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  • Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services

    Science, Policy and Practice

    Edited by Aletta Bonn, Tim Allott, Martin Evans, Hans Joosten, Rob Stoneman ...
    Series series Ecological Reviews
    Peatlands provide globally important ecosystem services through climate and water regulation or biodiversity conservation. While covering only 3% of the earth's surface, degrading peatlands are responsible for nearly a quarter of carbon emissions from the land use sector. Bringing together world-class experts from science, policy and practice to highlight and debate the importance of peatlands ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Soil Carbon

    Science, Management and Policy for Multiple Benefits

    by Dave Abson, Christiano Ballabio, Francesca Bampa, Andre Bationo, Niels Batjes, Martial Bernoux, Tapas Bhattacharyya, Daniel Buschiazzo, Carlos Eduardo Cerri, Rich Conant, Heitor L.C. Coutinho, Chris Duffy, Christian Feller, Roger Funk, Patrick Gicheru, Marty Goldhaber, Hans Joosten, Pierre-Alain Maron, Luca Montanarella, Generose Nziguheba, Genxing Pan, Unai Pascual, David Powlson, Pete Smith, Meine van Noordwijk, Bas van Wesemael, David Werner, Yongcun Zhao ...
    This book brings together the essential evidence and policy opportunities regarding the global importance of soil carbon for sustaining Earth's life support system for humanity. Covering the science and policy background for this important natural resource, it describes land management options that improve soil carbon status and therefore increase the benefits that humans derive from the ... Read more

    $86.99 CAD

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    A Step By Step Guide

    by Aranya ...
    This full colour book explains the design process and is based on course worksheets which have been designed, refined and tested on students over time. If you already have a basic knowledge of permaculture, from either reading another book or attending a course, then this guide is probably just what you need to build on your prior knowledge and put it into practical application. While it includes ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?

    How Money Really Does Grow on Trees

    by Tony Juniper ...
    During recent years, environmental debate worldwide has been dominated by climate change, carbon emissions and the greenhouse effect. But a number of academic, technical, political, business and NGO initiatives indicate the emergence of a new wave of environmental attention focused on “natural capital,†“ecosystem services†and “biodiversity,†things nature does for us. In What Has Nature ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

    by Henry David Thoreau ...
    The book is part memoir, part travelogue, and part philosophical reflection. Thoreau describes his experiences during the journey, including his encounters with people and his observations of nature. He also includes philosophical reflections on topics such as friendship, solitude, and the relationship between man and nature.Thoreau's writing style in "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Reshaping Environments

    An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World

    Edited by Helena Bender ...
    Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban planning, social sciences, engineering and environmental science to examine the diverse influences humans have upon the natural environment. This interdisciplinary approach presents multifaceted responses for complex environmental ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Urban Ecology

    Science of Cities

    by Richard T. T. Forman ...
    How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is ecology - including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations - spatially entwined with this great human enterprise? And how can we improve urban areas for both nature and people? Urban Ecology: Science of Cities explores the entire urban area: from streets, lawns, and parks to riversides, ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • Simple Prosperity

    Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle

    by David Wann ...
    In his bestseller Affluenza, David Wann and his co-authors diagnosed the debilitating disease of over-consumption. In Simple Prosperity he shows readers how we can overcome this disease by investing in a variety of real wealth sources. To recapture a more abundant and sustainable lifestyle, try:- Creating a richer life story through personal growth incentives- Forming higher-yield friendships and ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Sustainability Science

    by Bert J. M. de Vries ...
    Sustainable development is becoming the guiding principle for the twenty-first century. This textbook - based on the author's course and rigorously class-tested by his students - provides an introduction into patterns of past and present (un)sustainable development and into the emergence of the notion of sustainable development. It systematically surveys the key concepts, models and findings of ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • The Fertile Earth – Nature's Energies in Agriculture, Soil Fertilisation and Forestry

    Volume 3 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger's Eco-Technology Series

    by Viktor Schauberger ...
    Translated by Callum Coats ...
    How does nature work? When one looks closely at the enormously complex web of life, it is impossible not to be caught by the wonder of how all living things – including rocks and crystals – are interconnected. Just as there is thought behind action, so there is energy behind matter. The Fertile Earth, the third volume of the Eco-Technology series which presents the original, passionate and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Wastewater Gardener

    Preserving the Planet One Flush at a Time

    by Mark Nelson, PhD ...
    Mark Nelson, PhD, has worked for several decades in closed ecological systems research. As one of eight brave souls enclosed in the pioneering Biosphere 2 experiment for two years in 1991-1993, Nelson learned fi rst hand how essential the proper use of human waste is to the health of the planet. This realization, combined with his lifelong love aff air with constructed wetlands, led to the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Soils

    Genesis and Geomorphology

    by Michael L. Thompson, Randall J. Schaetzl ...
    In its first edition, Soils established itself as the leading textbook in the fields of pedology and soil geomorphology. Expanded and fully updated, this second edition maintains its highly organized and readable style. Suitable as a textbook and a research-grade reference, the book's introductory chapters in soil morphology, mineralogy, chemistry, physics and organisms prepare the reader for the ... Read more

    $101.99 CAD