Canada’s gold rush of the late 1890s attracted dreamers and schemers from all over North America. Guarding the Goldfields is the story of the men sent to guard the Yukon and maintain order. ...
Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun—the Anthropocene, a time of rising temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans, and mass species extinctions. Humanity faces not just more pollution or warmer weather, but a crisis of the Earth System. If business as usual continues, this century will be marked by rapid deterioration of our physical, social, and economic environment. Large parts of Earth ...
A new vocabulary for Environmental Studies Understandings of “nature” have expanded and changed, but the word has not lost importance at any level of discourse: it continues to hold a key place in conversations surrounding thought, ethics, and aesthetics. Nowhere is this more evident than in the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies. Keywords for Environmental Studies analyzes the central terms and debates currently structuring the ...
A critical look at the movement for environmental justice When Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism—the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of color and low-income communities—gained unprecedented recognition. Behind the President's signature, however, lies a remarkable tale of grassro ...
John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History BookPEN/Martha Albrand Award Finalist “[Green’s] prose rings with the elemental clarity of the ice he knows so well.” — PEN Awards Committee citation A classic of contemporary nature writing, the award-winning Water, Ice & Stone is both a scientific and poetic journey into Antarctica, addressing the ecological importance of the continent within the context of climate change. Bill ...
В последнее время в ученом мире произошел ряд скандальных разоблачений. Стало ясно, что выводы тех ученых, которые бьют тревогу по поводу глобального потепления, были сфальсифицированы. На самом деле Земля стоит перед угрозой нового ледникового периода. Когда остановится Гольфстрим – а наступит это очень скоро, – вся Северная Америка и Западная Европа окажутся во власти по-сибирски суровых зим. А что же будет с Россией? Книга Василия Поздышева ...
«Осознанный гардероб» – это не просто руководство по стилю, это призыв к действию. Пора изменить индустрию моды, которая сильнее всех видов легкой промышленности загрязняет окружающую среду. И начать следует со своего шкафа! Из книги вы узнаете, как правильно избавляться от того, что вы перестали носить, превращая старую одежду в наличные; как выработать потребительские привычки в соответствии с вашим стилем жизни; почему модный лизинг – это нов ...
Along with Silent Spring, The Quiet Crisis is considered a seminal book in the environmental movementThe Quiet Crisis should have significant appeal to academics. Book will include original introduction by John F. KennedyStewart Udall was Secretary of the the interior under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and was a major force behind much of our modern environmental legislationStewart's son, Tom, is currently the senior U.S. senator from Ne ...
