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TIGER – Kommunikationskonzept Tiefe Geothermie (essentials)
by Anna Borg Mathias Jürgen BauerDas vorliegende Kommunikationskonzept unterst#65533;tzt Investoren, Betreiber und Institutionen bei der #65533;ffentlichkeitsarbeit und Kommunikation f#65533;r den Bereich Tiefe Geothermie und zeigt Wege auf, die Akzeptanz f#65533;r das lokale Projekt zu f#65533;rdern. Es geht auf den Auftrag des durch das Bundesministerium f#65533;r Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) gef#65533;rderten Forschungsprojektes ,,TIGER - Tiefe Geothermie: Akzeptanz und Kommunikation einer innovativen Technologie" zur#65533;ck.
Luftbildeinsatz in der ländlichen Bodenordnung: Ein Praxisbeispiel aus Rheinland-Pfalz (essentials)
by Martin Schumann Thomas MitschangIn diesem essential beschreiben Martin Schumann und Thomas Mitschang die Verwendung von Luftbildern in der Flurbereinigungsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz. Anhand eines Beispiels stellen die Autoren die Bedeutung der Luftbilder für die Planung von Landentwicklungsmaßnahmen dar. Seit den fünfziger Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts werden Luftbilder für die unterschiedlichen Zwecke eingesetzt. Dabei haben sich die Qualität der Aufnahmen sowie die Auswertungsmöglichkeiten im Laufe der Jahrzehnte verändert.
Kiebitzinseln in der Agrarlandschaft: Von der Störstelle zum Habitat (essentials)
by Jan-Uwe SchmidtIn diesem essential beschreibt Jan-Uwe Schmidt, wie durch Kiebitzinseln nicht nur dem Kiebitz geholfen wird, sondern auch andere Tier- und Pflanzenarten profitieren k#65533;nnen. Durch j#65533;hrliche Anlage einer Schwarzbrache mit mindestens 2 Hektar Gr#65533;#65533;e lassen sich Nassstellen leicht als Kiebitzbrutplatz einrichten. Landwirte erh#65533;hen so die Nachhaltigkeit der Landnutzung und schaffen au#65533;erdem einen sicheren Erl#65533;s aus der Verg#65533;tung der Agrarumweltma#65533;nahme. Dieses essential gibt praktische Hinweise zur Planung und Anlage von Kiebitzinseln mithilfe von Luftbildern.
Ökonomische Inwertsetzung zur Erhaltung des Naturkapitals: Wie eine ökonomische Perspektive helfen kann (essentials)
by Bernd Hansjürgens Urs MoesenfechtelIn diesem essential beschreiben Bernd Hansjürgens und Urs Moesenfechtel die Dringlichkeit eines Perspektivenwechsels bei unserem Umgang mit der Natur. Sie schlagen dazu eine ökonomische Inwertsetzung von Ökosystemleistungen vor und zeigen auf, welche Handlungsmöglichkeiten dieser Ansatz dem Naturschutz eröffnet.
The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep
by Bill McKibben Mary DeMocker“Relax,” writes author Mary DeMocker, “this isn’t another light bulb list. It’s not another overwhelming pile of parental ‘to dos’ designed to shrink your family’s carbon footprint through eco-superheroism.” Instead, DeMocker lays out a lively, empowering, and doable blueprint for engaging families in the urgent endeavor of climate revolution. In this book’s brief, action-packed chapters, you’ll learn hundreds of wide-ranging ideas for being part of the revolution — from embracing simplicity parenting, to freeing yourself from dead-end science debates, to teaching kids about the power of creative protest, to changing your lifestyle in ways that deepen family bonds, improve moods, and reduce your impact on the Earth. Engaging and creative, this vital resource is for everyone who wants to act effectively — and empower children to do the same.
How to Be an Urban Birder (Wildguides Ser. #13)
by Jamie Oliver David LindoThe first guide to urban birding in the UK, from The Urban Birder himself, David LindoUrban birding is fast becoming ornithology’s new rock ’n’ roll. Birds and birding have never been cooler—and urban birding is at the cutting edge.How to Be an Urban Birder is the world’s first guide to the art of urban birding—which is so easy and great fun! Here, urban birding pioneer David Lindo tells you everything you need to know about birds and birding in towns and cities in the UK.Includes a brief history of urban birding in the UKCovers the best places to look for birds in towns and citiesHelps you get to know your urban birdsGives useful tips on how to attract birds to your gardenExplains what gear you need and how to go about being an urban birderFeatures hundreds of cool images and illustrations of birds in urban settings
Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability (New Directions in Sustainability and Society)
by Melissa K. Nelson Daniel ShillingThis book examines the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and how it can provide models for a time-tested form of sustainability needed in the world today. The essays, written by a team of scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, explore TEK through compelling cases of environmental sustainability from multiple tribal and geographic locations in North America and beyond. Addressing the philosophical issues concerning indigenous and ecological knowledge production and maintenance, they focus on how environmental values and ethics are applied to the uses of land. Grounded in an understanding of the profound relationship between biological and cultural diversity, this book defines, interrogates, and problematizes, the many definitions of traditional ecological knowledge and sustainability. It includes a holistic and broad disciplinary approach to sustainability, including language, art, and ceremony, as critical ways to maintain healthy human-environment relations.
Sex on the Kitchen Table: The Romance of Plants and Your Food
by Norman C. EllstrandAt the tips of our forks and on our dinner plates, a buffet of botanical dalliance awaits us. Sex and food are intimately intertwined, and this relationship is nowhere more evident than among the plants that sustain us. From lascivious legumes to horny hot peppers, most of humanity’s calories and other nutrition come from seeds and fruits—the products of sex—or from flowers, the organs that make plant sex possible. Sex has also played an arm’s-length role in delivering plant food to our stomachs, as human handmade evolution (plant breeding, or artificial selection) has turned wild species into domesticated staples. In Sex on the Kitchen Table, Norman C. Ellstrand takes us on a vegetable-laced tour of this entire sexual adventure. Starting with the love apple (otherwise known as the tomato) as a platform for understanding the kaleidoscopic ways that plants can engage in sex, successive chapters explore the sex lives of a range of food crops, including bananas, avocados, and beets, finally ending with genetically engineered squash—a controversial, virus-resistant vegetable created by a process that involves the most ancient form of sex. Peppered throughout are original illustrations and delicious recipes, from sweet and savory tomato pudding to banana puffed pancakes, avocado toast (of course), and both transgenic and non-GMO tacos. An eye-opening medley of serious science, culinary delights, and humor, Sex on the Kitchen Table offers new insight into fornicating flowers, salacious squash, and what we owe to them. So as we sit down to dine and ready for that first bite, let us say a special grace for our vegetal vittles: let’s thank sex for getting them to our kitchen table.
Global Mountain Regions: Conversations toward the Future (Framing the Global)
by Ann Kingsolver Sasikumar BalasundaramNo matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions. These communities often face social and economic marginalization despite providing the lumber, coal, minerals, tea, and tobacco that have fueled the growth of nations for centuries. They are perceived as remote and socially inferior backwaters on one hand while simultaneously seen as culturally rich and spiritually sacred spaces on the other. These contradictions become even more fraught as environmental changes and political strains place added pressure on these mountain communities. Shifting national borders and changes to watersheds, forests, and natural resources play an increasingly important role as nations respond to the needs of a global economy. The works in this volume consider multiple nations, languages, generations, and religions in their exploration of upland communities’ responses to the unique challenges and opportunities they share. From paintings to digital mapping, environmental studies to poetry, land reclamation efforts to song lyrics, the collection provides a truly interdisciplinary and global study. The editors and authors offer a cross-cultural exploration of the many strategies that mountain communities are employing to face the concerns of the future.
Chacra 51: Regreso a la Patagonia en los tiempos del fracking
by Maristella SvampaHistoria a la vez familiar y social, vinculada al avance del fracking en Allen, Río Negro, sobre las tierras que los inmigrantes habían transformado al plantar peras y manzanas. En 2011, en la chacra del abuelo de la autora -conocida militante social y ambientalista- asoma una torre de petróleo. Una historia familiar que mezcla la literatura, la sociología y la filosofía con la militancia socioambiental. Cuando don Alfredo vio que una torre asomaba por entre los álamos, se preguntó con sorpresa: "¿Qué hace eso tan cerca del pueblo?". Nadie se había animado a decirle que los administradores de esas tierras -parte de su familia- habían firmado un contrato con una empresa norteamericana para instalar, entre los perales y manzanos de la chacra que había sido de su padre, una plataforma de explotación de hidrocarburos. Eso sucedió en 2011, y a partir de entonces las plantaciones de frutales empezaron a ser desmontadas, y los pozos de extracción de petróleo y de gas proliferaron en Allen, en el corazón del Alto Valle de Río Negro. De manera asordinada pero vertiginosa, esa localidad se convirtió, junto con Vaca Muerta, en cabecera de playa del fracking en la Argentina. Don Alfredo es el padre de Maristella Svampa, que nació en esas tierras y que, de pronto, vio cómo su familia, la comunidad donde se crió y sus actividades de reconocida militante socioambiental en el país y el exterior se entrelazaban en un doloroso y acuciante primer plano. Chacra 51 es la narración íntima de esa experiencia, pero también, y sobre todo, es un llamado urgente a enfrentar el avance de una actividad que, detrás del proclamado "progreso", impone daños irreversibles en un planeta castigado y en la vida que sostiene.
Between Wind and Water
by Berni M JanssenAlmost everyone thinks that wind power is a great advance, but it too can be done the wrong way. berni m janssen through an extraordinary series of poems that are both riveting and deeply saddening shares the stories of the people living in an idyllic country area into which wind turbines are erected. The world of nature, birds, trees, flowers as well as wind, water and dust come to life, while the world of those subjected to the body-grinding low-pitched sounds through so many sleepless nights fall apart. berni m janssen is a highly respected performance poet and her starkly visual and visceral poems will leave audiences writhing in disbelief.
The Three-Minute Outdoorsman Returns: From Mammoth on the Menu to the Benefits of Moose Drool
by Robert M. ZinkSpending time in nature can raise some serious questions. After contemplating your own mortality, you may start to wonder: Why don’t deer noses freeze in the winter? What does mammoth taste like? Do fish feel pain? These are important questions, and Robert M. Zink has the answers. Bringing together the common and the enigmatic, The Three-Minute Outdoorsman Returns includes over seventy three-minute essays in which Zink responds to the queries that have yet to cross your mind. Drawing on his zoological background, Zink condenses the latest scientific discoveries and delivers useful, entertaining information on the great outdoors. Can a sheep’s horns be too big? Was the Labrador duck a hybrid? Why did I miss that clay target? A large section on deer covers topics ranging from deer birth control backfiring, new information on Chronic Wasting Disease, supplemental feeding, and deer genetics. Other essays explore land, aquatic animals, and humanity’s relationship with nature, thus making this book of wild science an essential for any outdoors person.
Spell (Penguin Poets)
by Ann LauterbachA new collection of provocative work from the author of Or To Begin Again, a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in PoetryAnn Lauterbach is one of America's most inventive poets, acclaimed for her fierce, sensuous, and intellectually charged work. In her tenth collection, Spell, Lauterbach activates the many meanings of "spell": her sense that the world is under a spell from which it must awaken, to spells of passing weather, to her desire to spell out life's difficulties and wonders, and how sin-gle words (and their etymologies) might inform and enlighten our contemporary condition. In short poems, poem sequences, and a series of "Conversations with Evening," Lauterbach calls upon all her imaginative resources to locate a new hybrid poetics of reality, with wit, urgency, and candor.
Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference
by Chelsea ClintonFor the youngest activists among us, a book geared just for them full of facts, stories, and tips on how to change the world, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Clinton. <P><P>What can I do to help save endangered animals? How can I eat healthy? Why do I need to cover my mouth when I cough? What do I do if I'm being bullied? <P><P>With information on problems both large and small, Chelsea Clinton breaks down the concepts of health, hunger, climate change, endangered species and bullying, so that readers can understand the world around them, and how they can make a difference in their own lives, as well as in their communities and the world at large. With comic drawings to illustrate Clinton's words, photographs of real live kids who are making a difference today, and lists of ways to get involved, this book is the perfect introduction to young activists who want to make the world a better place. <P><P>A book equally important and welcome for any elementary school kid, the Cub Scout and Girl Scout set, and for moms who want to raise socially active children. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Puppy Styled: Japanese Dog Grooming: Before And After
by Grace ChonDoggie makeovers that will make you smile Japanese dog grooming does not follow the rules of traditional, breed- standard grooming. In fact, it only has one mission—to make dogs look as adorable as possible! With extreme attention to detail and careful consideration of a pup’s best attributes, Japanese dog groomers and salons achieve the perfect transformation by forgetting uniform looks and getting creative. From internationally acclaimed pet photographer and author of Waggish: Dogs Smiling for Dog Reasons comes this adorable book, which showcases the transformation of dogs going from cute to cutest. Originally a viral photo series called “Hairy,” Grace Chon’s work perfectly captures the whimsy and glamour of freshly groomed furry friends. With nearly 50 before- and- afters, Chon proves that Japanese dog grooming is not just a haircut, but a work of art.
Aboveground–Belowground Community Ecology (Ecological Studies #234)
by Takayuki Ohgushi Susanne Wurst Scott N. JohnsonResearchers now recognize that above- and belowground communities are indirectly linked to one another, often by plant-mediated mechanisms. To date, however, there has been no single multi-authored edited volume on the subject. This book remedies that gap, and offers state-of-the art insights into basic and applied research on aboveground-belowground interactions and their functional consequences. Drawing on a diverse pool of global expertise, the authors present diverse approaches that span a range of scales and levels of complexity.The respective chapters provide in-depth information on the current state of research, and outline future prospects in the field of aboveground-belowground community ecology. In particular, the book’s goal is to expand readers’ knowledge of the evolutionary, community and ecosystem consequences of aboveground-belowground interactions, making it essential reading for all biologists, graduate students and advanced undergraduates working in this rapidly expanding field. It touches on multiple research fields including ecology, botany, zoology, entomology, microbiology and the related applied areas of biodiversity management and conservation.
What Was Hurricane Katrina? (What Was?)
by Robin Koontz John Hinderliter Kevin McveighOn August 25th, 2005, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in history hit the Gulf of Mexico. High winds and rain pummeled coastal communities, including the City of New Orleans, which was left under 15 feet of water in some areas after the levees burst. Track this powerful storm from start to finish, from rescue efforts large and small to storm survivors' tales of triumph.
A Voyage For Madmen: Nine Men Set Out To Race Each Other Around The World. Only One Made It Back ...
by Peter NicholsIn 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death. In this extraordinary book, Peter Nichols chronicles a contest of the individual against the sea, waged at a time before cell phones, satellite dishes, and electronic positioning systems. A Voyage for Madmen is a tale of sailors driven by their own dreams and demons, of horrific storms in the Southern Ocean, and of those riveting moments when a split-second decision means the difference between life and death.
Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: A Counting Adventure (A Click Clack Book)
by Doreen Cronin Betsy Lewin<p>Duck is about to trick poor Farmer Brown once again. While the farmer is sleeping the afternoon away, Duck and the other animals are planning a most unusual fishing trip. Sneaking past Farmer Brown is going to be as easy as 1, 2, 3! <p>This numerical adventure for the very youngest Duck fans brings counting books to a whole new level -- click, clack, splish, splash!</p>
Lost! (Survivor Diaries)
by Terry Lynn Johnson Jani OrbanA high-stakes survival series perfect for fans of the I Survived series and Hatchet. Stay calm. Stay smart. Survive. An ancient myth about a statue leads eleven-year-old Carter and twelve-year-old Anna down a trail deep into the Costa Rican jungle. They get turned around, then chased by howler monkeys. Carter and Anna try to find their way back to the familiar path, but the tangle of vines and trees all look the same. They are . . . lost! With seventeen years of hands-on experience and training in remote areas, survival expert Terry Lynn Johnson(Ice Dogs; Sled Dog School) creates on-the-edge-of-your-seat storytelling featuring real skills to prepare kids for surviving a disaster. This book includes tips from the Canadian Red Cross on how to make your own survival kit. After reading this book, you'll be better prepared for surviving a real-life disaster.
Sailing Fundamentals
by Gary JobsonWritten by America's foremost instructional authority, the new edition of Sailing Fundamentals combines the training programs of the American Sailing Association and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. The official learn-to-sail manual of the American Sailing Association, it is also used in the programs of many yacht clubs, colleges, and sailing groups. Unlike most introductory sailing books, which reflect the biases and idiosyncrasies of their authors, Sailing Fundamentals has been extensively pretested by ASA professional instructors to ensure that it offers the fastest, easiest, most systematic way to learn basic sailing and basic coastal cruising. This book covers every aspect of beginning sailing -- from hoisting sail to docking and anchoring -- and specifically prepares the learner to qualify for sailing certification according to international standards. Widely acclaimed author Gary Jobson has won several major races, including the 1977 America's Cup victory as tactician aboard Courageous. He was head sailing coach at the U.S. Naval Academy, and has conducted sailing clinics across the country. Illustrated step-by-step in two colors with over 150 line drawings and photographs.
Indigenous Life Projects and Extractivism: Ethnographies from South America (Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference)
by Cecilie Vindal Ødegaard Juan Javier Rivera AndíaExploring indigenous life projects in encounters with extractivism, the present open access volume discusses how current turbulences actualise questions of indigeneity, difference and ontological dynamics in the Andes and Amazonia. While studies of extractivism in South America often focus on wider national and international politics, this contribution instead provides ethnographic explorations of indigenous politics, perspectives and worlds, revealing loss and suffering as well as creative strategies to mediate the extralocal. Seeking to avoid conceptual imperialism or the imposition of exogenous categories, the chapters are grounded in the respective authors’ long-standing field research. The authors examine the reactions (from resistance to accommodation), consequences (from anticipation to rubble) and materials (from fossil fuel to water) diversely related to extractivism in rural and urban settings. How can Amerindian strategies to preserve localised communities in extractivist contexts contribute to ways of thinking otherwise?
Borderology: Along the Green Belt (Springer Geography)
by Jan Selmer Methi Andrei Sergeev Małgorzata Bieńkowska Basia NikiforovaThis book provides a unique and multifaceted view on and understanding of borders and their manifestations: physical and mental, cultural and geographical, and as a question of life and death. It highlights the Green Belt along the Iron Curtain, which offered a haven for rare species for many decades and, after the Cold War, became a veritable treasure trove for a European network of researchers. A geographical border is something that can be seen, but other borders sometimes have to be crossed to be discovered. The border zone is an arena for development that is not found in any other places. This book focuses on borderology, which became the name of a cross-border study and research program that explores the border zone from multiple perspectives. This cross-disciplinary book will appeal to interested researchers and students from many fields, from philosophy and diplomacy to ecology and geography.
Environmental Human Rights and Climate Change: Current Status And Future Prospects
by Bridget LewisThis book examines the current status of environmental human rights at the international, regional, and national levels and provides a critical analysis of possible future developments in this area, particularly in the context of a changing climate. It examines various conceptualisations of environmental human rights, including procedural rights relating to the environment, constitutional environmental rights, the environmental dimensions of existing human rights such as the rights to water, health, food, housing and life, and the notion of a stand-alone human right to a healthy environment.The book addresses the topic from a variety of perspectives, drawing on underlying theories of human rights as well as a range of legal, political, and pragmatic considerations. It examines the scope of current human rights, particularly those enshrined in international and regional human rights law, to explore their application and enforceability in relation to environmental problems, identifying potential barriers to more effective implementation. It also analyses the rationale for constitutional recognition of environmental rights and considers the impact that this area of law has had, both in terms of achieving stronger environmental protection and environmental justice, as well as in influencing the development of human rights law more generally. The book identifies climate change as the key environmental challenge facing the global community, as well as a major cause of negative human rights impacts. It examines the contribution that environmental human rights might make to rights-based approaches to climate change.
The Wake of the Whale: Hunter Societies in the Caribbean and North Atlantic
by Russell FieldingDespite declining stocks and health risks, island communities in the Caribbean and North Atlantic still use traditional methods to hunt whales and dolphins for food. Russell Fielding presents the art, history, and purpose of whaling in these different cultures and describes what their future might look like as modern realities take hold.