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Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment
The authors of Re-Indigenizing Ecological Consciousness and the
Interconnectedness to Indigenous Identities share the diversity and
complexities of the Indigenous context of worldviews, examining
relationships between humans and other living beings within an
eco-conscious lens. Michelle Montgomery's edited volume shows that
we belong not only to a human community, but to a community of all
nature as well. The contributors demonstrate that the reciprocity
of Indigenous knowledges is inclusive and represents worldviews for
regenerative solutions and the need to realign our view of the
environment as a "who" rather than an "it." This reciprocity is
intertwined as an obligation of environmental ethics to acknowledge
the attributes of Indigenous knowledges as not merely a body of
knowledge but as multiple layers or levels of placed-based
knowledges, identities, and lived experiences.
Climate Change Education: Reimagining the Future with Alternative
Forms of Storytelling offers innovative approaches to teaching
about climate change through storytelling forms that appeal to
today's students-climate fiction and protest poetry, horror and
documentary films, video games and social media. The stories are
used as exemplars, from exploring space debris to urban design
planning to fast fashion and provide entry points for investigating
particular aspects of climate science, including the local and
global impacts of a warming planet. Each chapter provides analysis
and strategies for fostering climate (and space) literacy through
knowledge, empathy, and agency. The contributors encourage
educators to answer students' calls for comprehensive K-12 climate
education by aligning pedagogy with real-world challenges to
prepare students who understand the myriad injustices of the
climate crisis and feel empowered to confront them. Contributors
from around the world share their own stories and urge educators to
join the growing, hopeful movement for action, classroom by
classroom.
Environmental degradation in the world is one of discussing
problems in the literature for many decades. There are a lot of
factors discussed that worsen our environment. Environmental
degradation due to the pollution from fossil fuels induce countries
to decrease their use, however, until the productivity of renewable
resources reaches the necessary level, countries continue to be
highly dependent on non-renewable sources. Another important issue
is increasing waste in all spheres of our life. One of the
solutions for the environmental degradation slowdown is in circular
economy. The circular economy aims to produce as less waste as
possible by reusing materials in new productions. The circular
economy is becoming part of many different sectors of an economy.
This book discusses and analyzes different sectors that are
starting to be involved in the circular economy process in Turkey.
How does a mudskipper fish manage to “walk” on land? Why is the
Hoatzin also known as ‘The Stinkbird’? And once the female Pipa
toad has laid her eggs, where does she put them? The answers? The
mudskipper can “walk” using its pectoral fins, the Hoatzin has
a unique digestive system which gives the bird a manure-like odour,
and the female Pipa Toad embeds its eggs on its back where they
develop to adult stage. Illustrated throughout with outstanding
colour photographs, Strange Animals presents the most unusual
aspects of 100 of the most unusual species. The selection spans a
broad spectrum of wildlife, from the tallest land living mammal,
the giraffe, to the light, laughing chorus of Australian kookaburra
birds, from the intelligence of the Bottlenose dolphin to octopuses
that change colour when they dream to the slow pace of the
three-toed sloth. Arranged geographically, the photographs are
accompanied by fascinating captions, which explain the quirky
characteristics of each entry. Including egg-laying mammals, birds,
reptiles, amphibians, cannibalistic insects and other
invertebrates, Strange Animals is a compelling introduction to some
of nature’s most curious beasts.
THE SUNDAY TIMES' BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF
THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE
WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY
BOOK PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE This is a book
about abandoned places: ghost towns and exclusion zones, no man's
lands and fortress islands - and what happens when nature is
allowed to reclaim its place. In Chernobyl, following the nuclear
disaster, only a handful of people returned to their dangerously
irradiated homes. On an uninhabited Scottish island, feral cattle
live entirely wild. In Detroit, once America's fourth-largest city,
entire streets of houses are falling in on themselves, looters
slipping through otherwise silent neighbourhoods. This book
explores the extraordinary places where humans no longer live - or
survive in tiny, precarious numbers - to give us a possible glimpse
of what happens when mankind's impact on nature is forced to stop.
From Tanzanian mountains to the volcanic Caribbean, the forbidden
areas of France to the mining regions of Scotland, Flyn brings
together some of the most desolate, eerie, ravaged and polluted
areas in the world - and shows how, against all odds, they offer
our best opportunities for environmental recovery. By turns haunted
and hopeful, this luminously written world study is pinned together
with profound insight and new ecological discoveries that together
map an answer to the big questions: what happens after we're gone,
and how far can our damage to nature be undone? More praise for
Islands of Abandonment 'Extraordinary ... Just when you thought
there was nowhere left to explore, along comes an author with a new
category of terrain ... Dazzling' SPECTATOR 'A haunting look at how
nature fights back ... Beautiful, evocative' SUNDAY TIMES 'Flyn's
brave, thorough book sets out to explore places where angels fear
to tread ... The result is fascinating, eerie and strange ... There
is some thrilling writing here' KATHLEEN JAMIE, NEW STATESMAN
'Wonderful' ADAM NICOLSON 'Exhilarating' DAILY TELEGRAPH
During his life, Gene Nunnery was recognized as a master turkey
hunter and an artisan who crafted unique, almost irresistible
turkey calls. In The Old Pro Turkey Hunter, the vaunted sportsman
shares over fifty years of personal experience in Mississippi and
surrounding states, along with the decades-old wisdom of the
huntsmen who taught him. Throughout the book, his stories make
clear that turkey hunting is more than just killing the bird-it is
about matching wits with a wild and savvy adversary. As Nunnery
explains, ""To me that's what it's all about: finding a wise old
gobbler who will test your skill as a turkey hunter."" Through his
stories, Nunnery reveals that the true reward for successful turkey
hunting lies in winning the contest, not necessarily exterminating
the foe. Real sportsmen know that every now and then the turkey
should and will elude the hunter. As Nunnery looks back on his
extensive career, he analyzes vast differences in practice, old and
new. The shift, he decides, came during his last twenty years on
the hunt, and that difference has only increased in the decades
since this book was originally published. Michael O. Giles, Bass
Pro staff team member, master turkey hunter, and award-winning
outdoors writer and author of Passion of the Wild, writes a new
foreword that brings the practice of turkey hunting into the
present day. Filled with a tested mixture of common sense and
specific examples of how master turkey hunters honor their harvest
and heritage, The Old Pro Turkey Hunter is the perfect companion
for the novice or the adept.
Focusing on so much more than plastic pollution, this ahead-of-the
curve book exposes the extensive damage being done to the oceans
that most of us don't know about, and what simple, everyday changes
we can make to help protect our seas. When we think about climate
change, our first thoughts are often of burning rainforests, cities
filled with smog, and mammals teetering on the brink of extinction.
But what about the effects of our actions off-land? What is really
going on out of sight below the surface of the waves? And what more
can we do beyond just reducing our plastic usage? This book is a
necessary call to act and educate ourselves on the damage human
activity is having on our seas, and a guide to how you can help
stop it, whether you live on the coastline or hundreds of miles
from the ocean. Shocking but enlightening, it illustrates exactly
what the problems are, how they impact the ocean, why it is so
important to keep our oceans healthy for our own benefit, and what
we can do individually and collectively to help save our seas.
Oceans cover over 70% of our planet and provide us with more life
support than we can comprehend. Learn how to be an ocean hero every
day, and do your part to love and protect our planet before it is
too late...
'Vanessa Nakate continues to teach a most critical lesson. She
reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not
all in the same boat.' - Greta Thunberg No matter your age,
location or skin colour, you can be an effective activist.
Devastating flooding, deforestation, extinction and starvation.
These are the issues that not only threaten in the future, they are
a reality. After witnessing some of these issues first-hand,
Vanessa Nakate saw how the world's biggest polluters are asleep at
the wheel, ignoring the Global South where the effects of climate
injustice are most fiercely felt. Inspired by a shared vision of
hope, Vanessa's commanding political voice demands attention for
the biggest issue of our time and, in this rousing manifesto for
change, shows how you can join her to protect our planet now and
for the future. Vanessa realized the importance of her place in the
climate movement after she, the only Black activist in an image
with four white Europeans, was cropped out of a press photograph at
Davos in 2020. This example illustrates how those who will see the
biggest impacts of the climate crisis are repeatedly omitted from
the conversation. As she explains, 'We are on the front line, but
we are not on the front page.' Without A Bigger Picture, you're
missing the full story on climate change. 'An indispensable voice
for our future.' - Malala Yousafzai 'A powerful global voice.' -
Angelina Jolie
The recent Brexit debates present leaving the European Union
largely as a threat to environmental protection, and to
environmental law. This exciting and important new work argues that
Brexit represents a real opportunity for environmental protection
in the United Kingdom, freeing it from a pan-European framework not
necessarily fit for UK domestic purposes. Central to the argument
is the belief that environmental protection, in the United Kingdom,
can most effectively be pursued through established domestic
institutions, looking inwards at 'local' challenges and outwards at
more global ones, all the while drawing on considerable historical
experience. The book is designed to address rather than dismiss
those concerns raised by environmental lawyers after the outcome of
the referendum. Provocative and compelling, it offers an
alternative vision of the UK environmental law framework outside of
the European Union.
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