Conservation of the Environment

As environmental deterioration became a major political issue near the end of the twentieth century, activists in Nova Scotia stood together to def...

From podiums on international stages to mainstream media coverage, from crowds of youth marching in streets, to social media feeds, everywhere we l...

No matter your space, this planet-friendly introduction to gardening will get you growing your own fruit, veg and flowers in no time!Gardening expe...

Having set global warming in irreversible motion, we are facing the possibility of ecological catastrophe. But the environmental emergency is also ...

An essential book for everyone who seeks to reclaim the commons and build a just and equitable society.John Nichols, The NationAn exploration of bo...

Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have increasingly relied on mining to produce much of their material and cultural life. From cell...

The spread of empires in the nineteenth century brought more than new territories and populations under Western sway. Animals were also swept up in...

What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth? In Respect for Nature, Paul Taylor draws on ...

Its falling from the sky and in the air we breathe. Its in our food, our clothes, and our homes. Its microplastic and its everywhereincluding our o...

Tara Mitchell Mielnik fills a significant gap in the history of the New Deal South by examining the lives of the men of South Carolina's Civilian C...

The second volume of this book series synthesizes nomenclature, systematics, and descriptions of North American mammal species. Clear, simple and i...

Researchers working on natural resource management issues in human-influenced landscapes need to be able to elicit both biophysical and socio-econo...

Researchers working on natural resource management issues in human-influenced landscapes need to be able to elicit both biophysical and socio-econo...

Managing solid waste is one of the biggest challenges in urban areas around the world. Technologically advanced economies generate vast amounts of ...

The lands and waters of the American West encountered by European colonizers were not untouched or wild as some have recorded, but rather the resul...

The Great Salt Lake is deeply tied to the identity and history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As Latter-day Saints settled in ...

The Great Salt Lake ecosystem is on the verge of collapse due to unsustainably large water diversions, the ongoing megadrought, and climate change....

Bonnie K. Baxter explains the trophic structure of Great Salt Lake food chains and resulting impacts from recent years of a shrinking lake and corr...