Conservation of the Environment

In this stunning memoir, beloved internationally acclaimed earth advocate chronicles her journey to reconnect with the earth, offering a model for ...

The relationship between economic growth and the environment is at the forefront of public attention and poses serious challenges for policymakers ...

In the 150 years since the birth of the petroleum industry oil has saturated our culture, fueling our cars and wars, our economy and policies. But ...

From leading climate scientist Dr. Friederike Otto, this gripping book reveals the revolutionary science that definitively links extreme weather ev...

A wide-ranging and original introduction to the Anthropocene (the Age of Humanity) that offers fresh, theoretical insights bridging the sciences an...

The Carbon Efficient City shows how regional economies can be aligned with practices that drive carbon efficiency. It details ten strategies for re...

A Rock between Two Rivers is the story of a man coming to terms with the environmental legacy of his familys ranch in Dimmitt County, Texas, and re...

WINNER OF THE 2021 DELMOS JONES AND JAGNA SHARFF MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR THE CRITICAL STUDY OF NORTH AMERICA! Uncovers the hidden costs and contradictio...

This book addresses urban ecology, green technology, problems with climate change prediction, groundwater contamination, invasive species and ma...

Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12 percent of the worlds populati...

Howard Zahniser (19061964), executive secretary of The Wilderness Society and editor of The Living Wilderness from 1945 to 1964, is arguably the pe...

From beer labels to literary classics like A River Runs Through It, trout fishing is a beloved feature of the iconography of the American West. But...

Little in North America is wilder than the Florida Evergladesa landscape of frightening reptiles, exotic plants in profusion, swarms of mosquitoes,...

Discover the secrets and beauty of the worlds rarest trees in this fantastic book filled with more than 300 color photographs. Did you know that ...

In 1994, Ray Anderson felt a 'spear in the chest': he realised that his company, billion-dollar carpeting manufacturer Interface, Inc, was plunderi...

Part of a series of guides following key figures and themes, this book looks at the life and work of John Muir, Man of the Millennium in the US and...

This publication contains the Revised Guidelines which have been developed as a tool for the consistent practical implementation of transboundary e...

**Winner of the 2010 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing, presented by the American Anthropological Association**Shared concern for nature ...

'Jake Fiennes is changing the face of farming in Britain... a revolutionising force' Isabella TreeOur relationship with our land is broken: we must...

Environmental Activism and the Urban Crisis focuses on the wave of environmental activism and grassroots movements that swept through America's old...

The revolution will not take place indoors.Kenyan beekeeper-turned-farmer Jess de Boer embarks upon a decade-long journey to find purpose and poten...