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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 'Compelling, fascinating, sometimes unexpectedly moving, this vitally important book is, above all, a springboard for hope and transformation.' –Isabella Tree, author of Wilding 'Do your imagination, your activism, your sense of what’s possible a favour, and swim in this book.' –Rob Hopkins, author of From What Is to What If In a time of uncertainty about our environmental future—an eye-opening global tour of some of the most wounded places on earth, and stories of how a passionate group of eco-restorers is leading the way to their revitalisation. Award-winning science journalist Judith D. Schwartz takes us first to China’s Loess Plateau, where a landmark project has successfully restored a blighted region the size of Belgium, lifting millions of people out of poverty. She journeys on to Norway, where a young indigenous reindeer herder challenges the most powerful orthodoxies of conservation—and his own government. And in the Middle East, she follows the visionary work of an ambitious young American as he attempts to re-engineer the desert ecosystem, using plants as his most sophisticated technology. Schwartz explores regenerative solutions across a range of landscapes: deserts, grasslands, tropics, tundra, Mediterranean. She also highlights various human landscapes, the legacy of colonialism and industrial agriculture, and the endurance of indigenous knowledge. The Reindeer Chronicles demonstrates how solutions to seemingly intractable problems can come from the unlikeliest of places, and how the restoration of local water, carbon, nutrient, and energy cycles can play a dramatic role in stabilizing the global climate. Ultimately, it reveals how much is in our hands if we can find a way to work together and follow nature’s lead.Trade ReviewShelf Awareness— “This book provides hope that devastated ecosystems can be revived, and that it requires doing more than just letting nature take its course. . . . Very much worth reading for anyone who cares about the state of the planet."Publishers Weekly— “In this worthwhile look at conservation, journalist Schwartz sheds light on a global and ‘growing cohort of scientists, mavericks, and young people’ engaged in the ‘participatory sport’ of land restoration.”"A lucid and compelling look at the global movement of ecological rehabilitation."—The Boston Globe“Thoughtful and thought-provoking, Judith Schwartz’s world tour of environmental solutions shows how nature itself can heal the wounds we have inflicted on our planet. Compelling, fascinating, sometimes unexpectedly moving, this vitally important book is, above all, a springboard for hope and transformation.”—Isabella Tree, author of Wilding“In The Reindeer Chronicles, Judith Schwartz proves, once again, that she is one of ecology’s most indispensable writers. Like her last two books, Cows Save the Planet and Water in Plain Sight, her new work is an insightful, globe-trotting exploration of promising techniques for restoring our soil, water, agricultural systems, and wildlife. The Reindeer Chronicles is at once visionary and pragmatic—clear-eyed about the immense planetary challenges we face, yet unfailingly hopeful about our ability to forge a new relationship with nature. This book shows us what Aldo Leopold’s land ethic looks like in the twenty-first century.”—Ben Goldfarb, PEN America Literary Award-winning author of Eager“This book shows us again and again, across the globe, the abundant future that is possible if we work with nature. Stunning stories of re-greening landscapes, restoring carbon and water cycles, and repairing weather. It is a balm and a guide, a wellspring of grounded hope.”—Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, PhD, founder of Urban Ocean Lab and of Ocean Collectiv“Judith Schwartz unlocks yet one more door in our minds about what’s possible when we work with nature’s cycles rather than try to push her around. Through this book and her prior ones, you can practically see, taste, and smell a healing earth that includes humans as stewards, not ravaging locusts. If you want practical hope, this is it. If you want a place to dig in and make change, regeneration is the key. These are stories of people who work both intimately and at scale—and with love—to restore life to the land we all walk on, our beautiful home, the earth.”—Vicki Robin, coauthor of Your Money or Your Life and author of Blessing the Hands that Feed Us“A tale of people restoring nature and their communities. These deeply optimistic dispatches from around the world show us that the key to restoring land is how we see it—the change begins in us.”—David R. Montgomery, author of Growing A Revolution“As the regenerative agriculture movement grows worldwide, Judith Schwartz has emerged as a leading tracker and interpreter of its progress, challenges, and wins. The value of Schwartz’s multifaceted work and engaging first-person style is that a broader and deeper canvas emerges. “Schwartz’s descriptions and analyses are not rosy-eyed, but instead comprise a balanced, warts-and-all approach mixed with extraordinary tales of transformation of vast and small ecosystems, landscapes and farms, societies and communities; of food systems; and of human physical and mental health. As she says, ‘earth repair is a participatory sport,’ and ‘restoration can begin anywhere.’ “This is an excellent read for expert and newcomer alike, and an important contribution to a growing canon now offering some of the very best solutions to the onrushing Anthropocene crisis.”—Charles Massy, author of Call of the Reed Warbler“These are times that call for us to reimagine everything. That imaginative capacity depends on the stories, the possibilities, the experiences we have in our memory and our ability to reassemble them in new and unique ways. If you want to be part of that reimagining, you need the beautiful, patient, humbling stories in these pages. Their implications are staggering, and also suggest that sometimes we save the world by doing less rather than more. Do your imagination, your activism, your sense of what’s possible a favor, and swim in this book.”—Rob Hopkins, author of From What Is to What If

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Book SynopsisThe bestselling textbook for undergraduate ecology courses, Ecology is an easy-to-read and well-organized text for instructors and students to explore the basics of the field. Bowman and Hacker motivate students with an engaging case study-driven, conceptual approach that highlights relevant applications and data-driven examples.Trade ReviewEcology is a well-structured and sufficiently detailed introductory exposure to the field of ecology, with excellent supporting materials to enable a quantitative understanding of the fundamentals of ecology. * Brian Benscoter, Florida Atlantic University *A great ecology text with all the major concepts introduced and clear examples needed to give undergraduates a solid background in ecology. * Stephen Conrad, Indiana Wesleyan University *Ecology is an easy-to-ready text that is engaging for students and has broad coverage of the topics that are central to ecology. * Blaine Griffen, Brigham Young University *Ecology presents material in a very effective way, while also bringing in lots of real world literature and captivating examples. * Patrick Cain, George Gwinnett College *Table of Contents1. The Web of Life Unit 1: Organisms and Their Environment 2. The Physical Environment 3. The Biosphere 4. Coping with Environmental Variation: Temperature and Water 5. Coping with Environmental Variation: Energy Unit 2: Evolutionary Ecology 6. Evolution and Ecology 7. Life History 8. Behavioral Ecology Unit 3: Populations 9. Population Distribution and Abundance 10. Population Dynamics 11. Population Growth and Regulation Unit 4: Species Interactions 12. Predation 13. Parasitism 14. Competition 15. Mutualism and Commensalism Unit 5: Communities 16. The Nature of Communities 17. Change in Communities 18. Biogeography 19. Species Diversity in Communities Unit 6: Ecosystems 20. Production 21. Energy Flow and Food Webs 22. Nutrient Supply and Cycling Unit 7: Applied and Large-Scale Ecology 23. Conservation Biology 24. Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Management 25. Global Ecology Appendix: Some Metric Measurements Used in Ecology

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Book SynopsisA History of Ecology and Environmentalism in Spanish American Literature undertakes a comprehensive ecocritical examination of the region’s literature from the foundational texts of the nineteenth century to the most recent fiction. The book begins with a consideration of the way in which Argentine Domingo Faustino Sarmiento’s views of nature through the lens of the categories of “civilization” and “barbarity” from Facundo (1845) are systematically challenged and revised in the rest of the century. Subsequently, this book develops the argument that a vital part of the cultural critique and aesthetic innovations of Spanish American modernismo involve an ecological challenge to deepening discourses of untamed development from Europe and the United States. In other chapters, many of the well-established titles of regional and indigenista literature are contrasted to counter-traditions within those genres that express aspects of environmental justice, “deep ecology,” the relational role of emotion in nature protectionism and conservationism, even the rights of non-human nature. Finally, the concluding chapters find that the articulation of ecological advocacy in recent fiction is both more explicit than what came before but also impacts the formal elements of literature in unique ways. Textual conventions such as language, imagery, focalization, narrative sequence, metafiction, satire, and parody represent innovations of form that proceed directly from the ethical advocacy of environmentalism. The book concludes with comments about what must follow as a result of the analysis including the revision of canon, the development of literary criticism from novel approaches such as critical animal studies, and the advent of a critical dialogue within the bounds of Spanish American environmentalist literature. A History of Ecology and Environmentalism in Spanish American Literature attempts to develop a sense of the way in which ecological ideas have developed over time in the literature, particularly the way in which many Spanish American texts anticipate several of the ecological discourses that have recently become so central to global culture, current environmentalist thought, and the future of humankind.Trade Review[R]eaders will find that DeVries possesses a thorough understanding of ecological criticism and environmentalism, exemplified by the book's introduction, where he establishes the theoretical framework for his study. For the benefit of those readers who do not have advanced proficiency in reading Spanish he provides an English translation of all Spanish quotations, including definitions of commonly employed Spanish American cultural and literary terminology. Readers who are unacquainted with Spanish American literature, beyond internationally known giants such as Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, or Pablo Neruda, will appreciate the sweeping scope of the author's work. DeVries has managed to deal in a cohesive fashion with a two-hundred year period—the post-independence literary production of the nineteen countries of the western hemisphere in which Spanish is an official language—unfolding 'the tradition of an ecological literature from Mexico to Patagonia and from Puerto Rico to Easter Island'. Those who are already familiar with Spanish American literature will value his insights into ecocriticism as well as his examination of the canon from a fresh perspective. As is the case with most groundbreaking studies, DeVries's work suggests myriad possibilities for future scholarship. * ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part One: Foundations, Aesthetics, Ecology One: Foundations of Environment: Literary Political Ecologies of 19th Century Southern Cone Literature Two: Foundations from Topography: Literary Political Ecologies of 19th Century Andean, Amazonian, Caribbean, and Central American Literature Three: Green Modernism Part Two: Land, People, Ecology Four: Swallowed: Environmentalism in the Spanish American novela de la selva Five: Other Lands: Ecology in the Spanish American novela de la tierra Six: Ruin: The Precedents of Ecological Destruction in Early and Canonical indigenista Novels Seven: Indigenous Land: Place, then Space Part Three: Literature, Environmentalism, Ecology Eight: Nature after the “Boom”: Ecology and Environmentalism in Late 20th Century Spanish American Fiction Nine: Eco-Satire: Green Humor, Contaminated Imagery, and Environmental Language in Recent Spanish American Fiction Ten: Paradise Trashed: Utopian and Dystopian Ecological Scenarios in Gioconda Belli’s Waslala and Fernando Raga’s Gaia Trilogy Conclusions Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisA Guide to Eco-Anxiety outlines a manifesto for action, connection and hope. Showing how to harness anxiety for positive action, as well as effective ways to reduce your personal carbon footprint. The most powerful thing we can do to combat climate change is to talk about it and act collectively. But despite it being an emergency, most people don’t bring climate change into conversation in everyday life. The book explores the health impact of experiencing eco-anxiety, grief and trauma, and signposts recommended treatments and therapies. It also tackles practical issues such as: why it's important to reduce plastic waste; parenting and the choice to have a family; which is more effective to bring your carbon footprint down, go vegan or fly less? The book will cultivate a pragmatic form of hope by offering a dynamic toolkit packed with practical ways to connect with community and systemic support, self-care practices to ease the symptoms of anxiety, and strategies to spread awareness and – crucially – bring about change.Trade ReviewAn awesome and important book!

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Book SynopsisHUNDREDS OF PRACTICAL WAYS TO HELP COMBAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS! Turn over a green leaf in every aspect of your life with this comprehensive guide. Packed with practical, reliable and up-to-date advice about making achievable and sustainable changes, this book shows you can cut carbon by: HEATING AND COOLING YOUR HOUSE INTUITIVELY by using a smart thermostat or plugging your chimney MANAGING DEVICES AND ELECTRONICS by unplugging unused chargers or passing along your old phone COOKING, WASHING AND CLEANING SMART by frying with small pans, defrosting the freezer regularly or washing your car with rainwater GARDENING ACCORDING TO NATURE by participating in No Mow May or by creating your own green roof SHOPPING AND TRAVELLING CONSCIOUSLY by becoming a “locavore” or supporting low carbon resorts CHANGING FINANCIAL HABITS by investing in the future or buying services rather than products Everywhere you look, there’s a way to help the planet. Whether it’s a simple change of habit or a forward-thinking home improvement project, you’ll find plenty of suggestions to improve your bank balance, your health and your eco-karma.

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Book Synopsis'One of the most important books I've read this year. How Are We Going To Explain This? is a crystal clear treatise on where we are, and what we need to do right now. Especially recommended for those who feel hopeless.' Rutger Bregman, author of Utopia for Realists 'At a time when despair, malign fabrication and partisanship are combining to prevent vital action, How Are We Going To Explain This is a much-needed, joyful, clear and practical companion. Read this - it could save your planet. Give it to your friends and colleagues - it's their planet, too.' A.L. Kennedy 'Shines a light on the path forward with clarity and determination.' Christiana Figueres Architect of the Paris climate agreement, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 2010-2016 'As more of humanity adjusts to living with crises - we need books like this, which tell us what we can do - from small steps to big ones - to find our way to a new normal.' May Boeve, Executive Director 350.org and 350 Action Fund THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'There's a new story in the making, one in which the consequences of our actions add up - and every contribution is meaningful.' If climate change is the biggest threat humanity has ever faced, then why are we doing so little? Will the corona pandemic make it worse or better? And where do we go from here? Drawing on the latest climate science, Jelmer Mommers helps you find hope in the midst of the climate crisis. He describes how we got here, what possible futures await us, and how you can help to truly make a difference. 'As a journalist, Jelmer Mommers has broken important stories about how we got in our current climate mess; as a thinker, he shows us there may still be some ways out, if we move with grace and speed. A fine account of where we stand, and where we could go if we wanted to!' Bill McKibben, author, environmentalist, activist and founder of 350.org 'Climate change is a story so often told in the future tense. But Mommers roots it firmly in the present. The problem, the consequences and the solution - right here, right now.' Leo Hickman, editor of Carbon BriefTrade ReviewI'm not exaggerating when I say this is one of the most important books I've read this year.' -- Rutger Bregman, author of Utopia for RealistsBreezy, easy to read, perky, full of good stories and all done with a brisk summary of the history of ideas * Sunday Times *As a journalist, Jelmer Mommers has broken important stories about how we got in our current climate mess; as a thinker, he shows us there may still be some ways out, if we move with grace and speed. A fine account of where we stand, and where we could go if we wanted to!' -- Bill McKibben, author, environmentalist, and activistAs more of humanity adjusts to living with crises - we need books like this, which tell us what we can do - from small steps to big ones - to find our way to a new normal. -- May Boeve, Executive Director 350.org and 350 Action FundJelmer Mommer's How Are We Going to Explain This provides a unique take on challenge to avert a climate crisis. It provides important insights into our dire situation, but it also sketches out a persuasive path forward. A must-read if you want to know where we stand and what we can and must still do! -- Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor, Penn State University and author of The Hockey Stick, the Climate Wars. and The Madhouse EffectClear-eyed and compelling, this book is a much-needed antidote to despair; an inspiration to create the narrative our (grand)children will tell about how we forged a genuinely sustainable world. Read it and make it so! -- Peter C. Frumhoff PhD, Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist at the Union of Concerned ScientistsA very interesting and important book, and it's nice that it doesn't depress you -- Georgina Verbaan, actress and writerExplaining the climate story clearly and convincingly: Jelmer Mommers can do it like no other. -- David Van Reybrouck, author of CongoThis climate book is not only great to read, it also outlines a future that you want to be a part of. Inspiring! -- Philip HuffThe first book on climate that doesn't make you feel like it's too late. There's something we can do, let's see this wonderfully fluently written book. -- Jill Peters, weather forecasterThis is the book that needed to be written. -- Marjan Minnesma, Director of UrgendaClimate change is a story so often told in the future tense. But Mommers roots it firmly in the present. The problem, the consequences and the solution - right here, right now." -- Leo Hickman, editor of * Carbon Brief *At a time when despair, malign fabrication and partisanship are combining to prevent vital action, How Are We Going To Explain This is a much-needed, joyful, clear and practical companion. Read this - it could save your planet. Give it to your friends and colleagues - it's their planet, too. -- A.L. KennedyIf there is a silver lining to the Covid crisis, it is surely that from governments to citizens, we have demonstrated that we can work together for the common good. Jelmer Mommers brilliantly captures the essence of this spirit of the possible and applies it to the elephant in the room - the climate crisis, for which we are rapidly reaching an inflection point. This must-read beautifully argues why we must all act together - and act now - dispelling feelings of lethargy and hopelessness on the way. This is a wonderful and prescient stimulus for all those (the majority) who yearn for a more equitable and sustainable future. -- Simon Taylor, Co-founder of Global WitnessJelmer Mommers' How Are We Going to Explain This is an important contribution to the most existential threat of our day: climate change and environmental collapse. What sets this book apart from others is that the author combines hard science with the narratives necessary to save us. We are taken on a trip from gut bacteria and dancing bees to agricultural practices and CO2 sequestering - the micro and the macro beautifully linked to provide us with the big picture with all its hope and horror. -- Joanna PocockHow Are We Going to Explain This is an important contribution to the most existential threat of our day: climate change and environmental collapse. What sets this book apart from others is that the author combines hard science with the narratives necessary to save us. We are taken on a trip from gut bacteria and dancing bees to agricultural practices and CO2 sequestering - the micro and the macro beautifully linked to provide us with the big picture with all its hope and horror. -- Joanna PockockAnother great book on climate change: how we got here but most importantly how we get out of the mess we have created. Shines a light on the path forward with clarity and determination. -- Christiana Figueres Architect of the Paris climate agreement, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 2010-2016"We have to dream bigger, as Jelmer Mommers does. The likely warming of the next few decades can make the future look practically unlivable. But we will find ways to live in it, perhaps even thrive. Mommers helps us see how-how we might remake the world, secure that future, and above all stop seeing the present as a conceptual cage constricting our hopes rather than a husk to leave behind." -- David Wallace-Wells, author of * The Uninhabitable Earth *A welcome reminder that there are things we can do to heal the planet that go beyond useless half-measures. * Kirkus *

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Book Synopsis'Unseen Beings is a magnificent, passionate, brilliantly written manifesto for our urgent reimagining of our relationship with every aspect of the creation… indispensable reading for anyone who longs for a just and balanced human future. Buy it and give it to everyone you know.' Andrew Harvey, author of The HopeA revolutionary perspective on the climate catastrophe bridging history, philosophy, science, and religion.You’ve heard the hard-hitting data and you’ve seen the documentaries. But what will it truly take for humanity to change? We will not tackle the climate catastrophe with data alone – we need new stories and new ways of seeing and thinking. By drawing on traditional eco-philosophies and Buddhist wisdom, Erik Jampa Andersson offers an approach to our environmental emergency that will make us rethink the very nature of our existence on this incredible planet. Looking at the climate catastrophe through the framework of disease, Unseen Beings examines our ecological diagnosis, its historical causes and conditions and, crucially, its much-needed treatment, as well as exploring: · how and why we constructed a human-centric worldview · amazing recent discoveries around non-human intelligence · how religious traditions have dealt with questions of nature, sentience and ecology· critical connections between human health and environmental healthThis book is a call to action. Climate anxiety has left many of us feeling confused and powerless, but there is another way. If we can recover our natural sense of enchantment and kinship with non-human beings, we may still find a path to build a better future.

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Book SynopsisAll politics are climate politics in the twenty-first century - and this bold book argues for a Green New Deal that confronts both climate change and inequalityThe age of climate gradualism is over, as unprecedented disasters are exacerbated by inequalities of race and class. We need profound, radical change. A Green New Deal can tackle the climate emergency and rampant inequality at the same time. Cutting carbon emissions while winning immediate gains for the many is the only way to build a movement strong enough to defeat big oil, big business, and the super-rich - starting right now.A Planet to Win explores the political potential and concrete first steps of a Green New Deal. It calls for dismantling the fossil fuel industry and building beautiful landscapes of renewable energy, guaranteeing climate-friendly work and no-carbon housing and free public transit. And it shows how a Green New Deal in the United States can strengthen climate justice movements worldwide. We don't make politics under conditions of our own choosing, and no one would choose this crisis. But crises also present opportunities. We stand on the brink of disaster - but also at the cusp of wondrous, transformative change.Trade ReviewA Planet to Win helps us imagine life under the umbrella of a radical Green New Deal. * Sierra Magazine *Urgent and pragmatic... refreshingly optimistic and future-oriented -- Eric Klinenberg * New York Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Environmental Toxicology is designed as a concise text, introducing students to the fundamentals of this important subject. It covers the origin, characterization and environmental distribution of the major pollutants, and provides an explanation of their implications for human morbidity via the development of cancer, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary dysfunction and neurological conditions. Considering impacts on biodiversity, such as effects from acid rain, heavy metals and selected anthropogenic compounds, this book: - Covers biogenic contaminants, gases and particulates, organic pollutants, petroleum, heavy metals, complex polymers and radiation; - Considers the impact of pollutants across human health, biodiversity, water and food safety; - Includes questions, further reading and case studies to spark discussion in tutorials. Covering all the major biological toxins and pollutants, this book forms a true introduction to the subject for undergraduates studying environmental toxicology and related subjects.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Biogenic Contaminants 3: Ambient Gases and Particulates 4: Persistent Organic Pollutants 5: Fossil Fuel Pollutants 6: Metallic Elements 7: Consumerism and Lifestyle Choices: Toxicological Perspectives 8: Radiation 9: Adaptation in Microbes and Higher Plants 10: Discussion

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Book SynopsisNew Approaches to the Archaeology of Beekeeping aims to take a holistic view of beekeeping archaeology (including honey, wax, and associated products, hive construction, and participants in this trade) in one large interconnected geographic region, the Mediterranean, central Europe, and the Atlantic Façade. Current interest in beekeeping is growing because of the precipitous decline of bees worldwide and the disastrous effect it portends for global agriculture. As a result, all aspects of beekeeping in all historical periods are coming under closer scrutiny. The volume focuses on novel approaches to historical beekeeping but also offers new applications of more established ways of treating apicultural material from the past. It is also keenly interested in helping readers navigate the challenges inherent in studying beekeeping historically. The volume brings together scholars working on ancient, medieval, early modern, and ethnographic evidence of beekeeping from a variety of perspectives. In this sense it will serve as a handbook for current researchers in this field and for those who wish to undertake research into the archaeology of beekeeping.Table of ContentsPreface – David Wallace-Hare (San Diego State University) ; Acknowledgements ; 1. A New Approach to the Study of Ancient Greek Beekeeping – Georgios Mavrofridis (University of the Aegean) ; 2. Smoke and Bees: From Prehistoric to Traditional Smokers in Greece – Sophia Germanidou (University of Newcastle) ; 3. Potters and Beekeepers: Industrial Collaboration in Ancient Greece – Jane Francis—Concordia University (jane.francis@concordia.ca) ; 4. Etruscan 'Honey Pots': Some Observations on a Specialised Vase Shape – Paolo Persano (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa) ; 5. Palynological Insights into the Ecology and Economy of Ancient Bee-Products – Lorenzo Castellano (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University); Cesare Ravazzi, Roberta Pini, Giulia Furlanetto, Franco Valoti (Research Group Vegetation, Climate and Human Stratigraphy, Laboratory of Palynology and Paleoecology, Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering, National Research Council, Italy) ; 6. La apicultura en el ager de Segóbriga-Cuenca, España – Jorge Morín (Departamento de Arqueología, Paleontología y Recursos Culturales de AUDEMA); Rui Roberto de Almeida (Investigador da UNIARQ-Universidade de Lisboa / Câmara Municipal de Loulé); and Isabel Sánchez Ramos (Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla) ; 7. Beekeeping and Problematic Landscapes: Beekeeping and Mining in Roman Spain and North Africa – David Wallace-Hare (San Diego State University) ; 8. Evidence of Dalmatian Beekeeping in Roman Antiquity – Kristina Jelincic Vučković, Ivana Ožanić Roguljić (Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia); and Emmanuel Botte (MMSH, Centre Camille Jullian Aix-en-Provence Cedex) ; 9. Ancient Rock-cut Apiaries in the Mediterranean Area: Some Case Studies – Roberto Bixio (Hon. Inspector for Archaeology, sector Artificial Cavities, Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage); Andrea Bixio (Centro Studi Sotterranei, Genoa); Andrea De Pascale (Museo Archeologico del Finale /Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri, sezione Finalese Finale Ligure/Savona) ; 10. Appiaria vel in civitate vel in villa: Bees and Cities in the Early Medieval West – Javier Martínez Jiménez (Faculty of Classics/Churchill College, University of Cambridge) ; 11. The Production and Trade of Wax in North-Eastern Iberia, XIV-XVI C: The Case of Catalonia – Lluís Sales i Favà (King’s College London) and Alexandra Sapoznik (King’s College London) ; 12. Del panal a la mesa: La miel en la Corona de Aragón (siglos XIV-XV) – Pablo José Alcover Cateura (Food Observatory, ODELA, Universitat de Barcelona) ; 13. Honey and Wax in Medieval Tyrol on the Basis of Tyrolean Land Registers (Urbaria) and Books of Accounts – Barbara Denicolò (University of Salzburg) ; 14. Early Irish Law on Beekeeping, with Particular Reference to Bechbretha ‘Bee-Judgements’ – Fergus Kelly (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) ; 15. Arqueología de la apicultura en la Asturias preindustrial – Joaquín López Álvarez (Muséu del Pueblu d’Asturies) ; 16. Approches de l’Archéologie: L’apiculture insolite du nord de l’Espagne – Robert Chevet (Apistoria) ; 17. Historical Beekeeping in Northern Portugal: Between Traditional Practices and Innovation in Movable Frame Hives – Teresa Soeiro (CITCEM)

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Book SynopsisWithout oil, what would you do? How would you travel? How would you eat? What would everyday life be like? The world is about to change dramatically and permanently as a result of oil depletion. Within the next few years, the global production of oil will peak. Thereafter, even with a switch to alternative energy sources, industrial societies will have less energy available to do all the things essential to their survival. We are entering a new era as different from the industrial one as the latter was from mediaeval times. "The Party's Over" deals head-on with the imminent decline of cheap oil. It shows how oil and war have been closely related for the past century, and how competition to control oil supplies is likely to lead to new resource wars in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South America. Tracing the crucial role of fossil fuels in the rise of industrialism, Heinberg discusses the degree to which energy alternatives can compensate for oil, and recommends: a managed transition to a slower-paced, low-energy, sustainable society in the future; a global programme of resource conservation and sharing implemented by the US - the world's foremost oil consumer and the most mightily armed nation in world history - in concert with other countries; and realistic ways for families, communities, nations, and the world to prepare for the coming crisis. A riveting wake-up call that does for oil depletion, what Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" did for the issue of chemical pollution - i.e. raising to consciousness a previously ignored global problem of immense proportions - "The Party's Over" is essential reading for all those concerned with the future of modern life as we know it.Trade Review'If societies a century from now have managed to learn how to live peacefully, modestly, and sustainably, it may be at least partly because the advice in this timely book was heeded.' - Thom Hartmann, author of The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight 'The Party's Over is the book we need to reorient ourselves for a realistic future.' - Chellis Glendinning, Ph.D., author of When Technology Wounds

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Book SynopsisIn today’s Western, industrialised society, ‘wild’ has come to mean dangerous, savage, crazy, out of control. This book celebrates wildness, both in global ecosystems and in the human psyche. Totton argues that embracing unpredictability and boundlessness is vital for our wellbeing and, in these times of environmental crisis, for the survival of humans and other-than-humans. Drawing on psychotherapy, philosophy, ecology, anthropology, futuristic fiction and much other literature, he shows the links between domesticated civilisation and the destruction of the innate balance of ecosystems – including human relationships and psyches. This second edition builds on the first to suggest what a wild civilisation might be like, and how psychotherapy could help create it.Trade Review'Wild Therapy is a breakout session in the plenary of creation. A revisitation of sorts. There are no tame gods here, no predetermined bodies with stable boundaries, no human exclusivities, no free-floating abstracted minds, no creatio ex nihilo. The noble human, sovereign and separate, freshly manufactured in the myths of the Enlightenment, is stolen from its ivory perch, smuggled through the back alleys of heaven, and composted in the fugitive enclaves of the wilds beyond those gilded fences. Here, in Nick Totton’s swift storytelling, we are furtive eavesdroppers on this seditious act of deconstruction; we are with-nesses to this cackling carnival of tricksters, liminal flows, mycorrhizal becomings, wild complexities, and animal onto-epistemologies. Their more-than-human operations and Nick’s faithful reportage will leave none of us intact, and – perhaps more critically – will leave therapy, in its dyadic configurations, forever undone. This is nothing short of the remaking of the human. The undoing of the therapist, the complexification of the client, and the politicisation of the clinical alliance. And it rings with a theological irreverence fit for the impasses of the Anthropocene. I should clap, but now I’m not sure where my hands are.' – Bayo Akomolafe, philosopher, writer, activist, professor of psychology, executive director of the Emergence Network, and author of These Wilds Beyond Our Fences. ; ‘Nick Totton offers something radical for all practising therapists to consider. He challenges conventional ideas about attachment, containment, holding, safety and boundaries. Wildness is understood, not as a cure but as a much-needed corrective to the rigidities of our one-sided civilised and mature selves. The book is imbued with a profound – yet playful – recognition that therapy must involve risk. This means more than quietly accepting that depth work can be dangerous, but actively running towards it. As with all of Totton’s work, the political marches in step with the psychological as individual distress is reframed as originating in systemic crisis and collapse. I think this is precisely the kind of book our stuck-in-the-mud trainings in counselling and psychotherapy should include on their reading lists. It is sharp, lucid, idiosyncratic in a good way – and the second edition advances the argument of the first in an exciting manner.’ – Professor Andrew Samuels, author of The Political Psyche and former chair, UK Council for Psychotherapy ; ‘For those who are not psychological practitioners, Wild Therapy takes some reading, yet there is a reward – an understanding of how to process the magnitude of the separation and loss of what was once our common home. Nick Totton shows how we can face the world as it is, how we can mourn what is no more and how we can ‘free hope’ to call into being the complex wild world of our imagination and use it to restore our severed connections with the human, the not-human and the beyond human world - the beautiful complex Wild.’ – Sarah Lunnon, co-founder Zero Hour Campaign, former spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion and former Green Party councillor ; ‘In our increasingly over-domesticated world, we are seeing the beginnings of a much-needed turn to the wild: rewilding the land shows just how easily it can recover when humans are in service to the earth rather than trying to control it. Likewise, in Wild Therapy, Nick Totton shows how our own wild nature can recover when we drop down into the body and relax our control. This book is a fascinating journey through the history of our relationship with ‘the wild’ in both land and psyche. It also invites therapists to rewild their practice. The many vignettes, together with Totton’s lively and original thinking, show how our lives are inextricably interwoven with animals, plants, elements and place. All of these relationships are naturally healing and need to be brought back into the work of healing trauma.’ – Mary-Jayne Rust, ecopsychotherapist and author of Towards an Ecopsychotherapy.Table of ContentsIntroduction, 1. Wild roots, 2. Wild complexity, 3. In and out of the wilderness, 4. Wild mind, 5. Domesticating wild mind, 6. Wildness under control, 7. Wild/human, 8. Wildness in the anthropocene, 9. Wild therapies, 10. Wild therapy, 11. Living wild

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Book SynopsisClimate Psychology offers ways to work with the unthinkable and emotionally unendurable current predicament of humanity. The style and writing interweave passion and reflection, animation and containment, radical hope and tragedy to reflect the dilemmas of our collective crisis. The authors model a relational approach in their styles of writing and in the book’s structure. Four chapters, each with a strikingly original voice and insight, form the core of the book, held either end by two jointly written chapters. In contrast to a psychology that focuses on individual behaviour change, the authors use a transdisciplinary mix of approaches (depth psychology and psychotherapy, earth systems, deep ecology, cultural sociology, critical history, group and institutional outreach) to bring into focus the predicament of this period. While the last decade required a focus on climate denial in all its manifestations (which continues in new ways), a turning point has now been reached. Increasingly extreme weather across the world is making it impossible for simple avoidance of the climate threat. Wendy Hollway, Paul Hoggett, Chris Robertson, and Sally Weintrobe address how climate psychology illuminates and engages the life and death challenges that face terrestrial life. This book will appeal to three core groups. First, mental health and social care professionals wanting support in containing and potentially transforming the malaise. Second, activists wanting to participate in new stories and practices that nurture their engagement with the present social and cultural crisis. Third, those concerned about the climate emergency, wanting to understand the deeper context for this dangerous blindness.Trade Review‘This timely and important book comprises an investigation of the causes of the current climate crisis, common reactions to this existential threat and how therapists can help each other and their clients face reality and find a way forward. [...] I heartily recommend this engaging and well-written book’ -- Dr Els van Ooijen, psychotherapist, Therapy Today Sept 2022'This volume is a refreshing and provocative contribution to an important area of concern. By the end of the book I was ever more convinced of the significance of climate psychology to our lives and felt that, in their different ways, the authors helped fashion both a deeper understanding of the problems and a way forward. It has encouraged me to think a great deal, to consider further my own implication in these matters, and to work harder to address these important, pressing issues. For this reason, I whole- heartedly recommend this book.' -- Mark Stein'To the uninitiated, the waltzing heat of recent years, the melting ice sheets of recent fears, and blusteringly rude clouds outside our pristine windows, are matters of the outside. This book, however, is not a gentle tap on the door separating that outside from the gilded interior of modern subjectivity, it is a haunting within: the urgency to consider that the inside has always been exposed. It is a transdisciplinary invitation to recognise how we Moderns are aspects of an ethical/psycho-ecological/socio-material arrangement that has helped produce the calamities we now witness. There is no neat inside any longer; we are all undone. But, you see, the undoing – the timely gift of this book – is the initiation we all need.' -- Bayo Akomolafe, PhD, author of These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home‘These four eminent British climate psychology thinkers challenge us to think creatively, beyond binaries, to reach what they name the “eco-psycho-social”. This book is an engaging and important support to clinicians and to all trying to manage and think through our contemporary emergency in humane and ethical ways. We are in their debt.’ -- Donna Orange, PhD, PsyD, teacher, psychoanalyst and author of Psychoanalysis, History, and Radical Ethics: Learning to Hear‘Individualism, human exceptionalism, modernism (and its bastard child, postmodernism): this book dares to imagine a psychology that moves decisively beyond these fatal trends. Instead, we are offered fare badly needed: a social ecopsychology, the personhood of nonhuman as well as human animals taken seriously, an unembarrassed call to feel and show our love for this world. There is nothing less than a revolution in the offing, in the discipline we used to call psychology. This book indicates a way to (re-)imagine it.’ -- Professor Rupert Read, former strategist, spokesperson for XR, and author of Parents for a Future: How Loving our Children Can Prevent Climate Collapse‘Climate psychology is an emerging and much-needed field in our struggle to make the necessary changes to our dysfunctional relationship with Earth. This book offers a diverse range of innovative thinking that pulls together threads from the eco–psycho–social fields. It challenges the reader to find new ways of seeing and understanding our current eco social crisis which will hopefully inspire new forms of action.’ -- Mary-Jayne Rust, art therapist, Jungian analyst, ecopsychotherapist and author of Towards an EcopsychotherapyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements About the authors Chapter 1 Introduction: a matter of life and death Wendy Hollway, Paul Hoggett, Chris Robertson, and Sally Weintrobe Chapter 2 Climate change: from denialism to nihilism Paul Hoggett Chapter 3 How the light gets in: beyond psychology’s Modern individual Wendy Hollway Chapter 4 Climate psychology at a cultural threshold Chris Robertson Chapter 5 The new bold imagination needed to repair and expand the ecological self Sally Weintrobe Chapter 6 In the end is my beginning Wendy Hollway, Paul Hoggett, Chris Robertson, and Sally Weintrobe Index

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Book SynopsisEmbark on a thrilling journey of discovery that will teach you about climate change and inspire you to save the Earth!From global warming, pollution, fossil fuels and energy to food, farming and living with less, you'll not only learn about the impact of planet-harming activities, you'll learn how you can be inspired to help save the Earth.

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Book SynopsisHuman beings have always moved for what they need until recently. We know how a lack of movement impacts our bodies but how does culture-wide sedentarism impact the world? Movement Matters is a Foreword Indies GOLD-winning collection of essays, in which biomechanist Katy Bowman continues her groundbreaking presentation on the interconnectedness of nature, human movement, and the environment. Here Bowman widens the “there is more to movement than exercise” message she presented in Move Your DNA and invites us to consider this idea: human movement is a part of the ecosystem. Movement Matters explores how we make ourselves, our communities, and our planet healthier all at the same time by moving our bodies more as well as: how did we become so sedentary? Where did all the movement go? (Hint: convenience often saves us movement, not time.) the missing “movement nutrients” in our food how to include more nature in education why ecosystem models need to include human movement the human need for “Vitamin Community” and group movement. Unapologetically direct, often hilarious, and always compassionate, Movement Matters demonstrates that human movement is powerful and important, and that going beyond exercise and living a movement-filled life is perhaps the most joyful and efficient way to transform your body, community, and world. A must read for exercise teachers, environmentalists, and those wanting simple, accessible ways to take action for a better world.Trade Review“Movement Matters is a delight to read and will help every family. Its implications extend far beyond our individual lives.”—Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and Vitamin N"Tying together ecological sustainability and modern lifestyles, this book focuses on the science of moving in healthy ways as a means of healing both the earth and the individual. Its heavy emphasis on healthy living generates a necessary bridge between personal well-being and the well-being of the whole environment, and is yet another strong voice in the general call for more active, mindful lifestyle choices. Bowman, a biomechanist, does a fine job communicating the hidden significance of everyday acts, such as walking, sitting, and buying prepared food, in digestible sound bites. This is no dense academic treatise; it is written specifically to appeal to the average person, actively acknowledging commonly asked questions about activity and exercise. Movement Matters is a continuation in a popular trend toward a holistic approach to health and ecology. Ideal for nutritionists, fitness experts, and anyone seeking an all-around healthier lifestyle."—Foreword Reviews"This book is for thinkers...A gem for the modern yoga teacher."—Shut Up & Yoga"In Movement Matters you’ll find radical new clarity on how to fulfill [your role in the ecosystem] in a meaningful way. Do not expect a list of exercises or go-to movements. Expect to shift your perspective. Don’t expect an easy read. Expect an engrossing one, one that will leave you not only a better “mover,” but a better human animal."—Breaking Muscle "With Movement Matters, Katy Bowman has produced a thoughtful—and radical—treatise that is a must-read for those interested in their personal health…and the health of the body politic and planet. A stellar read."—Rose Hayden-Smith, author of Sowing the Seeds of Victory: American Gardening Programs of World War I"Everyone should read this book."—Paleo Magazine"I’ve spent almost twenty years talking to people about food and specifically why good food matters. I’ve made my case using biology and ecology, talking about our hunter-gatherer past. What I missed is all the movement that went into not just our food but also our lives. This is why movement matters—and fortunately for you, Katy Bowman has tackled this topic in a way that has never been done before."—Robb Wolf, author of The Paleo Solution"Perfect for the person who can’t sit still!"—National Outdoor Leadership School, from their list of “10 Favorite Books About Leadership By Women”Katy Bowman is one of the world’s leading experts on the ecology of human movement. She offers a timely and fascinating collection of essays that are designed to inspire a movement-based lifestyle—essential for our long-term survival as adaptive humans. A must-read for anyone who cares about their health."—Angela Hanscom, author of Balanced and Barefoot"What a breath of fresh air! Katy Bowman, like her books, oozes originality and intelligence. In Movement Matters, she makes readers see how movement isn’t something you do—it’s something you are…The world, the fitness industry, and those of you at home aspiring for well-being will really benefit from Katy’s life-enhancing information."—Ellen Barrett, author of The 28 Days Lighter Diet"[Bowman’s] insights are empowering and enlightening."—Erwan Le Corre, founder of MovNat, author of The Practice of Natural Movement"This gorgeous book opens the door to a new way of thinking and being. Katy teaches us how each movement, no matter how small it may seem, matters. You can’t help but want to become more active in every aspect of your life."—Kristin Meekhof, author of A Widow’s Guide to Healing"One of the unfortunate side effects of living in complex, modern societies is the distance we create from the natural world, leading us to forget how to live better with less and by keeping active. In her quest to resurrect this lost knowledge, Katy Bowman provides us with a survival roadmap to reclaim personal quality of life and a sustainable future for all. A must-read for anyone interested in living a happy, productive life on a habitable planet."—Jason Lewis, author of The Expedition series"In Movement Matters, Katy Bowman has taken a large and complex topic and made it more than just fathomable—the essays are an enjoyable exploration of movement and other features of human health viewed from a unique perspective."—Arthur Haines, author of A New PathTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Movement: Outsourced Science Moves Muscle: A Simple Model Expand Your Muscle Model You’re More Than (Two of) Your Parts Proof Putting All Your Eggs in One Comment Basket Don’t Be a Stupid Sometimes Science Is Sedentary Dear Katy Nature Moves Analogous Thigmomorphogenesis Shaped by the Trees First Hike Tree Bones A Matter of Perspective Wet Bones Myopic You Speak How You Are Outdoor School Dear Katy Food Moves Must Work for Food Those Other Nutrients Mammals Suck Forage Kitchen Movement A Sedentary Culture Eats Movement as a Commodity Dear Katy Just Move Part-Minded Stack Your Life Maximalism Nutrient Dense Geese, or Movement Ecology Natural Movement Is Efficient Natural Movement Is Joyful Movement is Counter-Culture Movement is Not Medicine Vitamin Community Personal Mission Statement Elderberry Dear Katy Afterword and Acknowledgments Appendices Appendix 1: Nature in Education Appendix 2: Foraging Appendix 3: Breastfeeding Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of adventure tourism and how these can be best managed. This volume follows on from the authors previous textbook – ‘Outdoor Recreation: Environmental Impacts and Management’ and continues the aim of developing a deeper understanding of how tourist numbers impact the environment and to provide practical solutions to these problems. Combining their own first-hand experience and research with extensive literature review the authors' present several popular adventure tourism destinations from across the globe, including the Arctic, the Himalayas, Africa, Australia and Scotland as case studies. Chapters cover the particular challenges faced by each region: including impacts on animals and birds; the spread of invasive plant species and diseases; trail impacts on vegetation; impacts on geological, historical and archaeological sites and pollution and waste issues. A discussion and evaluation of the possible management actions for minimising these impacts and how outdoor recreation tourists can be regulated concludes each chapter. This practical and engaging textbook will be invaluable to students and scholars of adventure tourism and outdoor recreation as well as practitioners and managers working in the field.Table of ContentsChapter 1: What Is Adventure Tourism?Chapter 2: Adventure Tourism in AntarcticaChapter 3: The Arctic Islands: Svalbard and IcelandChapter 4: Adventure Tourism in the Russian ArcticChapter 5: Adventure Tourism in GreenlandChapter 6: Adventure Tourism in the Canadian ArcticChapter 7: Adventure Tourism in AlaskaChapter 8: Adventure Tourism in the HimalayasChapter 9: The AndesChapter 10: East AfricaChapter 11: Australia and New ZealandChapter 12: ScotlandChapter 13: Climate Change and Adventure Tourism

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Book SynopsisBig cities don’t have to mean a dystopian future. They can be turned around to be powerhouses of well-being and environmental sustainability – if we empower women. This book is a unique collaboration between C40 and Friends of the Earth showcasing pioneering city mayors, key voices in the environmental and feminist movements, and academics. The essays collectively demonstrate both the need for women’s empowerment for climate action and the powerful change it can bring. A rallying call – for the planet, for women, for everyone.Trade ReviewThis book contains a wealth of information that will be useful to many readers looking for an overview on the diversity of perspectives on gender and climate change. * Women's Budget Group *There couldn’t be a clearer example of how important it is to recognise the intersectionality of the issues we’re facing. * Peace News *The essays in this book make the case for women’s empowerment for climate action and the powerful change it can bring. * Stylist *…this book is relevant to a wide audience (arguably everyone): to inform our understanding of discrimination against women, and to provide inspiring insight and encouragement into opportunities for achieving not only gender equality but environmental sustainability too. * Praise for the First Edition, Environment and Urbanization *Provides a depth and breadth of diverse perspectives to answer yes to the question: "Could women’s empowerment transform the chances of achieving environmental sustainability?". * Local Environment *As we look to address the greatest challenge humankind has ever faced, we do so with one of the greatest possible resources: womankind… Empowering the next generation of women leaders is a concrete step towards securing a bright, sustainable future for all. Through this book, we are seeking to share the wisdom of a pioneering generation of women leaders with the leaders to come. * Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, from the Foreword *Hope is a potent catalyst. And while our failure to adequately appreciate and guard against ecological destruction fills me with frustration, my hope is not meek or weak. It is urgent and raging. It’s a hope that believes a better world – away from cyclical war, the annihilation of the earth’s treasures and the grinding down of the poor – is possible. * Caroline Lucas MP *If women are given equal opportunities to contribute to the global condition we will be able to create a safer, more just and more prosperous world. Universal wellbeing created by universal participation. * Christiana Figueres, Architect of the Paris Climate Agreement *A wake-up call for the environmental movement * Praise for the First Edition, Craig Bennett, CEO of Friends of the Earth *An inspiring call to action * Liz Hutchins, Campaigns Director, Friends of the Earth *Climate action offers the opportunity to transform social and economic development for the better. We must take this opportunity to elevate women and girls as equals in a stable and sustainable society marked by lasting peace and prosperity. That is how women will save the planet. * Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change *You can’t save the planet without equality … We need a new economics informed by the larger picture, an economy that puts women and the Earth at the centre. * Vandana Shiva *Table of ContentsForeword by Anne Hidalgo Introduction by Nicola Baird 1. The Power of Stubborn Optimism - Christiana Figueres 2. Empowering Women to Power up the Paris Agreement on Climate Change - Patricia Espinosa 3. The Hissing of Summer Lawns: Cities, Gender, and Climate Change - Susan Buckingham 4. What’s Happening in Durban: From ‘Tree-Preneurs’ to Trendsetters - Zandile Gumede 5. Women’s Empowerment and Environmental Sustainability in the Context of International UN agreements - Diane Elson 6. Walking the Talk: Empowering Tomorrow’s Women Leaders - Alexandra Palt 7. How Holistic Thinking Benefits People and Planet - Lola Young 8. How Gender-Sensitive are National Adaptation Programmes of Action? Selected Findings from a Desk Review of Thirty-One Sub-Saharan African Countries - Nathalie Holvoet and Liesbeth Inberg 9. Why Educating Girls is Essential for a Sustainable Future - Atti Worku 10. Women, Conflict and the Environment in Somali Society - Shukri Haji Ismail Bandare and Fatima Jibrell 11. The Close Ties between Social and Environmental Justice - Karin Nansen 12. Engendering Urban Climate Policy - Gotelind Alber 13. Why do Gender Equality and Sustainability Go Hand in Hand? - Lyla Mehta and Melissa Leach 14. The Benefits of using a Gender Lens - Naoko Ishii 15. Is there a Specific Role for Women in Helping to Achieve Environmental Sustainability through Politics? - Caroline Lucas 16. Empowering a Balanced and Useful Economics of Sustainability: The Role of Gender - Julie A. Nelson 17. Hand in Hand: Women’s Empowerment and Sustainability - Vandana Shiva 18. How the Defence of the Commons and Territories has become a Core Part of Feminist, Anti-Capitalist Struggles - Celia Alldridge 19. Mother Earth - Maria Mies 20. From Icebergs to Climate Refugees - Jude Kelly 21. From Individual to Communal Rights: Empowering Women for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources - Nidhi Tandon 22. The Role of Fashion in Bringing About Social and Ecological Change - Anna Fitzpatrick 23. Family Planning: A Win-Win for Women and Sustainability - Carina Hirsch 24. The Power of Grassroots Action for Women’s Empowerment and the Environment - Kate Metcalf and colleagues 25. One Hundred Years of Collective Action for Environmental Change - Marylyn Haines Evans 26. The Impact of Gender Balance in the Renewable Energy Sector - Juliet Davenport 27. More Women in Business for a Sustainable Economy - Emma Howard Boyd

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Book SynopsisRadical Botany uncovers a speculative tradition that conjures new languages to grasp the life of plants in all its specificity and vigor. Plants complement and challenge notions of human life. The book traces the implications of the speculative mobilization of plants within literature and art for feminism, queer studies, and posthumanist thought.Table of ContentsPreface | vii 1. Radical Botany: An Introduction | 1 2. Libertine Botany and Vegetal Modernity | 28 3. Plant Societies and Enlightened Vegetality | 56 4. The Inorganic Plant in the Romantic Garden | 86 5. The End of the World by Other Means | 114 6. Plant Horror: Love Your Own Pod | 144 7. Becoming Plant Nonetheless | 171 Acknowledgments | 203 Notes | 205 Works Cited | 253 Index | 269

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Book SynopsisA methodological follow-up to Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet The environmental and climatic crises of our time are fundamentally multispecies crises. And the Anthropocene, a time of “human-made” disruptions on a planetary scale, is a disruption of the fabric of life as a whole. The contributors to Rubber Boots Methods for the Anthropocene argue that understanding the multispecies nature of these disruptions requires multispecies methods.Answering methodological challenges posed by the Anthropocene, Rubber Boots Methods for the Anthropocene retools the empirical study of the socioecological chaos of the contemporary moment across the arts, human science, and natural science. Based on critical landscape history, multispecies curiosity, and collaboration across disciplines and knowledge systems, the volume presents thirteen transdisciplinary accounts of practical methodological experimentation, highlighting diverse settings ranging from the High Arctic to the deserts of southern Africa and from the pampas of Argentina to the coral reefs of the Western Pacific, always insisting on the importance of firsthand, “rubber boots” immersion in the field.The methodological companion to Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene (Minnesota, 2017), this collection puts forth empirical studies of the multispecies messiness of contemporary life that investigate some of the critical questions of our time.Contributors: Filippo Bertoni, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin; Harshavardhan Bhat, U of Westminster; Nathalia Brichet, U of Copenhagen; Janne Flora, Aarhus U, Denmark; Natalie Forssman, U of British Columbia; Peter Funch, Aarhus U; Kirsten Hastrup, U of Copenhagen; Colin Hoag, Smith College; Joseph Klein, U of California, Santa Cruz; Andrew S. Mathews, U of California, Santa Cruz; Daniel Münster, U of Oslo; Ursula Münster, U of Oslo; Jon Rasmus Nyquist, U of Oslo; Katy Overstreet, U of Copenhagen; Pierre du Plessis, U of Oslo; Meredith Root-Bernstein; Heather Anne Swanson, Aarhus U; Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, U of California,Santa Cruz; Stine Vestbo.Trade Review "From snorkel fins to worn sneakers, drip torches, boats, dogsleds, and the hooves of a horse, Rubber Boots Methods for the Anthropocene is a bold essay collection that pays attention to the ambulatory prosthetics that we wear or carry into particular fields (ocean, forest, savannah, university) and their many histories—material, colonial, multispecies. Situated knowledge has found its footing."—Melody Jue, author of Wild Blue Media: Thinking Through Seawater "Explicitly cross-disciplinary, [Rubber Boots Methods for the Anthropocene] will be of wide interest to colleges and universities with larger libraries."—CHOICE "Where [Rubber Boots Methods for the Anthropocene] really shines—and offers something new—is in its ethical and political imperative to develop novel methodologies to understand our current moment."—H-Net Reviews

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Book SynopsisFULLY UPDATED FOR 2019 We cannot live without water. But with 7.5 billion people competing for this single unevenly-distributed resource, the planet is drying up. In When the Rivers Run Dry, Fred Pearce explores the growing world water crisis, from Kent to Kenya. His powerful reportage takes us to places where waterways are turning to sand before they reach the ocean; where fields are parched and crops no longer grow; where once fertile ground has turned to desert; where wars are fought over access to water and cultures are dying out. But he offers us hope for the future - if we can radically revolutionise the way we treat water, and take personal responsibility for the water we use. This landmark work, from a respected and accomplished scientist, will transform the way we view the water in our reservoirs and rivers, and change the way we treat the water in our taps.

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Book SynopsisIn this guide to sacred plant initiations, medical herbalist and shamanic practitioner Carole Guyett explains how to commune with plants and their spirits through the traditional shamanic method of "plant dieting." A plant diet involves ingesting a particular plant over a period of time so you regularly receive the plant's vibratory energy as well as its medicinal actions. Adding a ceremonial element to plant dieting offers a sacred initiation by the plant world, allowing you to connect deeply with all aspects of a plant, receive its sacred teachings, and forge a relationship for guidance and healing, benefitting both yourself and others. Each of the eight ceremonial plant initiations detailed in the book was personally developed by the author through extensive work with her ceremonial groups. They each center on an easily recognized plant or tree such as primrose, dandelion, oak, and dog rose. These common plants have powerful teachings and healing guidance to share with those who communicate with and honor them. The initiations, for both individuals and groups, work with the Wheel of the Year, honoring each plant's sacred timing and connecting with one of the eight Celtic and Pre-Celtic Fire Festivals--the solstices, equinoxes, and the holy days of Beltane, Lughnasadh, Samhain, and Imbolc. Offering practical instructions so you can develop your own sacred plant initiations, the author also include access to 4 audio journeys to facilitate the initiations in the book. She also explains how to make plant elixirs for use in plant diets and for healing. She shows how connecting with plants allows us to deepen our relationship with Nature, access higher levels of consciousness and spiritual realms, and facilitate the full flowering of human potential.Trade Review"We are fortunate that she has chosen to share her wisdom with us all. This beautiful, magical, wonderful book is a re-initiation of teachings from the plants themselves that are essential for the very survival of our species. Carole Guyett is a modern shaman, an inspiration!” * John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, Shapeshifting, and The World Is As You D *“Carole’s deep love and understanding of plants shines through every page of this book. She provides fascinating insights into the power of the plants--if we open our minds to listen. We are fortunate that she has chosen to share her wisdom with us all.” * Penelope Ody, author of The Complete Medicinal Herbal *“Carole’s clear instructions, along with her loving encouragement for personal creative additions, are designed to guide the readers into how to have their own uniquely valuable, magical, and practical plant experiences. Plants are indeed our elders and teachers, and this book will help any sincere seeker to reawaken to their own true nature, and that is the most healing gift of all.” * Robin Rose Bennett, herbalist and author of The Gift of Healing Herbs and Healing Magic *“An extraordinary, inspirational, and highly practical guide to exploring the spiritual realms of plants and opening gateways to healing and transformation. Carole gives a whole new meaning to ‘plant diets’ and beautifully describes how journeying into the inner world of plants gives you a sense of oneness with everything in creation. This is the perfect book for anyone wishing to deepen their connection to the plant world.” * Anne McIntyre, medical herbalist, Ayurvedic practitioner, and author of The Ayurveda Bible *“Bravo! Sacred Plant Initiations gives readers a unique perspective in working with plants and discovering their generous gifts. The plant dieting ceremonies Carole describes are inspiring, informative, and provide a clear lens into an original and sacred means of communion with nature. The knowledge shared in this book is vast and indispensable to anyone studying plants or seeking healing and transformation.” * Nicki Scully, author of Power Animal Meditations,Alchemical Healing, and Planetary Healing *“Groundbreaking, inspiring, and destined to become a classic. Carole Guyett’s approach is grounded, original, and practical. She takes the reader deep into an understanding of the spiritual character of plants and their associated spirits. Sacred Plant Initiations is an important step forward in healing our relationship with nature and restoring balance to our beautiful planet. A beautiful book.” * William Bloom, Ph.D., author of The Power of the New Spirituality and Working with Angels *“I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in cross-communication between humans and other species. The simplicity and the wisdom speak for themselves as does the inherent charm in Carole’s style.” * Judith Hoad, herbalist, vibrational medicine practitioner, and author of Healing with Herbs *“A beautifully written book, full of deep insights and concrete and practical instructions to become a modern-times plant alchemist. As you read it, you’ll feel the doors of a magical world open, a world of interconnectedness, healing, and joy that we all remember and long for. Carole’s expertise and love guide us to recognize that plants are a part of us, and when we relate to them with reverence we reawaken parts of our soul, realizing that this is, indeed, what they truly are.” * Esperide Ananas, healer and author of Music of the Plants *“Sometimes a book comes along that is an answer to a personal prayer. Sacred Plant Initiations is such a book. For several years, I’ve wanted to engage in a sacred plant ceremony with a traditional psychoactive plant, a master plant such as ayahuasca, for insights, connection, spiritual growth. Yet, it is illegal to ingest those substances in the United States and traveling to South America, where it is legal, is not possible. Sacred Plant Initiations opens a doorway for myself and others to commune with ordinary, nonpsychoactive plants we have around. Guyett has written an elegant and loving homage to the plant world, and explained thoroughly and simply how humans can come into relationship with it. You can read it and safely plant diet as a complete novice, alone or in a group -- something not possible with plants like ayahuasca or peyote. Sacred Plant Initiations is an invitation to the healing the plant world wants to do, and which it knows we so desperately need.” * Spiral Nature, Susan Starr, March 2016 *“…Sacred Plant Initiations reminds us that we don’t need to travel half way around the world to drink strange and wonderful jungle brews to have a deep and life-changing experience from working with plants. All we need to do is look outside our window and we will see that there are many friends waving to us from the garden, gently encouraging us to come on over and meet them face to face, so that they may share their lives and secrets with us.” * Indie Shaman, David Farrell, April 2015 *Table of ContentsForeword Becoming Truly Human By Pam Montgomery Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 Sacred Plant Initiations for Modern Times Connecting with Plant Consciousness for Personal and Planetary Transformation 1 My Story How We Started Dieting Plants at Derrynagittah 2 Ceremonial Plant Initiations Dreaming with Plants for Healing and Awakening Consciousness 3 Connecting with the Spirit of Plants Step-by-Step Instructions for Connecting with Plant Consciousness 4 Undertaking a Ceremonial Plant Diet A Six-Part Guide 5 Herbal Basics How to Make Standard Herbal Preparations Part 2 Entering the Dream of the Plants Sacred Plant Initiations for the Eight Fire Festivals Introduction to Part 2 The Wheel of the Year 6 Primrose - Bealtaine Initiation and New Beginnings 7 Dog Rose - Summer Solstice Opening the Heart 8 Oak - Lughnasadh Strength and Guardianship 9 Blackthorn - Autumn Equinox Embracing the Shadow 10 Elder - Samhain Ancestral Healing 11 St. John’s Wort - Winter Solstice Bearing the Light 12 Angelica - Brigid’s Day Walking with Angels 13 Dandelion - Spring Equinox Connecting Heaven and Earth 14 Remembering Who We Are Manifesting Heaven on Earth Appendix 1 Deities Mentioned in This Book Appendix 2 Summary Steps for Performing a Ceremonial Plant Diet Appendix 3 Plants Associated with Each Fire Festival Appendix 4 How to Use the Plant Initiation Audio Tracks Resources Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTo reduce emissions and address climate change, we need to invest in renewables and rapidly decarbonise our energy networks. However, decarbonisation is often seen as a technical project, detached from questions of politics and social justice. What if this is leading to unfair transitions, in which some people bear the costs of change while others benefit? In this timely and expansive book, Ed Atkins asks: are we getting decarbonisation right? And how could it be made better for people and communities? In doing so, this book proposes a different type of energy transition. One that prioritises and takes opportunities to do better – to provide better jobs, community ownership and improve people’s homes and lives.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Transition 3. Scale 4. Ownership 5. Community 6. Home 7. Work 8. Global 9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2023 Nautilus Book Award in the category of Animals & NatureThe surprising, fascinating, and remarkable ways that animals use creativity to thrive in their habitatsMost of us view animals through a very narrow lens, seeing only bits and pieces of beings that seem mostly peripheral to our lives. However, whether animals are building a shelter, seducing a mate, or inventing a new game, animals' creative choices affect their social, cultural, and environmental worlds.The Creative Lives of Animals offers readers intimate glimpses of creativity in the lives of animals, from elephants to alligators to ants. Drawing on a growing body of scientific research, Carol Gigliotti unpacks examples of creativity demonstrated by animals through the lens of the creative process, an important component of creative behavior, and offers new thinking on animal intelligence, emotion, and self-awareness. With examples of the elaborate dams built byTrade ReviewCarol Gigliotti’s The Creative Lives of Animals deconstructs our conceit that humans alone are capable of emotion, creativity and synthetic thinking. The author joyfully perforates the rigid tenets of behavioral science with vivid stories from the fresh edge of research. It is good to live in a time when human self-reference is finally yielding to the undeniable evidence of magnificent animal minds. -- Julie Zickefoose * Wall Street Journal *The Creative Lives of Animals makes its strongest case when advocating a revision of how to think about, and act towards, animals. Ms. Gigliotti points out that humans are only one of millions of species on Earth. She suggests a retreat from anthropocentrism in favor of recognition that animals are individuals with complicated, powerful, creative lives of their own. * The Economist *An illuminating account of creativity in the wild. Gigliotti makes a solid case that humans have a lot to learn about the creatures that they share the planet with, and that much of what scientists previously thought was uniquely human isn’t. Fans of Jane Goodall and Frans de Waal will be pleased. * Publishers Weekly (starred) *Gigliotti builds the case that animals of all types—from elephants to ants—are intelligent, albeit in ways that may manifest differently than humans, and they can communicate nuance, allowing individual behavioral innovation to spread through a community. Ultimately, her agenda is to seek greater empathy, value, and protection for animals by including them into a global creative force. This broad survey of creative animal behavior will appeal to artists of all types and to animal lovers. * Library Journal *If you’ve ever purchased one of the many different types of ‘squirrel proof’ bird feeders, you can attest to the resourcefulness of animals. In this intriguing investigation of animal ingenuity, Gigliotti contemplates the novelty and meaning of creativity along with some essential elements, such as curiosity, flexibility, and persistence. * Booklist *From playfully bowing puppies to seductively singing alligators, Carol Gigliotti combines examples from interviews with scientists and excerpts of previously published books in this delightful index of animal inventiveness. -- Fionna M. D. Samuels * Scientific American *The Creative Lives of Animals is a game-changer. Carol Gigliotti shows how important creativity –improvisation and invention–is in a wide variety of contexts including expressing different emotions, playing, socially communicating with others, courting, mating, and raising children, and designing and engineering animals' homes. Easy-to-read and science-based, The Creative Lives of Animals will be of interest to a broad audience including researchers and non-researchers alike, and surely will change the ways in which humans view and treat the fascinating animals with whom we share our magnificent planet. * Marc Bekoff, author of Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do *Finely written. Gigliotti, tuned into nature and the lives of animals, offers a good model for the rest of us to follow, helping us see the world not from myopic humanism but from the perspective of animals. Implicitly, Gigliotti asks everyone and not just scientists to learn about the lives of animals in our shared ecosphere to which we are all tied with an equal fate. -- Gregory F. Tague * Leonardo Reviews *In her marvelous book, Gigliotti reveals the astonishing depth and genius of animal creativity, demolishing a common view of animals as little more than robots mindlessly enacting the scripts given to them by Nature. Drawing on a century of ethological findings, the author shows how animals bring deep intelligence, emotions, and even an aesthetic sensibility to bear on their daily challenges. Animals are shown to be not mere ‘types,’ but creative individuals and artists of their own lives. This is the rare work that opens our eyes to worlds of experience and being that would otherwise remain hidden from us. * John Sanbonmatsu, author of Critical Theory and Animal Liberation *The Creative Lives of Animals is smart, original, and well-written. Gigliotti topples one of the last remaining conceits about what distinguishes humans from nonhuman animals: the aptitude for creative expression and aesthetic appreciation. The Creative Lives of Animals is masterfully researched, and will surely make vital contributions to debates not only in animal studies but also in the philosophy of mind and even performance studies. At the same time, the writing sparkles, and the book overflows with stories so accessible and well-crafted that the book deserves wide readership. This is a work that has the potential to fundamentally change the way we think about animals--and ourselves. * Colin Jerolmack, author of The Global Pigeon *If you doubt that other beings can create, prepare to be convinced otherwise. With a delightful combination of science and anecdote, Gigliotti explores a neglected facet of the inner lives of our fellow denizens of planet Earth. The result is a highly readable and accessible foray into the creative lives of animals. -- Jonathan BalcombeSo many people are reluctant to admit that the species we share this planet with are also creative. Perhaps this book will change their minds. Eye-opening and fascinating. -- John Yunker * EcoLit Books *Many songbirds are born without the ability to sing. So should those that learn — and other animals — be called creative? Carol Gigliotti interviews scientists who think they should be, and agrees with them. An animal activist, author and artist who has taught design and dynamic media, she defines creativity as a 'dynamic process' in which individuals generate 'novel and meaningful behavior' that might affect others at cultural, species and evolutionary levels. -- Andrew Robinson * Nature *This broad survey of creative animal behaviour makes a compelling case that animals of all types (from insects to mammals) are capable of behavioural innovation and provides artists insight into their own creativity. -- Nathalie Atkinson * The Globe and Mail *Gigliotti's palpable love of the animal world is expressed in graceful and affecting prose… the author deserves praise for creating this beautiful prose paean to the other animals who inhabit our shared world. -- D. Altschiller, Boston University * CHOICE *

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Book SynopsisA study of biodiversity in which the author argues for a pluralistic approach, showing how ecologists might enhance their ability to tackle global problems by incorporating broader spatial and temporal perspectives into their research. He suggests that statistical methods can identify processes that operate across broad geographic scales.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Ch. 1: Of Entangled Banks and Humble Bees Ch. 2: From Micro to Macro and Back Again Ch. 3: Communities on Small Spatial and Temporal Scales Ch. 4: Communities as Linear Systems Ch. 5: Communities as Nonlinear Systems Ch. 6: Macroecology: Expanding the Spatial Scale of Community Ecology Ch. 7: Geographic Range Structure: Niches Written in Space Ch. 8: Geographic Assembly of Local Communities Ch. 9: The Evolution of Species Diversity at the Macroscale Ch. 10: The Macroscopic Perspective and the Future of Ecology Literature Cited Index

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Book SynopsisModern society is beginning to re-examine its whole relationship with animals and the natural world. Until recently issues such as animal welfare and environmental protection were considered the domain of small, idealistic minorities. Now, these issues attract vast numbers of articulate supporters who collectively exercise considerable political muscle. Animals, both wild and domestic, form the primary focus of concern in this often acrimonious debate. Yet why do animals evoke such strong and contradictory emotions in people - and do our western attitudes have anything in common with those of other societies and cultures? Bringing together a range of contributions from distinguished experts in the field, Animals and Society explores the importance of animals in society from social, historical and cross-cultural perspectives.Trade Review'For those interested in the history of cultural and ethical aspects of animal use, this book provides a wealth of diverse material. The book consists of ten chapters, six on historical aspects of human-animal relations, three on contemporary issues, and a concluding commentary. The book is enriched by excellent design and graphics.' – Applied Animal Behaviour Science'For those interested in the history of cultural and ethical aspects of animal use, this book provides a wealth of diverse material.' – David FraserTable of ContentsTim Ingold, Manchester Uni; Juliet Clutton-Brock, Natural History Museum; Calvin W Schwabe, USA; Esther Cohen,Israel; Andreas-Holger Maehle, Wellcome Inst, London NW1; Harriet Ritvo, USA; James Serpell, USA; Elizabeth Paul, Cambridge; Arnold Arluke, USA; Stephen Kellert, USA; Mary Midgely, Newcastle

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Book SynopsisHow warm will the Earth become and when? What effect will it have on human life? This book answers some of these questions, providing facts and theories that will help you to formulate rational opinions and gain a new way to think about the complexities of the subject and the future of the global environment and climate.Table of ContentsPreface ix About the Companion Website xi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 What Is Global Change Science? 1 1.2 Current Global Change 2 1.3 Raising Fundamental Questions 2 Endnotes 3 2 The Framework 5 2.1 The System 5 2.2 Scales of Action 5 2.3 What Determines Climate? 8 2.4 The Benchmark Average Climate 12 2.5 Irreducible Uncertainties 15 2.6 The Plan 16 Review of the Main Points 18 3 Atmospheric Composition 19 3.1 Trace Gases and Their Roles in Climate and the Environment 19 3.2 Quantifying the Atmospheric Composition 22 Review of the Main Points 27 Endnotes 29 4 Mass Balance Theory and Small Models 33 4.1 The Components 33 4.2 Global 35 4.3 Hemispherical and Horizontal 40 4.4 Vertical 43 Review of the Main Points 46 Endnotes 48 5 Transport Processes 51 5.1 Vertical Transport and Convection 51 5.2 Horizontal Motion and the General Circulation 56 5.3 Turbulent Transport 61 5.4 Quantifying Transport Processes 66 Review of the Main Points 69 Endnotes 70 6 Mechanisms of Sources and Sinks 73 6.1 Reservoirs and Source-Sink Relationships 74 6.2 Atmospheric Chemistry 77 6.3 Global Environmental Applications 82 6.4 Cross-Media Transport: Oceans, Soils, and Biota 90 Review of the Main Points 100 Endnotes 102 7 Balance of Climate Gases and Aerosols 107 7.1 Anthropogenic vs Natural Components 107 7.2 Greenhouse Gases 110 7.3 Aerosols 123 Review of the Main Points 126 Endnotes 127 8 The Science of Climate 131 8.1 Solar Radiation 131 8.2 Albedo 135 8.3 Radiative Transfer 137 8.4 Heat Storage and Balance 150 8.5 Precipitation 152 Review of the Main Points 154 Endnotes 156 9 Instructive Climate Models 159 9.1 Base Temperature Model – Lessons, Flaws, and Resolution 159 9.2 Radiative Forcing and Climate Sensitivity 166 9.3 Practical Relationships between Greenhouse Gases and Surface Warming 168 9.4 Role of the Oceans 171 9.5 Role of Clouds 174 9.6 Horizontal Transport of Heat 175 Review of the Main Points 178 Endnotes 180 10 Climate Feedbacks 183 10.1 How They Work 183 10.2 Feedbacks Classified and Delineated 188 10.3 Physical Feedbacks 189 10.4 Role of the Living World 192 Review of the Main Points 197 Endnotes 199 11 Match of Climate Change Observed and Modeled 201 11.1 What Is Global Warming? 201 11.2 Causes of Observed Warming 204 11.3 Differential Effects of Climate Change 207 Review of the Main Points 210 Endnotes 210 12 Population, Affluence, and Global Change 213 12.1 Basic Relationships 213 12.2 Societal Factors in Climate Change 215 12.3 Population Growth and Resources 218 12.4 Vulnerability Theory 222 Review of the Main Points 225 Endnotes 226 13 Impacts of Climate Change on Human Life 229 13.1 Impacts Classified 229 13.2 Health 230 13.3 Habitability 234 Review of the Main Points 239 Endnotes 240 14 Climate Management 243 14.1 Tragedy of the Commons 243 14.2 Compounding Forces of Resistance 248 14.3 Mechanisms for Managing the Climate 249 14.4 Geo-engineering 251 14.5 Trading Gases: The Global Warming Potential 253 Review of the Main Points 255 Endnotes 256 15 Possible Futures 257 15.1 Projections 257 15.2 The Metaphysics of Climate Change 259 Endnote 261 List of Symbols Used 263 Index 267

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Book SynopsisHow did medieval Europeans use and change their environments, think about the natural world, and handle the natural forces affecting their lives? This is a pioneering survey of medieval relations with the natural world which integrates approaches from social and economic history and environmental studies.Trade Review'Contains the wisdom, and embodies the experience, gained from a career spent presenting this most interdisciplinary of subjects to classes of humanities students shy of science and nervous of numbers. The result is an accessible, readable and thought-provoking book with which any historian, environmental or otherwise, ought to be able to engage.' Bruce M. S. Campbell, The English Historical Review'… [Richard Hoffman] has provided a rich overview of medieval daily life and thought with regard to the natural environment. He does not only focus on the interaction between nature and humans, but also contextualizes his findings in a larger framework of economic and social history, and the histories of law and mentalities. The book will serve as a readable introduction for students and scholars of medieval history, as well as enable specialists in environmental history to build on his work … an essential book and a work to use as a reference for all medievalists and environmental historians.' Christian Rohr, SpeculumTable of ContentsIntroduction: thinking about medieval Europeans in their natural world; 1. Long no wilderness; 2. Intersecting instabilities: culture and nature at medieval beginnings (c.400–900); 3. Humankind and God's creation in medieval minds; 4. Medieval land use and the formation of traditional European landscapes; 5. Medieval use, management, and sustainability of local ecosystems 1: primary biological production sectors; 6. Medieval use, management, and sustainability of local ecosystems 2: interactions with the non-living environment; 7. 'This belongs to me …'; 8. Suffering the uncomprehended: disease as a natural agent; 9. An inconstant planet, seen and unseen, under foot and overhead; 10. A slow end of medieval environmental relations; Afterword.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the intersections between contemporary art and environmental activism in Indonesia. It is aimed at academics, students, artists, curators, policymakers, activists, and general readers with an interest in the environment, art history, and Indonesian culture, society, and politics.

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Book SynopsisWe live in unprecedented times - the Anthropocene - defined by far-reaching human impacts on the natural systems that underpin civilisation. Planetary Health explores the many environmental changes that threaten to undermine progress in human health, and explains how these changes affect health outcomes, from pandemics to infectious diseases to mental health, from chronic diseases to injuries. It shows how people can adapt to those changes that are now unavoidable, through actions that both improve health and safeguard the environment. But humanity must do more than just adapt: we need transformative changes across many sectors - energy, housing, transport, food, and health care. The book discusses specific policies, technologies, and interventions to achieve the change required, and explains how these can be implemented. It presents the evidence, builds hope in our common future, and aims to motivate action by everyone, from the general public to policymakers to health practitioners.Trade Review'This book illustrates the dramatic change in humanity's awareness about the realities of our world and our destiny. Planetary Health describes the transformation that will move us to a healthier, safer and more sustainable future, with hope, optimism and confidence.' Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and former Director-General of the World Health Organization'Andy Haines and Howie Frumkin's book provides an accessible and fast-paced account of the challenges we face in improving human health in parallel with our environment in the next decades. A must read for anyone involved in global health, and a must read for anyone interested in the future of our children and grandchildren.' Joy Phumaphi, Former Vice President of the World Bank and Director of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance'The climate crisis and other environmental challenges pose growing threats to the continued health of humanity. Andy Haines and Howie Frumkin's book cogently and accessibly summarizes these growing threats to human health, and outlines the transformative changes we need to enact to improve health around the world and at the same time safeguard the environment for our children and grandchildren. This book is essential reading for every decision-maker in government and NGOs formulating health or environmental policy. The book is also a wonderful overview of planetary health issues for the general reader and student. A more important topic for the future of humanity from two leading experts is hard to imagine. A very timely analysis of the central issues of our time.' Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Former Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme'Andrew Haines and Howard Frumkin are two of the modern giants in planetary health. Their book highlights the value of cross-cutting approaches to human health and the health of the environment, combining resilience, health, equity, and prosperity. The book highlights the potential for the topic of planetary health to transform higher education, helping us rise to the challenge of multiple global crises. As we emerge from a global pandemic, I cannot imagine a more timely and important topic. An amazing, brilliantly argued compendium.' Judith Rodin, former President of the Rockefeller Foundation and former President of the University of Pennsylvania'By its very nature, planetary health is a vast and multidisciplinary subject. Our understanding of the field is constantly expanding, our approaches to addressing it rapidly evolving, and the political landscape surrounding it increasingly complex, and yet, Haines and Frumkin masterfully summarize the issue in all of its complexity, leaving the reader with a solid foundation of essential knowledge and - more importantly - hope, and a clearly delineated path forward.' Michele Barry, Director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, California'The Anthropocene Era. Our children and our children's children will be astonished that the first fully comprehensive book to describe their everyday life, was not written till 2021. And as they reflect on what Sir Andy Haines and Howard Frumkin have laid out, they will either ask why did we not follow the ideas for transformative change in this book; or they will stand together in hope saying, humanity took heed, it listened to evidence and common sense, and we were able to tilt the earth's systems on their axis. This book is a watershed, its integrated science combines separate strands of knowledge, and creates the space for far more equitable participation in and ownership of the actions needed. This book is published at a watershed moment in history, when the health of the planet is in our hands. Can Planetary Health become our zeitgeist?' Liz Grant, Assistant Principal, University of Edinburgh'Sir Andy Haines and Howard Frumkin's book Planetary Health: Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene is a fact-filled and thought-provoking volume that explains the origins and proposes sound solutions to the existential crises of the Anthropocene Era … This book offers a holistic approach that helps us understand why we must respect, protect and enforce multisectorial frameworks if we are to maintain the integrity of the unique integrated complex system that is the Earth. The book also describes the many actions each of us can choose to take across sectors and within the finite planetary boundaries and cultural context, to reverse and reduce the current risks to a minimum and to remain healthy. An important read!' Agnes Binagwaho, Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda'A brilliant book: Planetary Health, defined by founders of the field.' Tony Capon, Monash University, Victoria'A splendid and important piece of work. Andy Haines and Howard Frumkin have, over many decades, led the world in the understanding of the relationships between environment and health. In this crucially important book, they show how our destructive behaviour, on a huge scale, has undermined our environment in ways that foster pandemics and infectious diseases, and which profoundly damage our physical and mental health. They also show, through careful and evidence-based analysis, how we can transform how we live, work, and consume to not only restore our environment but also live in much healthier and more enjoyable ways.' Lord Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics'Wow! If you want state-of-the-art knowledge on humanity's future on Earth - here it is! From the depths of the great acceleration, tipping points and inequity, to transformative pathways, global justice and our grand prize - planetary health. Read it and you're equipped to navigate the Anthropocene.' Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute Climate Impact Research, and co-Chair of Future Earth'Focusing on potential solutions, the authors emphasize the integration of knowledge from different disciplinary and geographic perspectives to advance understanding. They cite at least 1,618 timely and scholarly sources, and dozens of tables, charts, and graphs enhance the text. Helpful chapter conclusions and the detailed index make this an excellent teaching tool … Essential. ' A. S. Ricker, Choice ConnectTable of Contents1. Our Changing Planet; 2. Climate Change; 3. Pollution, Land Use, Biodiversity, and Health; 4. Assessing Vulnerability and Risk in the Anthropocene Epoch; 5. Adaptation and Resilience to Planetary Change; 6. Addressing Conceptual, Knowledge and Implementation Challenges; 7. Health in the Sustainable Development Goals; 8. Transforming Energy and Industry: Toward a Net-zero Circular Economy for Health; 9. Sustaining Urban Health in the Anthropocene Epoch; 10. Food Systems and Land Use; 11. The Role of Health Professionals in Fostering Planetary Health; 12. Sustaining Planetary Health in the Anthropocene; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary volume revisits Adorno's lesser-known work, Minima Moralia, and makes the case for its application to the most urgent concerns of the 21st century. Contributing authors situate Adorno at the heart of contemporary debates on the ecological crisis, the changing nature of work, the idea of utopia, and the rise of fascism. Exploring the role of critical pedagogy in shaping responses to fascistic regimes, alongside discussions of extractive economies and the need for leisure under increasingly precarious working conditions, this volume makes new connections between Minima Moralia and critical theory today. Another line of focus is the aphoristic style of Minima Moralia and its connection to Adorno's wider commitment to small and minor literary forms, which enable capitalist critique to be both subversive and poetic. This critique is further located in Adorno's discussion of a utopia that is reliant on complete rejection of the totalising system Trade ReviewThis compelling collection on Adorno’s aphoristic masterwork snaps it into contemporary focus with a range of essays addressing ‘damaged life’ in the present, from the resurgence of fascism in politics to the colonisation of life by work and the escalation of ecological violence. Adorno, it turns out, has been waiting for us in the twenty-first century. * Nicholas Lawrence, University of Warwick, UK *Minima Moralia is the exquisite entrée into Adorno’s thought: intense aphorisms that quietly juxtapose and interweave autobiographical reflection, miniatures of sociological critique, and philosophical analysis. The essays in Filar and Irr’s volume are the perfect companion for contemporary readers, pointedly focusing on the bond between the textures of ordinary life and fascism; animality, racism, and anthropocentrism; aphorisms as artwork-like modes of writing that resist the calls instrumental reason and capitalist exchange; and Adorno’s “reflections from damaged life” as the agonized adumbration of life in the Anthropocene. Together these essays reveal Adorno as a challenging and urgent contemporary. * Jay Bernstein, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research, USA *Table of ContentsForeword by Peter E. Gordon (Harvard University, USA) Introduction 1. An Adorno for the 21st Century: Introduction Caren Irr and and Diana Filar (Brandeis University, USA) Part I Thought After Fascism 2. Minima Moralia and the Contradictions of Post-War Pedagogy Jakob Norberg (Duke University, USA) 3. Breathtaking Leaps,” or from Doorknobs to Fascism Oshrat C. Silberbusch (author of Adorno’s Philosophy of the Nonidentical) Part II The Effects of the Aphorism 4. Gesture, Survival, Utopia: Adorno's Senses of Critique S.D. Chrostowska (York University, Canada) 5. Negative Dialectics, Negative Events: Aphoristic Knowledge as Melancholy Historicism in Theodor Adorno’s Minima Moralia Wyatt Sarafin (Harvard University, USA) Part III A Labor Theory of the Present 6. “The Whole of Life Must Look Like a Job”: Minima Moralia, Utopian Idleness, and the Capitalocene Clint Williamson (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 7. Self-Preservation, Self-Destruction Caleb Shaoning Fridell (CUNY, USA) Part IV Adorno’s Ecology 8. Adorno and Animality After Auschwitz Andrea Dara Cooper (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA) 9. Living with Damage: Adorno in the Anthropocene Caren Irr (Brandeis University, USA) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIs climate catastrophe inevitable? In a world of extreme inequality, rising nationalism and mounting carbon emissions, the future looks gloomy. Yet one group of environmentalists, the ‘ecomodernists’, are optimistic. They argue that technological innovation and universal human development hold the keys to an ecologically vibrant future. However, this perspective, which advocates fighting climate change with all available technologies – including nuclear power, synthetic biology and others not yet invented – is deeply controversial because it rejects the Green movement’s calls for greater harmony with nature. In this book, Jonathan Symons offers a qualified defence of the ecomodernist vision. Ecomodernism, he explains, is neither as radical or reactionary as its critics claim, but belongs in the social democratic tradition, promoting a third way between laissez-faire and anti-capitalism. Critiquing and extending ecomodernist ideas, Symons argues that states should defend against climate threats through transformative investments in technological innovation. A good Anthropocene is still possible – but only if we double down on science and humanism to push beyond the limits to growth.Trade Review‘A valuable and timely contribution to the study of environmentalism. Given the seriousness of global climate change, this book provides a window into how ecomodernism fits within the broader framework of contemporary environmental thought.’Jennifer Moore Bernstein, University of Southern California ‘This book is a much-needed corrective to the misconception of ecomodernism as neoliberal techno-optimism. Symons locates ecomodernism firmly within the tradition and logic of social democracy by advancing its most urgent, practical argument – that state-directed low-carbon innovation must be at the heart of our climate response.’Steve Rayner, University of Oxford‘an upbeat perspective on what might be possible when climate emergency management focuses on state-led innovation and universal development.’ Financial AdviserTable of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: The Thirty Years Crisis Chapter 2: Ecomodernism and its Critics Chapter 3: Assessing the Technological Challenge Chapter 4: The Politics of Low-Carbon Innovation Chapter 5: Human Flourishing Amid Climate Harms Chapter 6: Global Social Democracy and Geoengineering Justice Conclusion: Climate and its Metaphors Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWhat is it like to have a baby in climate crisis? This book explores the experiences of pregnant women and their partners, pre- and post-birth, during the catastrophic Australian bushfire season of 2019-20 and the subsequent COVID-19 pandemic. Engaging a range of concepts, including the Pyrocene, breath, care and embodiment, the authors explore how climate crisis is changing experiences of having children. They also raise questions about how gender and sexuality are shaped by histories of human engagements with fire. This interdisciplinary analysis brings feminist and queer questions about reproduction and kin into debates on contemporary planetary crises.Table of ContentsInterleave 1 1 Reproducing in Climate Crisis Interleave 2 2. Methods in Crisis Interleave 3 3. Breath, Breathing and 'Mum-Guilt' Interleave 4 4. Smoke, Machines and Public Health Interleave 5 5. Kin, Care and Crises Interleave 6 6. Pyro-Reproductive Futures Interleave 7 7. Making Bushfire Babies

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Book SynopsisThis first volume in green criminology devoted to gender investigates gendered patterns to offending, victimisation and environmental harms. It includes feminist and intersectional analysis, and original case studies from the Global North and Global South. The book also examines actions that have been taken in response to gendered crimes and harms, together with insights on the gendered nature of resistance. The collection advances debate on green crimes, environmental harm and climate change, and will inspire students and researchers to foreground gender in debates about reducing and transforming the challenges affecting our planet’s future.Table of Contents1. Why Gendering Green Criminology Matters - Emma Milne, Pamela Davies, James Heydon, Kay Peggs, and Tanya Wyatt Part 1: Gendered Nature of Green Crimes and Environmental Harm 2. Eco-feminism and the Gendering Green Criminology Project - Pamela Davies 3. New Directions Please! Veganising Green Criminology - Kay Peggs 4. Men and the Climate Crisis: Why Masculinities Matter for Green Criminology - Stephen R. Burrell 5. Reconceptualising Gendered Dimensions of Illegal Wildlife Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa through Legal, Policy and Programmatic Means - Helen U. Agu, Josiah C. Ogbuka and Meredith L. Gore 6. The Attitudes of People with Different Gender Identities and Different Perceptions of Gender Roles towards Nonhuman Animals and Their Welfare - Aphra Hope-Forest, Ekaterina Gladkova and Tanya Wyatt Part 2: Gendered Impacts and Victimisation 7. Queering Green Criminology: The Impacts of Zoonotic Diseases on the LGBTQ Community - Laurence Pedroni and Benja Kromash 8. Women and the Structural Violence of ‘Fast-Fashion’ Global Production: Victimisation, Poorcide and Environmental Harms - Sandya Hewamanne and Nigel South 9. Green Victims of the International Waste Industry: An Analysis from a Gender Perspective - María-Ángeles Fuentes-Loureiro 10. The Green Road Project and Women’s Green Victimisation in Turkey - Halil Ibrahim Bahar 11. ‘Daughters of Dust’: An Eco-Feminist Analysis of Debt-for-Nature Swaps and Underage Marriage in Indonesia - Delon Alain Omrow Part 3: Resistance 12. Women’s Experiences of Environmental Harm in Colombia: Learning from Black, Decolonial and Indigenous Communitarian Feminisms - Daniela Suárez Vargas and Rachel Killean 13. Vegan Feminism Then and Now: Women’s Resistance to Legalised Speciesism Across Three Waves of Activism - Corey Lee Wrenn and Lynda M. Korimboccus 14. ‘To Preserve and Promote’: Gendering Harm in Green Cultural Criminology - Angeline Marie Letourneau 15. David and Goliath: Exploring the Male Burdens of Patriarchal Capitalism - Rob White

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Book Synopsis"A former Environmental Protection Agency attorney delivers an impassioned plea to fight pollution and climate change. Timely and engaging; a heroic environmental story well told." - Kirkus Book Review, April 22, 2020 (50th Anniversary of Earth Day)               "Written both as a historic record and ''how to'' guide aimed at inspiring change makers, this unvarnished and timely depiction from 1980 to today has something to offer readers of any age or ilk. Emory pulls back the curtain to expose the inner workings of the federal government and the EPA. He dives into the data-historic indicators, scientific and economic data, and policy choices-as well as humorously illustrating his forays abroad and his courtroom adventures. He tells the story of rampant pollution and how the US has fallen so far behind in its response to climate change and transition to clean energy. Emory has faith in forthcoming environmentalists, and his solutions-oriented presentation of the facts makes complex, cross-sector challenges feel within our grasp." - Fiona Gordon, published in Maine Environment newsletter of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (Augusta, Maine, spring & summer 2020)"This hybrid that is a must-read memoir and climate change book is NOT another dry treatise or one-sided, unbalanced diatribe. Richard Emory has written a very thoroughly knowledgeable and realistic account of the truth about EPA and how to fight pollution. He weaves in wonderful personal climate change stories and anecdotes about successes and failures of environmental policies enacted in the U.S. and other countries and how national attitudes have affected climate change & EPA''s mission. Young people will be inspired to learn how to protect our environment." - David Katz, retired Assistant United States Attorney *  *  *  * *With the election of President Biden and a new Congress, America is rejoining the Western world that sees the need for the U.S. to revive its EPA, formulate a "Green New Deal," and restore U.S. global leadership within the Paris Climate Accord.Fighting Pollution and Climate Change is a must-read memoir by Richard W. Emory, Jr., our nation''s former top legal advisor to all EPA federal special agents. Emory witnessed how the U.S Department of Justice failed to effectively prosecute crimes of pollution. He became a whistleblower when interviewed by Congress that was investigating reports of mishandled pollution cases. In the second half of his career, working within EPA''s foreign assistance mission, to the waiting world he helped spread effective measures for pollution control and for the implementation of global environmental treaties.Fighting Pollution and Climate Change is a "page-turner" - you will laugh, you will cry, but you won''t be bored. You will learn the truth about U.S. and international successes and failures in the fight against air, water, pesticides and toxic-waste pollution. You''ll be encouraged by his insider perspective as he tells how to protect the climate using today''s technologies and EPA''s proven policies. Who will benefit from this important environmental book?Aspiring environmental activists - both young and old - who want to learn how to fight pollution and take action on climate changeLovers of memoirs and nature, who will be touched by one individual''s adventures in the exciting work of pollution control that can and must be expanded to climate protectionGlobal leaders and movements prepared to face the next chapter of unifying our world under a much stronger agenda to heal the Earth and protect our planet

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Book SynopsisFor some, recycling is a big business; for others a moralised way of engaging with the world. But, for many, this is a dangerous way of earning a living. With scrap now being the largest export category from the US to China, the sheer scale of this global trade has not yet been clearly identified or analysed. Combining fine-grained ethnographic analysis with overviews of international material flows, Economies of Recycling radically changes the way we understand global and local economies as well as the new social relations and identities created by recycling processes. Following global material chains, this groundbreaking book reveals astonishing connections between persons, households, cities and global regions as objects are reworked, taken to pieces and traded. With case studies from Africa, Latin America, South Asia, China, the former Soviet Union, North America and Europe, this timely collection debunks common linear understandings of production, exchange and consumption and argues for a complete re-evaluation of North-South economic relationships.Trade ReviewIn this superb collection, what had been dismissed as mere waste or simple recycling is found to be immensely productive in the creation of a second tranche of commodities, complex labour relations, new global linkages, the creation of value and highly sophisticated analysis and theory. Only from this point can debate on these topics be genuinely called informed. * Daniel Miller, Professor of Material Culture, University College London *Garbage dumps in Rio, textile recycling in northern India, mountains of discarded IT equipment in China, global circulations of uranium: this remarkable collection really lifts the lid on the global sociologies, politics and geographies of waste and recycling - in their widest possible sense. The result is an unprecedented richness in understanding how the recycled use of all manner of materials work to sustain large swathes of our world and why this matters fundamentally for our planet's future. A genuine Tour de Force! * Stephen Graham, Professor of Cities and Society, Newcastle University *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Catherine Alexander and Joshua Reno Section One: Global waste flows 1. Shoddy rags and relief blankets: perceptions of textile recycling in north India - Lucy Norris 2. Death, the Phoenix and Pandora: transforming things and values in Bangladesh - Mike Crang, Ni cky Gregson, Farid Ahamed, Raihana Ferdous and Nasreen Akhter 3. One cycle to bind them all? Geographies of nuclearity in the uranium fuel cycle - Romain Garcier 4. The shadow of the global network: e-waste flows to China - Xin Tong, Jici Wang Section Two: The ethics of waste labour 5. Devaluing the dirty work: gendered trash work in participatory Dakar - Rosalind Fredericks 6. Stitching curtains, grinding plastic: social and material transformation in Buenos Aires - Karen Ann Faulk 7. Trash ties: urban politics, economic crisis and Rio de Janeiro's garbage dump - Kathleen M. Millar 8. Sympathy and its boundaries: necropolitics, labour and waste on the Hooghly river - Laura Bear Section Three: Traces of former lives 9. 'No junk for Jesus': redemptive economies and value conversions in Lutheran medical aid - Britt Halvorson 10. Evident excess: material deposits and narcotics surveillance in the USA - Joshua Reno 11. Remont: works in progress - Catherine Alexander Afterword - David Graeber

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Book Synopsis'a true gem' —London Naturalist 'I love this book' —Nick Baker The author completes the book with an identification guide to dung itself, so that you can identify the animal that left it behind. Pellets or pats? Scats, spraints, frass, guano, spoor learn your way around different species droppings. There's also a dung-feeder s identification guide that includes the species you re most likely to encounter on an exploration of the dung heap. Journey through the digestive systems of humans, farm and wild animals, and meet some of nature’s ultimate recyclers as they eat, breed in and compete for dung. The fall of bodily waste onto the ground is the start of a race against the clock as a multitude of dung-feeders and scavengers consume this rich food source. From the enigmatic dung-rolling beetles to bat guano and giant elephant droppings, dung creates a miniature ecosystem to be explored by the aspiring dung watcher. The author completes the book with an identification guide to dung itself, so that you can identify the animal that left it behind. Pellets or pats? Scats, spraints, frass, guano, spoor – learn your way around different species’ droppings. There’s also a dung-feeder’s identification guide that includes the species you’re most likely to encounter on an exploration of the dung heap.Trade Review... an exquisitely written and outstandingly articulated book, which offers captivating insights that are of relevance to established ecologists, students of biological sciences, and the general public interested in the workings of the natural world. -- Jessica Dawson & Deena Pillay * Quarterly Review of Biology *In this friendly yet informative look at an under-appreciated ecosystem, Jones skillfully introduces a world of sperm competition and game theory that doesn’t lose sight of the charisma of his vast cast of invertebrates. There is even a field guide for newbie dropping-spotters. -- Jules Howard * BBC Wildlife Magazine *Not since Miss Felicity Beedles’ World of Poo (Pratchet 2012) have I enjoyed reading a book so much. Written in a light hearted manner with ecological concepts interspersed with natural history and personal experiences, this book is both informative and engaging. -- Darren Mann * Journal of Insect Conservation *A hyena’s is white; an otter’s smells of violets. Dung, reveals entomologist Richard Jones in this deft treatise, is a wonder of the biosphere. Jones is a witty guide to the mammalian digestive tract, animal waste as an ecological resource and the scores of insects that live in or on excrement, including the hulking Pride of Kent (rare rove beetle Emus hirtus). -- Barbara Kiser * Nature *[Jones] focuses on a host of species that rely on dung – including ‘cuckoo’ beetles and predators that exploit dung to catch prey – and looks at species used daily by humans to break up our own waste. There are fantastic facts about dung being used as a building material, insect repellent and in ‘poo wars’. Ancient Egyptians famously worshipped the ‘scarab’ beetle and crafted jewellery depicting the insect, some dating back 4,000 years. Final chapters cover dung identification, dung inhabitants and a dung dictionary. An amazing book – don’t be put off by its title. -- John Miles * Countryfile *Anyone with an interest in natural history and entomologists, particularly coleopterists and dipterists, will enjoy this book. The style is engaging and easy to read, not becoming bogged down in too much science, although importantly it is well referenced making it easy to research further if you wish. It is a shame there are no colour illustrations or photographs, but that does keep the cost down to a very reasonable price. I hope it will inspire more naturalists to get ‘stuck in’ to the world of dung! -- Victoria Burton * Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists’ Society *I must say that when I was asked by the editor if I would consider reviewing this publication, I approached it with some considerable apprehension, for apart from not feeling qualified not being a coleopterist I was asking myself how can a book of around 300 pages be compiled on the subject of excrement; in the event I have been pleasantly surprised.... This is a most thought-provoking, well-researched, well-illustrated and informative book full of interesting facts by a well-known author who knows his subject and whilst obviously appealing to the dedicated coleopterist or dipterist it also cannot help but be appreciated by the general entomologist. Crap it most certainly is not - but be careful where you put your foot!!! Enjoy. -- John W. Phillips * British Journal of Entomology and Natural History *Overall, Call of Nature is an interesting voyage of exploration from the formation of one animal’s waste to its essential role in creating new life for others. This book would make a great addition to any entomologist's bookshelf and a thought-provoking read for anyone simply curious about crap. I'm just glad it's not scratch-and-sniff. -- Alex Evans * Biosphere Magazine *Call of Nature is an eloquent review of what is currently known of the biology of insects in dung. The authors sense of humour bubbles to the surface throughout the text offering an often mischievous counterpoint to the biology under discussion. Here is a book that may even render dung an acceptable topic in polite conversation. It is a must for anyone with an interest in the natural world who does not mind getting their fingers warm and fragrant. -- Peter Smithers * Antenna *The language used is user-friendly; this is scientific education by stealth and I fully approve. I picked it up intending only to glance at it before reviewing it later, but I could not put it down! I finished the full 292 pages at that first sitting and ended up wishing that the book might have been even longer. It is an absolute MUST for all entomologists whatever their chosen group and it is certain to be enjoyed also by others whose lives are blighted by having an entomologist as a life partner. I suspect that it will probably also attract friends, neighbours, tradesmen and most others if left lying around like flies around...! -- Colin W. Plant * Entomologist’s Record *General readers may not think there'd be much to say about the subject; but as entomologist Richard Jones proves, there's actually quite a lot to learn about, whether discussing dung beetles or elephants. A lively tone pairs with detailed scientific facts and research in a surprisingly compelling survey which many will pick up for its shock value, only to find its details unexpectedly engrossing. -- Diane Donovan * California Bookwatch *This book is a true gem and one that opened up a whole new world of natural history to me.... a ‘best practice’ example of scientific writing. -- Clive Herbert * London Naturalist *In this friendly yet informative look at an under-appreciated ecosystem, Jones skilfully introduces a world of sperm competition and game theory that doesn’t lose sight of the charisma of his vast cast of invertebrates. -- Jules Howard * BBC Wildlife *Table of Contents1 Introduction – what is dung? 2 Cleanliness is next to fastidiousness – the human obsession with sewage 3 Waste not – dung as a human resource 4 It’s worth fighting over – dung as a valuable ecological resource 5 Dung communities – interactions and conflicts 6 The evolution of dung feeding – where did it all begin? 7 A closer look – who lives in dung? 8 Cross section of a dung pat – a slice of coprophagous life 9 The ageing process – time line of a dung pat 10 Dung problems – the end of world ordure as we know it 11 Dung types – an identification guide 12 Dung inhabitants and dung feeders – a rogues’ gallery 13 Dung is a four-letter word – a scatological dictionary References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book, the first of its kind, seeks to demonstrate how ‘SDG15 - Life on Land’ can be implemented through effective biodiversity management, mainstreaming strategies and proposing solutions to achieve and consolidate the goals. The book will be of great interest to natural resource policy makers, scholars and students of natural resources, development studies and sustainable development, as well as those engaged in international climate change discourse and non-government organisations. Drawing on experienced faculty scientists who are experts in natural resource governance issues in a wide variety of fields ranging from forestry, biodiversity conservation policy to climate change, this work proposes solutions to achieve and consolidate SDG15. Delving into SDG15 targets and indicators, drawing on examples from across the regions to give a truly global policy perspective, and understanding the significance of the forest ecosystem as the foundation for sustainable development, the authors demonstrate how SDG15 can and will be an appropriate tool for mainstreaming biodiversity across the policy sectors of governance. Concise Guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals comprises 17 short books, each examining one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The series provides an integrated assessment of the SDGs from economic, legal, social, environmental and cultural perspectivesTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and ‘SDG15 Life on Land’ Chapter 2. Foundations of ‘SDG15 Life on Land’: Earth, Forests and Biodiversity Chapter 3. Essentials of ‘SDG15 Life on Land’ for Achieving the Targets: An Integrated Perspective for Progress Chapter 4. Drivers of Change for ‘SDG15 Life on Land’ Chapter 5. Plausible Solutions with Reference to ‘SDG15 Life on Land’ Towards an Effective Biodiversity Management

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Book SynopsisNearly 1.6 billion people worldwide are living in inadequate conditions, according to a recent United Nations report. Local authorities are running out of ways to tackle the increasing challenges of affordable housing. In South Africa, this issue is compounded by historical apartheid and spatial segregation. However, mixed-income housing has proven an effective strategy for alleviating the concentrated poverty that marginalizes certain communities. Functioning as a toolkit for inclusive urban planning, Mixed-Income Housing Development Planning Strategies and Frameworks in the Global South evaluates how this framework meets specific socio-economic goals as opposed taking a broad overview of development. Exploring the relevant policies, planning, and legislation that have guided human settlements in South Africa, the authors consider how best to combat residential segregation, informal settlements, and the exclusive allocation of public housing units to the poorest of the poor. Additional case studies from the USA, Australia, Netherlands, Brazil, Nigeria, Botswana, and Ghana compare emerging building strategies and their benefits, including spatial integration, improved access to social services and other infrastructure, and the promotion of local economic development (LED). Mixed-income housing development has been described as the only way to confront increasing urban poverty and segregation in our built environment. Analysing past projects and focusing on future trends and trajectories, this book acts as both a model for understanding the planning and management of this framework, and a foundation for future research.Table of ContentsForeword; Smart N. Uchegbu Chapter 1. Introduction and Background Chapter 2. Meaning, Goals and Implications of Mixed-Income Housing Development Chapter 3. Mixed Income Housing Development Research Theories and Concepts Chapter 4. Philosophical Perspectives Guiding Housing Research Chapter 5. Mixed Income Housing Development in Developed Nations Chapter 6. Mixed-Income Housing Development Model in Developing Nations Chapter 7. South African Housing Policy and Legislative Framework Chapter 8. The Use of Delphi Study in Mixed Income Housing Development Chapter 9. Case Study Area, Cosmo City Johannesburg Chapter 10. Mixed-Income Housing Development Framework for South Africa and Global South Chapter 11. Outcome of the Mixed Income Housing Development Framework Findings and Results

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Book SynopsisIn his book, The Monster at Our Door, the renowned activist and author Mike Davis warned of a coming global threat of viral catastrophes. Now in this expanded edition of that 2005 book, Davis explains how the problems he warned of remain, and he sets the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of previous disastrous outbreaks, notably the 1918 influenza disaster that killed at least forty million people in three months and the Avian flu of a decade and a half ago. In language both accessible and authoritative, The Monster Enters surveys the scientific and political roots of today's viral apocalypse. In doing so it exposes the key roles of agribusiness and the fast-food industries, abetted by corrupt governments and a capitalist global system careening out of control, in creating the ecological pre-conditions for a plague that has brought much of human existence to a juddering halt.Trade ReviewMike Davis's The Monster at our Door...gives me everything that the news cycle doesn't: a sense of the interconnected forces and the history that set us up for what we're experiencing. -- Molly Dektar * Vogue *[A] tour de force... Read Mike Davis' new updated book before the monster rebounds and we spiral down again. * Counterpunch *Provocative and controversial, as always, and a worthy addition to the literature of plague and pestilence. * Kirkus Reviews *

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