au-delà de la crise écologique, c'est bien une crise existentielle qui est en jeu celle dune humanité défendant à corps perdu un mode de vie qui la mène à sa perte. Pourtant, prise à rebours, cette crise pourrait bien ouvrir la voie à une transformation sociale radicale susceptible de faire advenir un monde non seulement habitable, mais aussi plus juste... Naomi Klein soutient ici que le changement climatique est un appel au réveil civilisationnel, un puissant message livré dans la langue des incendies, des inondations, des tempêtes et des sécheresses. Nous n'avons plus beaucoup de temps devant nous. L'alternative est simple : changer... ou disparaître. 2015.To save the wild earth
Par Ric Careless. 1997
Nine British Columbia environmental campaigns are highlighted here. The author provides behind-the-scenes glimpses of critical moments in each of the…
campaigns, all aimed at protecting wilderness areas. Careless reveals the kind of strategy needed to achieve victories, and includes personal reminiscences of some political leaders encountered as well. 1997.Time to change: essays
Par David T Suzuki. 1994
In this collection of essays, David Suzuki urges us to place the environment above all else, arguing for a halt…
to the "mindless economic growth" that is killing the planet. He offers concrete suggestions for making changes that will matter to all our futures. To Suzuki, there is hope in our love of children, our reverence for nature, and the grass roots transformation that is already taking place. 1994.