epub |eng | 2012-10-23 | Author:John Hemming [Hemming, John]

CHAPTER SEVEN The Black Side of Rubber The rubber bonanza exacted a heavy price – but the victims were human, not environmental. Fortunately, tapping does not destroy rubber trees. Seringueiros’ ...

epub |eng | 2007-03-25 | Author:Martin Hill [Hill, Martin]

PETER PRICE-THOMAS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE NATURAL STEP U.K. PETER PRICE-THOMAS WORKS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THE NATURAL STEP (TNS), OF WHICH FORUM FOR THE FUTURE IS THE ...

epub |eng | 2011-07-21 | Author:John M. Marzluff [Marzluff, John M.]

Yet is it legitimate to think of a crow's caw as part of a "language"? The American Heritage Dictionary defines language as "any system of signs, symbols, etc., used for ...

epub |eng | 2009-11-10 | Author:Rowan Jacobsen

Almond pollen by itself is not a good food for bees . . . Bees require a balanced diet and to get this almost always require more than one kind ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-14 | Author:Susan Casey

Wherever peppy earthquake action meets ocean, there will be giant waves. Which means not only Alaska but the entire North American west coast is poised to produce them. If you ...

mobi |eng | 2009-02-24 | Author:David Quammen

Now we come to the question of human survival, a matter of some interest to many. We come to a certain fretful leap of logic that otherwise thoughtful observers seem ...

mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 1996-01-02 | Author:David Quammen

105 THESE CASES from Tasmania, Guam, Mauritius, and Hawaii are only a sample. Dozens more species, subspecies, and genetically discrete populations could be mentioned, all native to islands, all lost ...

mobi |eng | 2010-03-24 | Author:Bernd Heinrich

12 New England Longhorns 23 July 2005. TODAY I FOUND SEVERAL FOOT-LONG LIVE oak twigs on the ground under the tree I had planted about fifteen years ago next to ...

mobi |eng | 2007-07-16 | Author:Heinrich, Bernd [Heinrich, Bernd]

14 INSECTS: FROM THE DIVERSITY TO THE LIMITS It seems astounding to us that some frogs can survive months being frozen, or that a bird as small as a kinglet ...

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 ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2009-09-15 | Author:Ian McCallum

PART TWO LOOKING AHEAD Tonight I want you to feel the blurred edge between good and bad, to say no to the urge to look away or to take sides… ...

mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2010-05-17 | Author:Alan Weisman

5. Beyond the Farm Rothamsted research scientist Paul Poulton stands in November drizzle, knee-deep in holly, surrounded by what will be around after human cultivation ceases. Born just a few ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-06 | Author:David Abram

Despite a few thunderstorms last month, this land is dry—too dry. All around my home the piñon pines are desiccating and dying from the deepening drought. Most of the fish ...

mobi |eng | 2010-01-02 | Author:Martin Keogh; Michael Pollan; Barbara Kingsolver; Alice Walker; Howard Zinn

–Halldis Moren Vesaas Chameli Ardagh is one of the world’s leading pioneers on contemporary feminine spirituality. She is the director, founder, and senior teacher with the Awakening Women Institute. She ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2010-07-08 | Author:Jane Brox

12. Alone in the Dark They are pronounced overhauls ... the swift, simple, and inevitably supine gestures of dressing and of undressing, which, as is less true of any other ...