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The images in 'Industrial Scars' and the narrative that accompanies
them tell the story of the impact of the consumer life-style on the
natural systems that support life on the planet. These photographs,
mostly aerial and taken at locations around the world, are
masterworks of composition and colour, made with a nod to the great
abstract painters of modern art. This book is the result of
countless hours of research and careful planning by New York
photographer J. Henry Fair, who travels to the locations and
charters a small plane to photograph areas usually fenced off from
prying eyes so he can get a true view of our real footprint. This
is a new edition.
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Eco-Reformation (Hardcover)
Lisa E. Dahill, Jim B Martin-Schramm; Foreword by Bill McKibben
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This is the first full-length biography of a remarkable woman
driven to preserve our natural heritage. Rosalie Edge (1877-1962)
was the first American woman to achieve national renown as a
conservationist. Dyana Z. Furmansky draws on Edge's personal papers
and on interviews with family members and associates to portray an
implacable, indomitable personality whose activism earned her the
names ""Joan of Arc"" and ""hellcat."" A progressive New York
socialite and veteran suffragist, Edge did not join the
conservation movement until her early fifties. Nonetheless, her
legacy of what the New Yorker called ""widespread and monumental""
achievements forms a crucial link between the eras defined by John
Muir and Rachel Carson. An early voice against the indiscriminate
use of toxins and pesticides, Edge reported evidence about the
dangers of DDT fourteen years before Carson's Silent Spring was
published. Today, Edge is most widely remembered for establishing
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the world's first refuge for birds of
prey. Founded in 1934 and located in eastern Pennsylvania, Hawk
Mountain was cited in ""Silent Spring"" as an 'especially
significant' source of data. In 1930, Edge formed the militant
Emergency Conservation Committee, which not only railed against the
complacency of the Bureau of Biological Survey, Audubon Society,
U.S. Forest Service, and other stewardship organizations but also
exposed the complicity of some in the squandering of our natural
heritage. Edge played key roles in the establishment of Olympic and
Kings Canyon National Parks and the expansion of Yosemite and
Sequoia National Parks. Filled with new insights into a tumultuous
period in American conservation, this is the life story of an
unforgettable individual whose work influenced the first generation
of environmentalists, including the founders of the Wilderness
Society, Nature Conservancy, and Environmental Defense Fund.
While Glaciers Slept weaves together the parallel stories of what
happens when the climates of a family and a planet change. Dr. M
Jackson reveals how these events are deeply intertwined, and how
the deterioration of her parents’ health was as devastating as
the inexorable changing of Earth’s climate.
Nonetheless, the book shows that even in the darkest of times
we cannot lose hope.Dr. Jackson guides us to solar, wind, and
geothermal solutions, bringing us along on her expeditions to
research climate change and to educate people about how to stop it.
Scientists are continually looking for better ways to translate
hard science into human language and that is precisely what this
book does. Climate change, she convinces us, is not just about
science—it is also about the audacity of human courage and
imagination.
Climate Church, Climate World, originally published in 2018,
contends that climate change is the greatest moral challenge
humanity has ever faced. Hunger, refugees, poverty, inequality,
deadly viruses, war-climate change multiplies all forms of global
social injustice. Environmental advocate Rev. Jim Antal calls on
the church to meet this moral challenge, to embrace a new vocation
so that future generations might live in harmony with God's
creation. After illuminating how human beings are responsible for
the dangers our planet now faces, Antal proposes how people of
faith can embrace new approaches to worship, preaching, witnessing,
and other spiritual practices that honor creation and cultivate
hope. This revised and updated edition includes a new chapter on
political and policy shifts under the Trump and Biden
administrations; influence of Greta Thunberg and climate change
activists; and updated information on the current science of
climate change. Includes a foreword by environmental advocate Bill
McKibben, author of The End of Nature.
We know that eating animals is bad for the planet and bad for our
health, and yet we do it anyway. We've all heard the statistics:
animal agriculture is responsible for at least 18 percent of all
greenhouse gas emissions; we need to drop our meat consumption by
50 percent simply to feed the world's estimated 10 billion people
in 2050; a full third of the Earth's arable land is devoted to
growing crops for livestock; approximately 80 percent of deforested
land in the Amazon is used solely for rearing livestock. Ask anyone
in the plant-based movement and the solution seems obvious: Stop
eating meat. But for many people, that stark solution is neither
appealing nor practical. In Meat Me Halfway, author and founder of
the reducetarian movement Brian Kateman puts forth a realistic and
balanced goal: mindfully reduce your meat consumption. It might
seem strange for a leader of the plant-based movement to say, but
meat is here to stay. The question is not how to ween society off
meat, but how to make meat more healthy, more humane, and more
sustainable. In this book, Kateman answers the question that has
plagued vegans for years: why are we so resistant to changing the
way we eat, and what can we do about it? Exploring our historical
relationship with meat, from the domestication of animals, to the
early industrialization of meatpacking, to the advent of the
one-stop grocery store, the science of taste, and the laws that
impact our access to food, Meat Me Halfway reveals how humans have
evolved as meat eaters. Featuring interviews with pioneers in the
science of meat alternatives, investigations into new types of
farming designed to lessen environmental impact, and innovations in
ethical and sustainable agriculture, this down-to-Earth book shows
that we all can change the way we create and consume food.
Today's church finds itself in a new world, one in which climate
change and ecological degradation are front-page news. In the eyes
of many, the evangelical community has been slow to take up a call
to creation care. How do Christians address this issue in a
faithful way?
This evangelically centered but ecumenically informed introduction
to ecological theology (ecotheology) explores the global dimensions
of creation care, calling Christians to meet contemporary
ecological challenges with courage and hope. The book provides a
biblical, theological, ecological, and historical rationale for
Earthcare as well as specific practices to engage both individuals
and churches. Drawing from a variety of Christian traditions, the
book promotes a spirit of hospitality, civility, honesty, and
partnership. It includes a foreword by Bill McKibben and an
afterword by Matthew Sleeth.
The 10th anniversary edition A Guardian Best Book about
Deforestation A New Scientist Best Book of the Year A Taipei Times
Best Book of the Year “A perfectly grounded account of what it is
like to live an indigenous life in communion with one’s personal
spirits. We are losing worlds upon worlds.” —Louise Erdrich,
New York Times Book Review “The Yanomami of the Amazon, like all
the indigenous peoples of the Americas and Australia, have
experienced the end of what was once their world. Yet they have
survived and somehow succeeded in making sense of a wounded
existence. They have a lot to teach us.” —Amitav Ghosh, The
Guardian “A literary treasure…a must for anyone who wants to
understand more of the diverse beauty and wonder of existence.”
—New Scientist A now classic account of the life and thought of
Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami, The Falling
Sky paints an unforgettable picture of an indigenous culture living
in harmony with the Amazon forest and its creatures, and its
devastating encounter with the global mining industry. In richly
evocative language, Kopenawa recounts his initiation as a shaman
and first experience of outsiders: missionaries, cattle ranchers,
government officials, and gold prospectors seeking to extract the
riches of the Amazon. A coming-of-age story entwined with a rare
first-person articulation of shamanic philosophy, this impassioned
plea to respect indigenous peoples’ rights is a powerful rebuke
to the accelerating depredation of the Amazon and other natural
treasures threatened by climate change and development.
In The Comforting Whirlwind, acclaimed environmentalist and writer
Bill McKibben turns to the biblical book of Job and its awesome
depiction of creation to demonstrate our need to embrace a bold new
paradigm for living if we hope to reverse the current trend of
ecological destruction. With reference to the consequences of our
poorly considered and self-centered environmental practices global
warming, ozone degradation, deforestation McKibben combines modern
science and timeless biblical wisdom to make the case that growth
and economic progress are not only undesirable but deadly. If we
continue to accelerate the pace of development, we will inevitably
complete the decreation of our planet and everything on it,
including ourselves. In his signature lyrical prose, and using
Stephen Mitchell s powerful translation of Job, McKibben calls
readers to truly appreciate both the majesty of creation and
humanity s rightful and responsible place in it.
Climate Church, Climate World, originally published in 2018,
contends that climate change is the greatest moral challenge
humanity has ever faced. Hunger, refugees, poverty, inequality,
deadly viruses, war-climate change multiplies all forms of global
social injustice. Environmental advocate Rev. Jim Antal calls on
the church to meet this moral challenge, to embrace a new vocation
so that future generations might live in harmony with God's
creation. After illuminating how human beings are responsible for
the dangers our planet now faces, Antal proposes how people of
faith can embrace new approaches to worship, preaching, witnessing,
and other spiritual practices that honor creation and cultivate
hope. This revised and updated edition includes a new chapter on
political and policy shifts under the Trump and Biden
administrations; influence of Greta Thunberg and climate change
activists; and updated information on the current science of
climate change. Includes a foreword by environmental advocate Bill
McKibben, author of The End of Nature.
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Green Ideas Slipcase (Paperback)
Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, Timothy Morton, George Monbiot, Bill McKibben, …
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In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the
environmental movement - now in one complete set Over the past 75
years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living
planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the
world have raised their voices to defend it. Their words have
endured, becoming the classics that define the environmental
movement today. From art, literature, food and gardening, to
technology, economics, politics and ethics, each of these short
books deepens our sense of our place in nature; each is a seed from
which a bold activism can grow. Together, they show the richness of
environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner,
greener world.
The Wisdom of John Muir marries the best aspects of a Muir
anthology with the best aspects of a Muir biography. The fact that
it is neither, and yet it is both, distinguishes this book from the
many extant books on John Muir. Building on her lifelong passion
for the work and philosophy of John Muir, author Anne Rowthorn has
created this entirely new treatment for showcasing the great
naturalist's philosophy and writings. By pairing carefully selected
material from various stages of Muir's life, Rowthorn's book
provides a view into the experiences, places, and people that
inspired and informed Muir's words and beliefs. The reader feels
able to join in with Muir's own discoveries and transformations
over the arc of his life. Rowthorn is careful not to overstep her
role: she stands back and lets Muir's words speak for themselves.
The Wisdom of John Muir marries the best aspects of a Muir
anthology with the best aspects of a Muir biography. The fact that
it is neither, and yet it is both, distinguishes this book from the
many extant books on John Muir. Building on her lifelong passion
for the work and philosophy of John Muir, author Anne Rowthorn has
created this entirely new treatment for showcasing the great
naturalist's philosophy and writings. By pairing carefully selected
material from various stages of Muir's life, Rowthorn's book
provides a view into the experiences, places, and people that
inspired and informed Muir's words and beliefs. The reader feels
able to join in with Muir's own discoveries and transformations
over the arc of his life. Rowthorn is careful not to overstep her
role: she stands back and lets Muir's words speak for themselves.
There is no planet B. Activists share how we must inform and
organize ourselves to save the future. “Act as though
your house is on fire. Because it is.” Following Greta Thunberg,
millions of young climate activists have been taking to the streets
around the globe as part of the Fridays For Future movement. They
demand that we “unite behind the science,” as, for too long,
climate scientists have been ringing the alarm bells about rising
temperatures, tipping points, and the devastating consequences of
extreme weather—but politicians do nothing. So how do you
begin to end the climate crisis? Luisa Neubauer and Alexander
Repenning begin by telling stories. Neubauer cofounded the youth
climate activist group in Germany and has become its most prominent
voice. In this book she and Repenning weave in personal accounts of
their evolution as climate activists with a thorough analysis of
how climate change impacts their generation, and what every one of
us can and must do about it. The young and old in the United States
and around the world can learn valuable lessons from their European
counterparts.
Bill McKibben's first book, the bestselling The End of Nature,
offered a devastating portrait of the harm human civilization has
done to the planet. Hope, Human and Wild sets out on a dramatically
different journey to provide examples and hope for a sustainable
future, one in which our society's wealth is measured less by its
material productivity and more by its spiritual richness; less by
its consumption of resources and more by the extent to which we
live in harmony with the natural world. From the Adirondack
Mountains to Kerala, India, to Curitiba, Brazil, McKibben offers
clear-eyed and profoundly compelling portraits of places where
resourceful people have confronted modern problems with inventive
solutions, and thrived in the process. With an afterword by the
author updating developments over the decade since the book was
first published, this edition provides a badly needed vision of
optimism for the future of our planet.
Fifteen people--plus a class of first graders--tell how local food,
farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community . . .
and how they can change yours, too.
"Urban Farming Handbook" includes:
- Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation
from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden
members, a low-income senior and a troubled teen, a foodie, a food
bank officer, and many more
- Seven in-depth "How It Works" sections on student farms,
community gardens, community-supported agriculture (CSA), community
education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more
- Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from
relevant books and websites to government programs and national
nonprofit organizations
- Seventy full-color photographs showing a diverse local food
community at home, work, and play
Read "Urban Farming Handbook" to learn how people like you, with
busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local
food without having to become full-time organic farmers. Gain the
information you need to organize or get involved in your own
"growing community" anywhere across the country and around the
world.
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