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The legacy: an elder's vision for our sustainable future
Par David T Suzuki. 2010
The world witnessed an explosion of scientific knowledge as well as a tripling of the world's population, a greatly increased…
ecological footprint through the global economy, and a huge growth in technological capacity. These changes have had a dire effect on Earth's ecosystems and consequently on our own well-being. We must accept that the laws of nature have priority over the forces of economics, and join together to respond to the problems we face. Bestseller. 2010.The last panda
Par George B Schaller. 1993
From 1980 to 1985, George and Kay Schaller lived among the pandas on the Wolong panda reserve in China's Sichuan…
province. By the 1990s, there were fewer than 1,000 living in the wild -- despite efforts by the World Wildlife Fund International. Schaller describes his study of the panda in its natural habitat and efforts to save it, as well as discussing various factors -- such as human greed -- that have placed the panda in critical danger. 1993.The legacy of Luna: the story of a tree, a woman, and the struggle to save the redwoods
Par Julia Butterfly Hill. 2000
The author writes of the more than two years she spent living high in a thousand-year-old California redwood tree called…
Luna. Her "treesit" was to protest Luna's slated destruction in an environmentally destructive clear-cutting. In December 1999 Hill, twenty-five, descended after an agreement was reached to preserve Luna and surrounding trees. 2000.Our choice: a plan to solve the climate crisis
Par Albert Gore. 2009
Picks up where An Inconvenient Truth left off, providing a blueprint for solving the global climate crisis and drawing on…
Mr. Gore's forty years of experience as a student, policymaker, author, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and activist. A co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his environmental work, Mr. Gore illuminates the real solutions to the climate crisis and describes a comprehensive global strategy to implement them urgently. 2009.An inconvenient sequel: truth to power
Par Albert Gore. 2017
Al Gore has been advocating on earth's behalf for twenty-five years. Here he recounts and contextualizes the critical issues and…
moments in the climate change movement since the release of An Inconvenient Truth more than ten years ago, and highlights the real solutions we have at hand to change the planet for the better. 2017.Orchid fever: a horticultural tale of love, lust and lunacy
Par Eric Hansen. 2000
In 1993 Eric Hansen led an expedition through the steaming jungles of Borneo to find the world's rarest orchid. Five…
years later he was still on the trail of the true story behind one of the world's strangest plants and humanity's oddest obsessions. 2000.Inventing the future
Par David T Suzuki. 1989
Suzuki wrote regular newspaper columns on environmental and scientific matters for the "Toronto Star" and "Globe and Mail" during the…
1980s. This collection of those columns is organized into categories such as genetics, technology and its effects, science and the military, the importance of education about science and the environment, and the aboriginal worldview. 1989.2 minutes a day for a greener planet
Par Marjorie Lamb. 1990
Use a rag instead of paper towels; turn off the tap while brushing your teeth; take your own shopping bags…
to the supermarket. These are just some of the suggestions listed in this book that provides easy, practical ways to help the environment.In the rainforest
Par Catherine Caufield. 1985
An account of the author's travels through the tropical rain forests of South and Central America, Indonesia, New Guinea, Africa…
and the Philippines. She discovers that indiscriminate logging, cattle ranching and farming destroy the forests at the rate of 50 million acres per year. 1985.L'or bleu: l'eau, nouvel enjeu stratégique et commercial
Par Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke, Paule Noyart. 2002
Wisdom of the elders: honoring sacred native visions of nature
Par Peter Knudtson, David T Suzuki. 1992
Two scientists explore the "often striking parallels between traditional Native ecological perspectives and Western scientific ones." Brief sketches of Western…
thought on various themes such as the relationship between humans and animals, vegetation, and land are followed by vignettes relating the views of various indigenous groups or "First Peoples" around the world. 1992.The garden of the gods
Par Gerald Durrell. 1978
Naturalist Durrell writes about his adventures with friends, human and animal, on the island of Corfu before World War II.…
He evokes the rapture of a small boy discovering the world around him. 1978.The company of animals: a naturalist's adventures in the jungle of Malaya
Par Ronald Cecil Hamlyn McKie. 1966
The story of James Alexander Hislop, the last of the white game wardens of Malaysia, stresses the beauty of the…
Jungle, the potential for its conservation, and includes discussions of its wildlife. 1966.Since Silent spring
Par Frank Graham. 1970
A tribute to the late Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring," a pioneering effort against the threat of pesticides. Describes the book's…
inception, evaluation, and stormy reception in governmental, chemical, and agricultural circles. 1970.Rogue primate : an exploration of human domestication
Par John A Livingston. 1994
In the 1970s, environmentalist John Livingston began to find serious flaws in the conventional conservation argument. He began to challenge…
the belief that the survival of undomesticated plants and animals in a world dominated by humans could be enabled through "resource conservation" managed by humans. He argues that our dependence on ideas -- in effect, our own domestication -- has cut us off from the natural world, and led us to believe that our domination over nature is itself "natural." Winner of the 1994 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.Pour que la terre reste humaine ((Points ; 830).)
Par Robert Barbault, Nicolas Hulot, Dominique Bourg, Jean-Louis Schlegel. 1999
Wa$ted!: save your planet, save your cash
Par Francesca Price. 2007
Based on a TV3 programme, this book is full of tips and information on how to save money while saving…
the planet. Each part begins by helping you audit your own household and then goes into detailed actions you can take. The book looks at everything from worm farms, big purchases, nappies, double glazing, tuning your car and even food miles. 2007.Dirty planet: the Friends of the Earth guide to pollution and what you can do about it (Youth project)
Par Caroline Clayton. 1999
Car bans in Mexico City. Oxygen bars in Peking. This guide offers the lowdown on the most pressing of the…
Earth's pollution problems and tells exactly who is to blame. It provides practical tips to make homes, schools and environment more green and influence local councils and governments. For junior and senior high students.Pouah! les déchets ((Protège ta planète).)
Par Núria Jiménez, Empar Jiménez, Rosa Maria Curto, Annick Lalucq, Christine Barozzi. 2010
Wouh! l'air ((Protège ta planète).)
Par Núria Jiménez, Empar Jiménez, Rosa Maria Curto, Annick Lalucq, Christine Barozzi. 2010