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...