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The Ballast Seed

Author : Rosie Kinchen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781474618182
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book The Ballast Seed written by Rosie Kinchen and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I loved The Ballast Seed. I couldn't put it down. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once - luminous and lush, full of dirt, darkness, sun light and soft new growth. It's a story of vulnerability, persistence and the will to live. This is a memoir that will make you weep, then roll up your sleeves and plant the seeds of a new life.' Cal Flyn author of Islands of Abandonment The surprise of a second pregnancy, so soon after the birth of her first son, plunged Rosie into a despair that spiralled into deep depression. Terrified at the prospect of adding another child into her already precariously balanced life, Rosie was compelled to find a new way of living. She found herself instinctively drawn to the local parks and scraps of communal green spaces in her local south east London neighbourhood, and to therapy via tending a hidden garden deep within the city. Interlaced with her responses to the travel journals of an eccentric 19th century female botanist and adventurer, Rosie elegantly describes how these pockets of nature amidst the urban sprawl provided just enough to mend her broken spirit.

Maria Thereza Alves

Author : Carin Kuoni
Publisher : Amherst College Press
ISBN 13 : 1943208484
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Maria Thereza Alves written by Carin Kuoni and published by Amherst College Press. This book was released on 2023-04 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of climate change, extractivist economies, and forced mobility, who and what belongs? Throughout her prolific career, Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves has focused precisely on this question. Perhaps her most iconic, generative, and expansive work is Seeds of Change, a twenty-year investigation into the hidden history of ballast flora--displaced plant seeds found in the soil used to balance shipping vessels during the colonial period. The project examines the influx and significance of imported plants, materializing at port cities across several continents: Marseille, Reposaari, Liverpool, Exeter and Topsham, Dunkerque, Bristol, Antwerp, and most recently New York, where it was awarded the Jane Lombard Prize for Art and Social Justice by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School. In each city, Seeds of Change has revealed the entangled relationship between "alien" plant species and the colonial maritime trade of goods and enslaved peoples, contrasting their seemingly innocuous beauty with the violent history associated with their arrival. By focusing on ballast flora, Alves invites us to de-border postcolonial historical narratives and consider a "borderless history." The first monograph of Alves's historic project, Seeds of Change is edited by Carin Kuoni and Wilma Lukatsch and features essays by the artist as well as Katayoun Chamany, Seth Denizen, Jean Fisher, Yrjö Haila, Richard William Hill, Heli M. Jutila, J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Lara Khaldi, Tomaž Mastnak, Marisa Prefer, and Radhika Subramaniam.

Historical Archaeology and Environment

Author : Marcos André Torres de Souza
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331990857X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Historical Archaeology and Environment written by Marcos André Torres de Souza and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume gathers contributions focused on understanding the environment through the lens of Historical Archaeology. Pressing issues such as climate change, global warming, the Anthropocene and loss of biodiversity have pushed scholars from different areas to examine issues related to the causes, processes, and consequences of these phenomena. While traditional barriers between natural and social sciences have been torn down, these issues have gradually occupied a central place in the field of anthropology. As archaeology involves the transdisciplinary study of cultural and natural evidence related to the past, it is in a privileged position to discuss the historical depth of some of the processes related to environment that are deeply affecting the world today. This volume brings together substantial and comprehensive contributions to the understanding of the environment in a historical perspective along three lines of inquiry: Theoretical and methodological approaches to the environment in Historical Archaeology Studies on environmental Historical Archaeology Historical Archaeology and the Anthropocene Historical Archaeology and Environment will be of interest to researchers in both social and environmental sciences, working in different disciplines and research areas, such as archaeology, history, geography, anthropology, climate change studies, environmental analysis and sustainable development studies.

After Discourse

Author : Bjørnar Olsen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429576099
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book After Discourse written by Bjørnar Olsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Discourse is an interdisciplinary response to the recent trend away from linguistic and textual approaches and towards things and their affects. The new millennium brought about serious changes to the intellectual landscape. Favoured approaches associated with the linguistic and the textual turn lost some of their currency, and were followed by a new curiosity and concern for things and their natures. Gathering contributions from archaeology, heritage studies, history, geography, literature and philosophy, After Discourse offers a range of reflections on what things are, how we become affected by them, and the ethical concerns they give rise to. Through a varied constellation of case studies, it explores ways of dealing with matters which fall outside, become othered from, or simply cannot be grasped through perspectives derived solely from language and discourse. After Discourse provides challenging new perspectives for scholars and students interested in other-than-textual encounters between people and the objects with which we share the world.

How to Eradicate Invasive Plants

Author : Teri Dunn Chace
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604693061
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book How to Eradicate Invasive Plants written by Teri Dunn Chace and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies two hundred of the most common invasive plants, including bog plants, herbaceous perennials, and shrubs, and offers guidance on selecting the safest and most responsible eradication options.

Form, Art and the Environment

Author : Nathalie Blanc
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317336887
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Form, Art and the Environment written by Nathalie Blanc and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Form, Art and the Environment: Engaging in Sustainability adopts a pluralistic perspective of environmental artistic processes in order to examine the contributions of the arts in promoting sustainable development and culture at a grassroots level and its potential as a catalyst for social change and awareness. This book investigates how community arts, environmental creativity, and the changing role of artists in the Polis contribute to the goal of a sustainable future from a number of interdisciplinary perspectives. From considering the role that art works play in revealing local environmental problems such as biodiversity, public transportation and energy issues, to examining the way in which artists and art works enrich our multidimensional understanding of culture and sustainable development, Form, Art and the Environment advocates the inestimable value of art as an expressive force in promoting sustainable culture and conscious development. Utilising a broad range of case studies and analysis from a body of work collected through the international environmental COAL prize, this book examines the evolution of the relationship between culture and the environment. This book will be of interest to practitioners of the environmental arts, culture and sustainable development and students of Art, Environmental Science, and International Policy and Planning Development.

Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions

Author : Dr. Daniel Simberloff
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520948432
Total Pages : 1580 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions written by Dr. Daniel Simberloff and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-01-02 with total page 1580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering encyclopedia illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecology—biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. Written by leading scientists from around the world, Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions addresses all aspects of this subject at a global level—including invasions by animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria—in succinct, alphabetically arranged articles. Scientifically uncompromising, yet clearly written and free of jargon, the volume encompasses fields of study including biology, demography, geography, ecology, evolution, sociology, and natural history. Featuring many cross-references, suggestions for further reading, illustrations, an appendix of the world’s worst 100 invasive species, a glossary, and more, this is an essential reference for anyone who needs up-to-date information on this important topic. Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions features articles on: • Well-known invasive species such the zebra mussel, chestnut blight, cheatgrass, gypsy moth, Nile perch, giant African snail, and Norway rat • Regions with especially large numbers of introduced species including the Great Lakes, Mediterranean Sea, Hawaiian Islands, Australia, and New Zealand. • Conservation, ecological, economic, and human and animal health impacts of invasions around the world • The processes and pathways involved in invasion • Management of introduced species

Coevolution of Animals and Plants

Author : Lawrence E. Gilbert
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 029276880X
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Coevolution of Animals and Plants written by Lawrence E. Gilbert and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has long been recognized that plants and animals profoundly affect one another’s characteristics during the course of evolution. However, the importance of coevolution as a dynamic process involving such diverse factors as chemical communication, population structure and dynamics, energetics, and the evolution, structure, and functioning of ecosystems has been widely recognized for a comparatively short time. Coevolution represents a point of view about the structure of nature that only began to be fully explored in the late twentieth century. The papers presented here herald its emergence as an important and promising field of biological research. Coevolution of Animals and Plants is the first book to focus on the dynamic aspects of animal-plant coevolution. It covers, as broadly as possible, all the ways in which plants interact with animals. Thus, it includes discussions of leaf-feeding animals and their impact on plant evolution as well as of predator-prey relationships involving the seeds of angiosperms. Several papers deal with the most familiar aspect of mutualistic plant-animal interactions—pollination relationships. The interactions of orchids and bees, ants and plants, and butterflies and plants are discussed. One article provides a fascinating example of more indirect relationships centered around the role of carotenoids, which are produced by plants but play a fundamental part in the visual systems of both plants and animals. Coevolution of Animals and Plants provides a general conceptual framework for studies on animal-plant interaction. The papers are written from a theoretical, rather than a speculative, standpoint, stressing patterns that can be applied in a broader sense to relationships within ecosystems. Contributors to the volume include Paul Feeny, Miriam Rothschild, Christopher Smith, Brian Hocking, Lawrence Gilbert, Calaway Dodson, Herbert Baker, Bernd Heinrich, Doyle McKey, and Gordon Frankie.

Fish and Wildlife Research

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Fish and Wildlife Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Artists and the Practice of Agriculture

Author : Silvia Bottinelli
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429533926
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Artists and the Practice of Agriculture written by Silvia Bottinelli and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artists and the Practice of Agriculture maps out examples of artistic practices that engage with the aesthetics and politics of gathering food, growing edible and medicinal plants, and interacting with non-human collaborators. In the hands of contemporary artists, farming and foraging become forms of visual and material language that convey personal and political meanings. This book provides a critical analysis of artistic practices that model alternative food systems. It presents rich academic insights as well as 16 conversations with practicing artists. The volume addresses pressing issues, such as the interconnectedness of human and other-than-human beings, the weight of industrial agriculture, the legacy of colonialism, and the promise of place-based and embodied pedagogies. Through participatory projects, the artists discussed here reflect on the links between past histories, present challenges, and future solutions for the food sovereignty of local and networked communities. The book is an easy-to-navigate resource for readers interested in food studies, visual and material cultures, contemporary art, ecocriticism, and the environmental humanities.

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being papers read at the meetings of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club.

All We Want Is the Earth

Author : Patrick Bresnihan
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529218330
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book All We Want Is the Earth written by Patrick Bresnihan and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-04-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces a counter-history of modern environmentalism from the 1960s to the present day.

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

Author : New Zealand Institute
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute written by New Zealand Institute and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings or notices of the member institutes of the society form part of the section "Proceedings" in each volume; lists of members are included in v. 1-41, 43-60, 64-

Transactions

Author : Royal Society of New Zealand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 880 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Transactions written by Royal Society of New Zealand and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes proceedings of member institutes of the Society and of the Society's Science Congress through v. 84, 1956/57.

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 896 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New Seed Starter's Handbook

Author : Nancy Bubel
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 9780878577521
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (775 download)

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Download or read book The New Seed Starter's Handbook written by Nancy Bubel and published by Rodale. This book was released on 1988-02-15 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the advantages of starting seeds indoors, discusses containers, growing media, light, and water, and tells how to transplant young plants into the garden