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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.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.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.Twilight: losing sight, gaining insight
Par Henry A Grunwald. 1999
The author chronicles his experience of macular degeneration, and the daily struggle to overcome its physical and psychological implications, and…
the discovery of what medicine can and cannot do. This is a story not merely about seeing but about living; not merely about losing sight but about gaining insight. 1999.Trees (A New true book)
Par Illa Podendorf. 1982
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.This changes everything: capitalism vs. the climate
Par Naomi Klein. 2014
Explains why the environmental crisis should lead to an abandonment of "free market" ideologies and current political systems, arguing that…
a massive reduction of greenhouse emissions may offer a best chance for correcting problems. Winner of the 2014 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. c2014.The Whale and the Supercomputer: on the northern front of climate change
Par Charles Wohlforth. 2004
Journalist offers a nuanced account of global warming from the perspectives of scientists and native Alaskan In~upiaq people. Examines the…
impact of climate change on the In~upiaq, whose traditional livelihood is threatened by milder winters and thinning sea ice. Provides the contrasting viewpoints of scientists studying Arctic environmental changes. 2004.Climatologist discusses the art and science of long-term climate forecasting. Examines forty-year forecasts for seven locations that are physically vulnerable…
to climate change. Predicts that unless we actively work to reduce carbon emissions, weather conditions around the world will become unbearable. 2010.The trees in my forest
Par Bernd Heinrich. 1997
In 1977 the author purchased 300 acres of recently cutover woodlands in Maine. His "biography" of that land shows how…
he went about restoring its ecological balance. As caretaker, owner, scientist, and teacher, Heinrich muses on the relationships of the trees, plants, animals, and natural forces at work within the forest. 1997.The revenge of Gaia: why the earth is fighting back - and how we can still save humanity
Par J. E Lovelock. 2006
British scientist who originated the Gaia hypothesis that Earth is a superorganism assesses the impact of human activity on the…
planet. Lovelock supports a transition to nuclear energy and advocates preparation for inevitable climate and social changes in the twenty-first century as a result of global warming. 2006.Parker, former chief scientist of the National Ocean Service, interweaves stories of unpredicted natural disaster with those of scientific discovery.…
The result is a journey from ancient man's first crude tide predictions to today's advanced early warning ability based on the Global Ocean Observing System, as we search for ways to predict tsunamis and rogue waves and critical aspects of climate change. Some descriptions of violence. c2010.The plundered planet: why we must, and how we can, manage nature for global prosperity
Par Paul Collier. 2010
Natural resources can transform the poorest countries or tear them apart, while the actions of the rich world could further…
impoverish them. Collier proposes standards that would help poor countries rich in natural assets better manage them, policy changes that would raise world food supply, and a new approach to climate change. c2010.The oil man and the sea: navigating the Northern Gateway
Par Arno Kopecky. 2013
As oil and gas behemoth Enbridge Inc.'s Northern Gateway pipeline proposal nears approval, Arno Kopecky and Ilja Herb set forth…
in a forty-one-foot sailboat to explore the controversial tanker route. Novice sailors both, Kopecky and Herb followed whale highways and indigenous creation stories through the largest tract of temperate rainforest on the planet, confronted Enbridge hacks and the activists who opposed them, while struggling to stay afloat. c2013.The optimistic environmentalist: progressing towards a greener future
Par David R Boyd. 2015
The world faces substantial environmental challenges - climate change, pollution, and extinction. But the good news is that we have…
solutions to these problems. In the past 50 years, a remarkable number of environmental problems have been solved, while substantial progress is ongoing on others: endangered species pulled back from the precipice of extinction; thousands of new parks, protecting billions of hectares of land and water; the salvation of the ozone layer, vital to life on Earth; the growth of renewable energy powered by wind, water, and sun; remarkable strides in cleaning up the air we breathe and the water we drink; the banning of dozens of the world’s most toxic chemicals. Past successes will pave the way for even greater achievements in the future. 2015.The once and future world: nature as it was, as it is, as it could be
Par J. B MacKinnon. 2013
J.B. MacKinnon argues that we are living in the midst of an ecological disaster and we hardly notice it. We…
have forgotten what nature can be, and adapted to a diminished world of our own making. The author invites us to remember nature as it was, to reconnect to nature in a meaningful way, and to remake a wilder world everywhere. Bestseller. 2013.The mind's eye
Par Oliver W Sacks. 2010
Neurologist uses case studies to illustrate the brain’s ability to adapt to lost senses. Discusses a concert pianist who can…
no longer read music, a writer who is unable to read print after suffering a stroke, and Sacks’s own macular melanoma and its effects on his visual perception. 2010.