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The presidential election of 2016 highlighted some long-standing
flaws in American democracy and added a few new ones. Across the
political spectrum, most Americans do not believe that democracy is
delivering on its promises of fairness, justice, shared prosperity,
or security in a changing world. The nation cannot even begin to
address climate change and economic justice if it remains paralysed
by political gridlock. Democracy Unchained is about making American
democracy work to solve problems that have long impaired our system
of governance.
Providing a critical evaluation of the management strategies
involved in ecologically-based pest management, this book presents
a balanced overview of environmentally safe and ecologically sound
approaches. Topics covered include biological control with fungi
and viruses, conservation of natural predators, use of botanicals
and how effective pest management can help promote food security.
In the broader context of agriculture, sustainability and
environmental protection, the book provides a multidisciplinary and
multinational perspective on integrated pest management useful to
researchers in entomology, crop protection, environmental sciences
and pest management.
Frost's early poems, selected by poet David Orr for the centennial
of "The Road Not Taken" A Penguin Classics Deluxe edition For one
hundred years, Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" has enchanted
and challenged readers with its deceptively simple premise-a person
reaches a fork in the road, facing a choice full of doubt and
possibility. The Road Not Taken and Other Poems presents Frost's
best-loved poem along with other works from his brilliant early
years, including such poems as "After Apple-Picking," "The Oven
Bird," and "Mending Wall." Award-winning poet and critic David
Orr's introduction discusses why Frost remains so central (if often
misunderstood) in American culture and how the beautiful intricacy
of his poetry keeps inviting generation after generation to search
for meaning in his work. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin
has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the
English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin
Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout
history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series
to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes
by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as
up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
In more than four decades as president of The Land Institute, Wes
Jackson became widely known as one of the founders of the
sustainable agriculture movement for his work on perennial grains
and Natural Systems Agriculture. But Jackson's contribution to
contemporary intellectual and political life goes well beyond plant
breeding. Ever since he created one of the first university
environmental studies programs in the early 1970s, Jackson has been
exploring the human predicaments around sustainability and justice,
asking questions that pull not only on agriculture and ecology but
also on politics, economics, and culture. That work has appeared in
four sole-authored books by Jackson, but nowhere is there an
accessible summary of his key ideas. Robert Jensen provides a
short, elegant introduction to Jackson's ideas on ways to provide
humanity with a truly sustainable foundation in grain agriculture,
presented in a way that connects to the growing concern about
climate change and other ecological crises. Jackson's strength has
been in generating new ideas and pushing the envelope not only on
sustainable agriculture but also on the other dramatic changes
necessary if we are to create a sustainable and just society. This
volume helps the reader to organize those exciting ideas in a way
that can expand the horizons of students and lay readers as well as
challenge specialists in these fields. In a time when critical
thinking and clear understanding are desperately needed if we are
to face the multiple, cascading ecological and social crises, The
Restless and Relentless Mind of Wes Jackson presents Jackson's
crucial insights about the natural world and human societies that
can help provide a framework for understanding the tough decisions
we will have to make. But just as important is the book's glimpse
into the curiosity that drives Jackson and the creativity that
distinguishes his intellectual and activist work.
Providing a critical evaluation of the management strategies
involved in ecologically-based pest management, this book presents
a balanced overview of environmentally safe and ecologically sound
approaches. Topics covered include biological control with fungi
and viruses, conservation of natural predators, use of botanicals
and how effective pest management can help promote food security.
In the broader context of agriculture, sustainability and
environmental protection, the book provides a multidisciplinary and
multinational perspective on integrated pest management useful to
researchers in entomology, crop protection, environmental sciences
and pest management.
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Code 507 (Paperback)
Peter David Orr, Marcus Horn
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R194
Discovery Miles 1 940
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Why (Paperback)
Brittany Nichole; David Orr
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R398
Discovery Miles 3 980
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Contemporary poetry may seem like a foreign country you've
barely visited and wouldn't dream of living in. Beautiful &
Pointless, however, reveals how to accept the foreignness of poetry
in the same way we accept the strange delights of a place we're
traveling to for the first time. Expect a little confusion, many
delightful surprises, and a few experiences that will change the
way you think about language and life.
Award-winning critic David Orr is what every reader hopes for:
the guide who points the way, doesn't talk too much, and helps you
see what you might have missed on your own. Stimulating, amusing,
and utterly engrossing, Beautiful & Pointless empowers us to
engage with poetry as individual readers, allowing each of us to
appreciate it in our own way.
Willie Lorimer is a young poetry student who forgot to resign his
commission in the Canadian militia. When he is called up to join
the fight against the Metis rebel leader, Louis Riel, Willie is
scared,but bolstered by his own naivete. The journey to the heart
of the rebellion is long and full of anguish. When the militia
reach the West, things go tragically wrong, and their once-heroic
cause is marred by the cynical realities of politics, and the harsh
realities of war.
Sacrosanctum Concilium opened the door to all Christians to
understand the contemporary challenge to their life and health, and
it started with the reform of the liturgy. In the words of Paul VI
the liturgy is the 'first source of life communicated to us, the
first school of our spiritual life, the first gift we can give to
Christian people by our believing and praying, and the first
invitation to the world.' That is surely true for all of us.
Sacrosanctum Concilium opened the door to all Christians to
understand the contemporary challenge to their life and health, and
it started with the reform of the liturgy. In the words of Paul VI
the liturgy is the 'first source of life communicated to us, the
first school of our spiritual life, the first gift we can give to
Christian people by our believing and praying, and the first
invitation to the world.' That is surely true for all of us.
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