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  • Accumulation

    The Material Politics of Plastic

    Modifié par Jennifer Gabrys, Gay Hawkins, Mike Michael ...
    Collections series CRESC
    From food punnets to credit cards, plastic facilitates every part of our daily lives. It has become central to processes of contemporary socio-material living. Universalised and abstracted, it is often treated as the passive object of political deliberations, or a problematic material demanding human management. But in what ways might a 'politics of plastics' deal with both its specific ... En savoir plus

    $117.99 CAD

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  • Ecosystem Ecology

    A New Synthesis

    Modifié par David G. Raffaelli, Christopher L. J. Frid ...
    Collections series Ecological Reviews
    What can ecological science contribute to the sustainable management and conservation of the natural systems that underpin human well-being? Bridging the natural, physical and social sciences, this book shows how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach to environmental management. The authors recognise that ecosystems are rich in linkages between biophysical and social ... En savoir plus

    $55.99 CAD

  • The Dominant Animal

    Human Evolution and the Environment

    par Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich ...
    In humanity’s more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it. In short, we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a world that threatens our own species? What can we do to change the current trajectory toward more climate change, increased famine, and ... En savoir plus

    $62.99 CAD

  • Global Ecology

    Environmental Change and Social Flexibility

    par Vaclav Smil ...
    The magnitude and rapidity of global environmental change threatens the perpetuation of life on Earth. Many aspects of this crisis are familiar to us - the destruction of tropical rainforests, the hole in the Antarctic ozone, desertification, soil erosion - yet we avoid the underlying challenge of a rapidly deteriorating ecological system and the breadth and complexity of responses demanded ... En savoir plus

    $119.99 CAD

  • Too Smart for our Own Good

    The Ecological Predicament of Humankind

    par Craig Dilworth ...
    We are destroying our natural environment at a constantly increasing pace, and in so doing undermining the preconditions of our own existence. Why is this so? This book reveals that our ecologically disruptive behaviour is in fact rooted in our very nature as a species. Drawing on evolution theory, biology, anthropology, archaeology, economics, environmental science and history, this book explains ... En savoir plus

    $71.99 CAD

  • Design for Sustainability

    A Sourcebook of Integrated Ecological Solutions

    par Janis Birkeland ...
    With radical and innovative design solutions, everyone could be living in buildings and settlements that are more like gardens than cargo containers, and that purify air and water, generate energy, treat sewage and produce food - at lower cost. Birkeland introduces systems design thinking that cuts across academic and professional boundaries and the divide between social and physical sciences to ... En savoir plus

    $104.99 CAD

  • Understanding Environmental Issues

    Modifié par Susan Buckingham, Mike Turner ...
    "Understanding Environmental Issues provides an excellent foundation for developing critical thinking about contemporary environmental concerns and the ways in which these are debated, represented and managed. The book should achieve its aim of stimulating students to engage with how ideas of sustainability and environmental justice can be applied both in policy and in practical action."- Gordon ... En savoir plus

    $117.99 CAD

  • Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty

    Environmental Politics, Technoscience, and Women Workers

    par M. Murphy ...
    Before 1980, sick building syndrome did not exist. By the 1990s, it was among the most commonly investigated occupational health problems in the United States. Afflicted by headaches, rashes, and immune system disorders, office workers—mostly women—protested that their workplaces were filled with toxic hazards; yet federal investigators could detect no chemical cause. This richly detailed history ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • Applied Ethnobotany

    People, Wild Plant Use and Conservation

    Modifié par Anthony B. Cunningham ...
    Collections series People and Plants International Conservation
    Its wise and sensitive approach to working with local people will be relevant in situations throughout the world.'ECOS'The numerous diagrams, tables of data, information flow charts, fieldwork sketches etc. give a great vibrancy to the work... It deserves a wide readership.'TEG NewsWild or non-cultivated plants are crucial to the lives of a large portion of the world's population, providing low ... En savoir plus

    $104.99 CAD

  • Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry

    Modifié par Francesco Ferrini, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Alessio Fini ...
    Collections series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    More than half the world's population now lives in cities. Creating sustainable, healthy and aesthetic urban environments is therefore a major policy goal and research agenda. This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of the state of the art and science of urban forestry.It describes the multiple roles and benefits of urban green areas in general and the specific role of trees, ... En savoir plus

    $100.99 CAD

  • Sustainability

    A Biological Perspective

    par Stephen Morse ...
    Encouraging students to engage in the challenges and complexity of sustainability, this text considers not only the theories underlying sustainability, but more importantly how theories are translated into practice and the difficulties of achieving this in the world in which we live. This pragmatic focus gives students a greater understanding of the practice of sustainability and highlights the ... En savoir plus

    $53.99 CAD

  • Human Dependence on Nature

    How to Help Solve the Environmental Crisis

    par Haydn Washington ...
    Humanity is dependent on Nature to survive, yet our society largely acts as if this is not the case. The energy that powers our very cells, the nutrients that make up our bodies, the ecosystem services that clean our water and air; these are all provided by the Nature from which we have evolved and of which we are a part. This book examines why we deny or ignore this dependence and what we can do ... En savoir plus

    $97.99 CAD