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244 pages ; 22 cm
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"An award-winning astronomer and physicist's spellbinding and urgent call for a new Enlightenment and the recognition of the preciousness of life using reason and curiosity--the foundations of science--to study, nurture, and ultimately preserve humanity as we face the existential crisis of climate change"--
Since Copernicus, humanity has increasingly seen itself as adrift withing a large, cold universe. Gleiser argues that we need to reinvent our...
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xiv, 324 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
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English
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"After a decades-long economic slump, the city of Flint, Michigan, struggled to address chronic issues of toxic water supply, malnutrition, and food security gaps among its residents. A community-engaged research project proposed a resilience assessment that would use panarchy theory to move the city toward a more sustainable food system. Flint is one of many examples that demonstrates how panarchy theory is being applied to understand and influence...
28) Planetary
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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A provocative and breathtaking wakeup call examining one of the truly extraordinary events of civilization, space travel, and looks at how this gave a totally different perspective on the Earth.
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"Prize-winning essays on our changing place in the natural world by the best-selling author of Moby-Duck. Writing in the grand American tradition of Annie Dillard and Barry Lopez, Donovan Hohn is an "adventurous, inquisitive, and brightly illuminating writer" (New York Times). Since the publication of Moby-Duck a decade ago, Hohn has been widely hailed for his prize-winning essays on the borderlands between the natural and the human. The Inner Coast...
32) The coming of the cosmic Christ: the healing of Mother Earth and the birth of a global renaissance
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x, 278 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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278 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"For centuries, humankind was connected to nature. Yet we've evolved to feel safer inside on our devices, despite the fact that most of us are our most calm, creative, and captivated outdoors. In response, writer and environmentalist Emma Loewe blends new research and ancient spiritual knowledge on the healing properties of landscape to prove why we need to return to nature for the sake of our health -- and the planet's." -- Back cover.
"From MindBodyGreen's...
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xiv, 185 pages ; 22 cm
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"Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological epoch--the Anthropocene--one in which the serene and clement conditions that allowed civilisation to flourish are disappearing and we quail before 'the wakened giant'. The emergence of a conscious creature capable of using technology to bring about a rupture in the Earth's geochronology is an event of monumental significance,...
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xii, 275 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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"Humans have always thrived in rich, diverse, ediible ecosystems. The Edible Ecosystem Solution is a practical guide to transforming sterile landscapes of lawns and ornamentals into abundant edible ecosystems with profound benefits to biodiversity, community, and culture." -- Back cover.
"The Edible Ecosystem Solution explores how humans benefit from edible ecosystem abundance, the immense opportunities in society for landscape change, and how anyone...
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(Vladimir),Ringing cedars volume 8, pt. 1
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238 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"From Nancy Lawson, author of The Humane Gardener, an insightful and personal exploration of the vibrant web of nature outside our back door-where animals and plants perceive and communicate using marvelous sensory capabilities we are only beginning to understand"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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Just as a pebble is part of a mountain, just as a wave is part of the sea, so, too, is every one of us part of something bigger. With bright collage illustrations and a simple, lyrical text, acclaimed author-illustrator Toni Yuly invites readers to celebrate our relationship to the natural world.
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