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  • Stitching the West Back Together

    Conservation of Working Landscapes

    Edited by Susan Charnley, Thomas E. Sheridan, Gary P. Nabhan ...
    Series series Summits: Environmental Science, Law, and Policy
    News headlines would often have us believe that conservationists are inevitably locked in conflict with the people who live and work on the lands they seek to protect. Not so. Across the western expanses of the United States, conservationists, ranchers, and forest workers are bucking preconceptions to establish common ground. As they join together to protect the wide open spaces, diverse habitats, ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Nontimber Forest Products in the United States

    by Susan Charnley ...
    Series series Development of Western Resources
    A quiet revolution is taking place in America’s forests. Once seen primarily as stands of timber, our woodlands are now prized as a rich source of a wide range of commodities, from wild mushrooms and maple sugar to hundreds of medicinal plants whose uses have only begun to be fully realized. Now as timber harvesting becomes more mechanized and requires less labor, the image of the lumberjack is ... Read more

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  • The Ethics of What We Eat

    Why Our Food Choices Matter

    by Peter Singer, Jim Mason ...
    Peter Singer, the groundbreaking ethicist whom The New Yorker calls the most influential philosopher alive teams up again with Jim Mason, his coauthor on the acclaimed Animal Factories, to set their critical sights on the food we buy and eat: where it comes from, how it is produced, and whether it was raised humanely.The Ethics of What We Eat explores the impact our food choices have on humans, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • More Good News

    Real Solutions to the Global Eco-Crisis

    by David Suzuki, Holly Dressel ...
    In this edition of their bestseller, the sequel to the best-selling Good News for a Change, authors David Suzuki and Holly Dressel provide the latest inspiring stories about individuals, groups, and businesses that are making real change in the world. More Good News features the most up-to-date information about critical subjects, such as energy and the economy, not covered in the previous edition ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Running Out

    In Search of Water on the High Plains

    by Lucas Bessire ...
    Finalist for the National Book AwardAn intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartlandThe Ogallala aquifer has nourished life on the American Great Plains for millennia. But less than a century of unsustainable irrigation farming has taxed much of the aquifer beyond repair. The imminent depletion of the Ogallala and other aquifers around the world is a defining planetary crisis of ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

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  • Good News for a Change

    How everyday people are helping the planet

    by David Suzuki, Holly Dressel ...
    We all know the bad news. The natural systems that support our lives are in trouble. They are threatened by the population explosion around the globe, the unfettered escalation of technology and the seemingly insatiable hunger for consumption that is fuelling the destruction of our natural environment.But authors David Suzuki and Holly Dressel say there is hope yet for this troubled planet. The ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Biodiversity Planning and Design

    Sustainable Practices

    by Jack Ahern, Elizabeth Leduc, Mary Lee York, Landscape Architecture Foundation ...
    How do you measure biodiversity, and why should landscape architects and planners care? What are the essential issues, the clearest terminology, and the most effective methods for biodiversity planning and design? How can they play a role in biodiversity conservation in a manner compatible with other goals? These are critical questions that Jack Ahern, Elizabeth Leduc, and Mary Lee York answer in ... Read more

    $41.09 USD

  • This Is Hope: Green Vegans and the New Human Ecology

    How We Find Our Way to a Humane and Environmentally Sane Future

    by Will Anderson ...
    "This Is Hope" is a crossover book for self-identified environmentalists, species rights advocates, vegans and vegetarians, those dedicated to true sustainability, fish and wildlife "management" professionals, students of deep ecology, and those who want to know the biocentric solutions for our dietary, consumer, and reproductive choices. Over a span of three decades, I managed campaigns for ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Storm Warning

    Water and Climate Security in a Changing World

    by Robert William Sandford ...
    Human beings and industrial-based society are changing the composition of our planet’s atmosphere and causing it to warm at an unnatural and oftentimes astonishingly rapid rate. Much of that warmth is being absorbed by water, which as a result is moving through the global hydrological cycle faster and in unprecedented ways. A warmer atmosphere carries more water vapour, which means that as ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Lawn People

    How Grasses, Weeds, and Chemicals Make Us Who We Are

    by Paul Robbins ...
    For some people, their lawn is a source of pride, and for others, caring for their lawn is a chore. Yet for an increasing number of people, turf care is a cause of ecological anxiety. In Lawn People, author Paul Robbins, asks, "How did the needs of the grass come to be my own?" In his goal to get a clearer picture of why people and grasses do what they do, Robbins interviews homeowners about their ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources

    by Donald L. Grebner, Pete Bettinger, Jacek P. Siry ...
    Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources presents a broad overview of the profession of forestry. The book details several key fields within forestry, including forest health, economics, policy, utilization, and forestry careers. Chapters deal specifically with forest products and harvesting, recreation, wildlife habitats, tree anatomy and physiology, and ethics. These topics are ideal for ... Read more

    $71.09 USD

  • Design with the Desert

    Conservation and Sustainable Development

    Edited by Richard Malloy, John Brock, Anthony Floyd, Margaret Livingston, Robert H. Webb ...
    Typical development in the American Southwest often resulted in scraping the desert lands of the ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human-made and dependent on a large consumption of energy and natural resources. This transdisciplinary book explores the natural and built environment of this desert region and introduces development tools for shaping its future in a more ... Read more

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