This stimulating survey examines artistic responses to the pressing global issues of the past 40 years - such as climate change, the spread of nationalism and the growing disparity between rich and poor ...
... From climate change, extreme population growth and technological development, as well as novel social and political movements, to the advent of UFO sightings, crop circles, and a variety of otherworldly ...
... pole shift, earthquakes, plate adjustments, continental rip; tidal waves, wind storms, fire storms; climate change, geography change, new rotation, polar melt; impact on society; government collapse, death ...
This short book is partly an attack on the apparent abdication of any systematic political thought on the part of today's positive, up-beat feminists. It suggests alternative ways of thinking about transformations ...
Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend thatas taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with 'The New Organic Grower' ...
... comprehensive work ever published on the earth's climate--an awesome force that, at different points in time, has wiped out 95 percent of all living creatures, plunged the world into ice ages, and played ...
It is now abundantly clear that we have at our fingertips all of the tools we need to solve the climate crisis. The only missing ingredient is collective will. Properly understood, the climate crisis is ...
Nature'¬?s cycles affect not only the external climate, but also our internal health and mental well-being. With this as its primary tenet, STAYING HEALTHY WITH THE SEASONS revolutionized the fields of ...
... global climate. And, most importantly, Tibet is the spiritual and physical home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, though he can never return. But why should Tibet matter to you? Tibet is more than its mountains, ...
... those connectionsas she looks at the intersections of faith with themajor issues of our dayzpoverty, climate change, theeconomy, health care. How does faith speak to thoseissues, and what is the faith ...
... Russia following the Six Day War in Israel, in 1967. The narrative makes twelve stops through history, carrying readers through the economic, political, social, and intellectual climates of some of the ...
Revisiting the most important topic of our time. The rapid warming of the Earths climate has been a concern for decades. Though many of us understand that temperatures willon averagerise, the science and ...
Take the first step toward a better environment. Awareness of global climate change has reached critical mass around the world, and people are looking to see how the choices they make affect the environment. ...
... as climate change, poverty, and disease. Author Edmund Bourne presents a call to actions we can implement in our daily lives, such as voluntary simplicity, caring for our bodies, nonviolent communication, ...
In his newest book, award-winning environmental journalist David Steinman makes sense out of the tangle of issues surrounding climate change. He provides clear, simple steps we can all take to make more ...
In a world confronting global climate change, political turmoil among oil exporting nations, nuclear weapons proliferation, nuclear plant safety and waste disposal issues, the United States must assume ...
... in northern climates? Do you know that light is -- and has been -- used to heal people of various disorders ranging from depression to cancer? Answers to these and many more questions about light can be ...
Argues that climate change is one of the most important issues facing the world today, that energy use is a major part of the problem, and that the United States should undertake a serious effort to confront ...
... message about life and fully integrating the most into each moment. Highly recommended-Midwest Book ReviewCan the wind of a butterflyÆs wing effect climate on the other side of the world? Can the love ...
Bulging in-boxes, out-of-control stress, and even climate change serve as reminders that when it comes to being happy and healthy, less is more. In this interactive journal, organization expert Mary Carlomagno ...
'it is a series of hard-hitting essays by a diverse collection of writers that wraps its arms around everything from simplicity to climate change to economic metrics to happiness. I approached each chapter ...
An internationally acclaimed bestseller, vividly and terrifyingly topical, is finally available to American audiences.áLess than a hundred years from now, the world as we know it no longer exists.á Cities ...
Photographs of the Arctic landscape and the animals that live within it provide a testament to the beauty and precariousness of life in northern climes and the impact of climate change on the Arctic e ...
... northern climates. The book includes a major amount of new material, as well as new illustrations and photographs.' 'Down-to earth and complete, More Straw Bale Building makes the remarkable benefits of ...
... political and social climate in which Confucius lived. She explains how Confucius made the transition from court advisor to wanderer, and how he reluctantly became a professional teacher as he refined ...
Our Choice will pick up where An Inconvenient Truth left off, providing a blueprint for solving the global climate crisis and drawing on Mr. Gore’s forty years of experience as a student, policymaker, ...
A thought-provoking, visual study of global warming examines the potential ramifications of long-term climate change on the planet's fragile ecosystems, as well as on human society, drawing the latest scientific ...
An unprecedented union of scientific analysis and stunning photography illustrating the effects of climate change on the global ecosystem. Going beyond the headlines, this work by leading NASA climate ...
... of ôcarbon bombö that will add to our already deteriorating climate difficulties. As he travels across Peru and Brazil, recognized South America expert Nikolas Kozloff talks to locals, scientists and ...
... Now he returns with a startling exploration of our human entanglement with the rest of nature. áAs the climate veers toward catastrophe, the innumerable losses cascading through the biosphere make vividly ...
The debate about global warming is over. There is no longer any question that human activity is causing the EarthÆs climate to heat up at an increasingly rapid rate, with consequences that we are now ...
52 ways to get green and clean. These days everyone's talking about the plight of the planet-from climate change and carbon footprints to diminishing resources and vanishing species. Whether you're a committed ...
... one's views on its cause, there is no denying that the earth's climate is changing, and people everywhere are worried. Global Warming For Dummies sorts out fact from fiction, explaining the science behind ...
... scientist Dr. James Hansen has been studying climate for over three decades. It was his testimony to a Senate committee in 1988 that first brought the threat of global warming to the worldÆs attention. ...
You can change the world. Here's how. Our climate is changing and human actions are the cause. Maybe you don't know why, or what to do about it. We do. In fact, we wrote a book about it (this book, the one ...
... Thomas and Beckel are a unique pair in today's political climateùpundits from opposite sides who not only talk to each other but work together to find common ground on some of the most divisive issues facing ...