Conservation of the Environment

John Muir is widely and rightly lauded as the nature mystic who added wilderness to the United States vision of itself, largely through the system ...

Wise, compassionate, and urgent. Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland A Bookseller Nonfiction Editors Choice for March 2024 Plunge into the depth...

Explores the Southeasts imperiled river systems and solutions for preserving them in the face of habitat loss, climate change, and extinctionSouthe...

The revitalizing and restoration of rivers, creeks and streams is a major focus of urban conservation activity throughout North America and Europe....

The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is an iconic species among fly anglers and cold-water conservationists in eastern North America. This fish ...

A powerful and honest account based on three decades of true-life experienceIn 1992, Linda and David long to have a child. They decide to adopt a b...

Kudzu abounds across the American South. Introduced in the United States in the 1800s as a solution for soil erosion, this invasive vine with Easte...

We could live in a paradise where insects, especially bees, pollinate fragrant oceans of flowers whose fruits we harvest. Instead, patio wastelands...

Explores the Southeasts imperiled river systems and solutions for preserving them in the face of habitat loss, climate change, and extinctionSouthe...

From her world-famous dude ranch in Washington state's Yakima County, Kay Kershaw exerted tremendous influence on conservation efforts in the Pac...

The story of introduced species in Texas is long (hogs were introduced by European settlers in the 1500s) and fraught with controversy. In Unnatura...

Energy Culture is a provocative book about oils firm grip on our politics and everyday lives. It brings together essays and artwork produced in a c...

Industrial agriculture is generally characterized as either the salvation of a growing, hungry, global population or as socially and environmentall...

In one volume, this book brings together a diversity of approaches, theory and frameworks that can be used to analyse the governance of renewable n...

2023 Nebraska Book Award 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleDirt Persuasion examines a watershed moment in U.S. environmental politics: the figh...

Experts from business, academia, governmental agencies and non-profit think tanks to form a transnational and multi-disciplinary perspectives on th...

Consumers are not usually incorporated into the sociological concept of 'division of labour', but using the case of household recycling, this book ...

An authoritative survey of the history of common land in Great Britain from the medieval period to present day. More than a million hectares of B...

This work examines the relevance of traditional Islamic thought and practices for a lasting solution to the current environmental crisis. Quadir de...

Yale's Reports, published in 1828, is a seminalpublication for understanding the development of American higher education. Giving highest priority ...

Why isnt Aotearoa famous for its insects? We have wt that can survive being frozen, weevils with snouts almost as long as their bodies, and the wor...

Although evangelicals and environmentalists at large still find themselves on opposing sides of an increasingly contentious issue, there is a count...

Bringing together a multidisciplinary conversation about the entanglement of nature and society in the Korean peninsula, Forces of Nature aims to d...

Brilliant wildlife photography and intimate storytelling showcase Floridas animal species within their natural habitatsKirsten Hines provides a cap...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE The bothy embrace is addictive ADAM NICOLSON ...

The stuff of nightmares in both their looks and the horrifying wounds inflicted on their victims, sea lampreys are perhaps the deadliest invasive s...

Winner of the 2015 Rachel Carson Prize presented by the Society for Social Studies of Science Residents of a small Louisiana town were sure that th...

Ice humanities is a pioneering collection of essays that tackles the existential crisis posed by the planet's diminishing ice reserves. By the end ...

Reaching net zero emissions will not be the end of the climate struggle, but only the end of the beginning. For centuries thereafter, temperatures ...

Explores frackings dual impact on settler colonial culture and sustainability Through meticulous research and poignant storytelling, Land of Extrac...

The tireless resistance of local communities fighting for ownership of Americas third largest water system.  Toxic Water, Toxic System exposes the ...

An arresting memoir of love and unbending religion, toxicity and disease, and one familys desperate wait for a miracle that never came. Kathleen Do...

Climate anxiety is real-and here is a practical, accessible guide to addressing it on personal, relational, and structural levels, from the founder...

Toxic City presents a novel critique of postindustrial green gentrification through a study of Bayview-Hunters Point, a historically Black neighbor...

Toxic City presents a novel critique of postindustrial green gentrification through a study of Bayview-Hunters Point, a historically Black neighbor...

Find clarity on everyday green-living dilemmas to maximise your sustainabilityAre paper bags always more environmentally friendly than plastic? How...

Ready-to-go, vetted approaches for facilitating artistic environmental projects How do we educate those who feel an urgency to address our environm...

Ready-to-go, vetted approaches for facilitating artistic environmental projects How do we educate those who feel an urgency to address our environm...

Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing The Telegraph One of the most remarkable figures in British conservation. The Observ...

In The Ends of Research Tom Özden-Schilling explores the afterlives of several research initiatives that emerged in the wake of the War in the Wood...

Wallace Stegner is an iconic western writer. His works of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prizewinning Angle of Repose and Big Rock Candy Mountain,...

Every hundred years, as the story goes, two angels wonder out loud whether the bees are still swarming. For as long as the bees are swarming, the a...