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Farewell, My Subaru by Doug Fine
epub |eng | 2008-03-24 | Author:Doug Fine

I thought my act was working, though I was not having fun. And this trapeze performance was just for the solar panel array to power the dang pump. I hadn’t ...
( Category: Sustainable Living August 22,2018 )
Born to Fish by Tim Gallagher
epub |eng | | Author:Tim Gallagher

* * * The Deerslayer With the money Greg was earning from his work in the electricians’ union, he started going on trout-fishing trips with his friend Bear Judkins from ...
( Category: Hunting & Fishing August 22,2018 )
Climate Change by HRH The Prince of Wales
epub |eng | 2016-11-29 | Author:HRH The Prince of Wales

Acid oceans As a further consequence of carbon dioxide pollution the oceans are rapidly becoming more acidic. Comparable rates of ocean acidification have not been seen for many millions of ...
( Category: Social Sciences August 21,2018 )
On the Ganges by George Black
epub |eng | | Author:George Black

THE SPECTACLE OF WOOD Sometimes, Pinku said, as the mourners wait for the flame to be lit and debate the purpose and meaning of life, you may hear a song ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 21,2018 )
The Imperiled Cutthroat by Greg French
epub |eng | 2016-08-19 | Author:Greg French

If mackinaw populations are so vulnerable, why, I wonder, isn’t the suppression program working in Yellowstone Lake? In About Trout, Behnke contradicted the idea that the lake’s native cutthroats and ...
( Category: Biological Sciences August 20,2018 )
This is South Africa by Peter Borchert
epub |eng | 2018-07-30 | Author:Peter Borchert

The caves at Sterkfontein (1) are the centrepiece of some 15 fossil sites that fall within the Cradle of Humankind, a World Heritage Site near Johannesburg. The caves, consisting of ...
( Category: Africa August 20,2018 )
Chance Particulars by Sara Mansfield Taber
epub |eng | 2018-08-19 | Author:Sara Mansfield Taber

SPECIFICITY, PRECISION, AND CONCRETE DETAIL Jot down, with as much exactitude as possible, the distinguishing details of the world around you. Use all your observational powers, bringing to bear the ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 20,2018 )
Life Everlasting by Bernd Heinrich
epub |eng | | Author:Bernd Heinrich

Fruit and flower scarabs. All but one of these cetoniines are from East Africa; the South American elephant beetle, Megasoma alphas (lower left), is shown in four views, male and ...
( Category: Biological Sciences August 18,2018 )
The Accidental Activist by Ball Matt
epub |eng | 2014-06-10 | Author:Ball, Matt [Ball, Matt]

Quoting Myself The Magic of Compounding Change from The Animal Activist's Handbook by Matt Ball and Bruce Friedrich 2009 Imagine that there are just 50,000 vegetarians right now (there are ...
( Category: Biological Sciences August 14,2018 )
The Carbon Code by Brett Favaro
epub |eng | | Author:Brett Favaro

PURCHASE COST The first challenge with current EVs is the initial cost of buying them. EVs targeted at the mass market are more expensive than an “equivalent” ICE car. For ...
( Category: Environment August 13,2018 )
Earth Calling by Ellen Gunter
epub |eng | 2014-04-21 | Author:Ellen Gunter [Gunter, Ellen]

The Dangers of Lost Seed Diversity The calamity that can ensue when our rich seed diversity is lost became painfully obvious in the 1840s during the time called the Great ...
( Category: Evolution August 12,2018 )
Beyond the War on Invasive Species by Tao Orion
epub |eng | 2015-06-09 | Author:Tao Orion

Everyone Gardens “We are all indigenous to this planet, this garden we are being called on by nature and history to reinhabit in good spirit. To restore the land one ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 12,2018 )
Rocks and Minerals by Chris Pellant
epub |eng | 2014-08-11 | Author:Chris Pellant

Group Native elements Composition Sb Crystal System Trigonal/hexagonal Habit Tabular or pseudo-cubic, acicular; massive, lamellar, granular Cleavage Perfect Fracture Uneven Specific Gravity 6.7 Hardness 3 to 3½ Colour Grey, silver-grey ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 12,2018 )
50 Ways to Save the Ocean by David Helvarg
epub |eng | | Author:David Helvarg

If no such a group operates in your area, start one with friends and neighbors. Begin by educating yourselves: contact some of the wetlands groups listed in the Resources directory ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 11,2018 )
1 Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China by Judith Shapiro
epub |eng | 2015-05-28 | Author:Judith Shapiro [Shapiro, Judith]

According to an elderly former worker interviewed in Haigeng Park, a military officer surnamed Liang ordered local people to encircle a bay between Chengong and Kunyang counties to try to ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 11,2018 )

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