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“professor john warren”

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  • Nature of Crops, The

    How we came to eat the plants we do

    by Professor John Warren ...
    Have you ever wondered why we eat wheat, rice, potatoes and cassava? Why we routinely domesticate foodstuffs with the power to kill us, or why we chose almonds over acorns? Answering all these questions and more in a readable and friendly style, this book takes you on a journey through our history with crop plants. Arranged into recurrent themes in plant domestication, this book documents the ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • The Agri-Culture Wars

    The Science of Land Management in an Era of Misinformation

    by Professor John Warren ...
    As the global human population continues to grow, the competing demands we place on our planet are increasingly difficult to balance. Nowhere is this more evident than in our need to produce ever more food and energy without threatening the climate and the survival of other species. While decision making about land use was historically the concern of farmers and landowners, more recently land use ... Read more

    $92.19 USD

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  • Not the End of the World

    How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

    by Hannah Ritchie ...
    This "eye-opening and essential" book (Bill Gates) will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems—and explains how we can solve them.It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, and that we should reconsider ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Do We Need Pandas?

    The Uncomfortable Truth About Biodiversity

    by Ken Thompson ...
    How much do we really know about the species that make up the natural world?All over the world, biodiversity is gravely threatened – by overfishing, habitat destruction, pollution and climate change. Yet life on Earth has previously experienced five episodes of mass extinction, and nature has repeatedly proved itself to be a resilient, regenerative force.In this fascinating book, ecologist Dr. Ken ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Harvesting the Biosphere

    What We Have Taken from Nature

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production.The biosphere—the Earth's thin layer of life—dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Environmental Systems and Societies for the IB Diploma Study and Revision Guide

    Second edition

    by Andrew Davis, Garrett Nagle ...
    Series series Prepare for Success
    Exam Board: IBLevel: Standard levelSubject: Environmental Systems & SocietiesFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: Summer 2017Stretch your students to achieve their best grade with these year round course companions; providing clear and concise explanations of all syllabus requirements and topics, and practice questions to support and strengthen learning.</st... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Status of the World's Soil Resources. Technical Summary

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This document presents a summary of the first Status of the World's Soil Resources report, the goal of which is to make clear the essential connections between human well-being and the soil. The report provides a benchmark against which our collective progress to conserve this essential resource can be measured. The report synthesizes the work of some 200 soil scientists from 60 countries. It ... Read more

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  • The New Ecology

    Rethinking a Science for the Anthropocene

    by Oswald J. Schmitz ...
    How the science of ecology is changing to meet the daunting challenges of environmental sustainabilityOur species has transitioned from being one among millions on Earth to the species that is single-handedly transforming the entire planet to suit its own needs. In order to meet the daunting challenges of environmental sustainability in this epoch of human domination—known as the Anthropocene ... Read more

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  • Sustainability: All That Matters

    by Chris Goodall ...
    Series series All That Matters
    Today's generation has borrowed from the future by grabbing prosperity now and imposing the cost on the next generation.Award-winning writer and campaigner Chris Goodall argues that building a sustainable society is perhaps the greatest test that the world has ever faced.Here he provides the first coherent new explanation of what sustainability actually is before exploring nine key sustainability ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Plastics

    by Imari Walker-Franklin, Jenna Jambeck ...
    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    A comprehensive introduction to the plastics life cycle—the impacts on our lives, our future, and our planet—and the actions we can take.Everywhere we look, we are surrounded by plastics: perhaps you have a book in one hand and your phone—made of various metals, plastics, and glass—in the other, or you are reading this on your polyurethane mattress after having flipped on a plastic light switch. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Sustainability Principles and Practice

    by Margaret Robertson ...
    This eBook+ version includes the following enhancements:Collapsible boxes in the text providing further details, such as definitions, drivers and impacts, to demonstrate how the topics in the book have been incorporated into real-world examplesA comprehensive pop-up glossary encourages exploration of key concepts for students, helping to broaden their knowledge and understandingA series of ‘How-To ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Off-Grid Living: A Comprehensive Guide

    by Shawn Shepherd ...
    Off-Grid Living: A Comprehensive Guide is the definitive handbook on living off the grid. We refer to being disconnected from the public electrical grid as being "off the grid." The United States and Canada, as well as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and sections of Western Europe and the United Kingdom, are the focus of this book. I've gathered all I've learned about living off the grid ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus