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Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
epub |eng | 2010-06-23 | Author:Paul Greenberg

With fish, though, hope must always be put in context. Around the time of the North American cod crises and the passage of the Sustainable Fisheries Act, Daniel Pauly, known ...
( Category: Fisheries & Aquaculture April 19,2014 )
State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible? by The Worldwatch Institute
epub |eng | 2013-04-14 | Author:The Worldwatch Institute [The Worldwatch Institute]

Melissa Leach is a social anthropologist and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, United Kingdom. She directs the ESRC STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways ...
( Category: Environmental Science April 12,2014 )
Creating a Forest Garden by Crawford Martin
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2010-08-09 | Author:Crawford, Martin [Crawford, Martin]

Deciduous/Evergreen: E Zone: 8 Sun/shade preference: Shade tolerance: Performance rating: Fertility: SF This is the true Mediterranean myrtle – unrelated to the bayberries / wax myrtles, Myrica spp. Size: 0.6-2m ...
( Category: Organic April 4,2014 )
Stories in Stone by David B. Williams
epub |eng | 2009-10-28 | Author:David B. Williams

Some people say we should thank Mrs. O’Leary’s cow for the popularity of Salem Limestone. Legend holds that her bovine kicked over a bucket that started the 1871 fire that ...
( Category: Natural Resources March 27,2014 )
The Secret Knowledge of Water by Craig Childs
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-12-12 | Author:Craig Childs [Childs, Craig]

1st firefly at 7:45 many more by 7:49 dazzling by 7:54 Finally, in the dark, the gurgling sound of the creek became loud enough that the bottom of the canyon ...
( Category: Natural Resources March 27,2014 )
The Secret Life of Trees by Colin Tudge
epub |eng | 2006-03-26 | Author:Colin Tudge

Finally, the ten species of Nyssa are mostly ornamental but include the tupelo, N. aquatica and N. sylvatica, trees big enough to provide North Americans with railway sleepers. (Once Nyssa ...
( Category: Plants & Animals March 27,2014 )
The Ecological Rift: Capitalism's War on the Earth by Foster John Bellamy & Clark Brett & York Richard
epub |eng | 2011-11-01 | Author:Foster, John Bellamy & Clark, Brett & York, Richard [Foster, John Bellamy]

Navigating the Great Divide: Realism versus Constructionism From its first appearance in the mid-1970s until the 1990s, environmental sociology was characterized by “an almost universal commitment … to a realist ...
( Category: Ecology March 27,2014 )
Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday Things by Cy Tymony
epub |eng | 2009-03-25 | Author:Cy Tymony [Tymony, Cy]

FIGURE 6 FIGURE 7 FIGURE 8 FIGURE 9 SNEAKY GREEN TIP SHEET AND REMINDER CARD Although we try to be conscious of “green” living habits, we may not remember all ...
( Category: Environmentalism March 26,2014 )
Aquaponic Gardening by Sylvia Bernstein
epub |eng | 2011-09-30 | Author:Sylvia Bernstein

Biofilter for the solid waste In media-based aquaponics, the solid waste from the fish is pumped into the grow beds along with the liquid waste. This is then broken down ...
( Category: Fisheries & Aquaculture March 26,2014 )
The Pencil by Henry Petroski
epub |eng | 2011-01-04 | Author:Henry Petroski [Petroski, Henry]

Two ways of shaping triangular pencils from leaded slats, showing the practical way to be wasteful of wood (photo credit 14.1) While machines might be efficient for making pencils, during ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry March 26,2014 )
THE STORY OF STUFF by Annie Leonard
epub, pdf |eng | 2010-03-25 | Author:Annie Leonard

The New Economics Foundation, the think tank that produces the annual Happy Planet Index, explains that “it is possible to live long, happy lives with a much smaller ecological footprint ...
( Category: Environmental Economics March 26,2014 )
Trawler by Redmond O'Hanlon
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-05-12 | Author:Redmond O'Hanlon

SOMEONE TURNED the light on; Sean had turned the light on: “Up ye get, boys! Ye’ve had a whole eight hours! And the storm’s gone—there’s yer heavy swell up there ...
( Category: Oceanography March 25,2014 )
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 2011-04-05 | Author:Philip Connors

3 June Man always kills the thing he loves, and so we the pioneers have killed our wilderness. Some say we had to. Be that as it may, I am ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry March 25,2014 )
The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski
mobi, epub |eng | 1989-01-02 | Author:Henry Petroski

Two ways of shaping triangular pencils from leaded slats, showing the practical way to be wasteful of wood (photo credit 14.1) While machines might be efficient for making pencils, during ...
( Category: Industrial Design March 25,2014 )
Now or Never: Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future by Tim Flannery
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-12-03 | Author:Tim Flannery

As of early 2008, humanity had just thirty-seven days' worth of grain supply in reserve. It's been said that the ancient Romans had a more generous buffer against famine. As ...
( Category: Environmental March 25,2014 )

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