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Book Synopsis The Greenest Wind by : Gesine Schulz
Download or read book The Greenest Wind written by Gesine Schulz and published by neobooks. This book was released on 2019-02-02 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy can hardly wait for summer vacation – she and her mother are flying all the way from Germany to sunny California! But at the last minute, the plan falls through and she winds up having to fly all alone to Ireland instead. To an eccentric aunt she doesn't even know, and who, apparently, lives in an old cottage without a roof. And that in a country where it rains all the time! Lucy doesn't want to go, not one little bit, but there's no other option. By the end of the five weeks, though, she has to admit it was the best vacation ever. ––– A perennial seller in its native Germany, and already translated into Swedish and Dutch, the novel now makes its appearance in English. Translation of the middle-grade novel Eine Tüte grüner Wind, a perennial seller in German, and beloved by readers of all ages. Translated by Rebecca Heier. Cover design: Sam Kalda. ––– "Aunt Paula and her niece connect because of their creativity, humor and, most of all, their ability to take things as they are." (Boek en Jeugd Online, The Netherlands) ––– "At the end of the vacation everything is different. Lucy Lindemann has become a bit more mature. (...) For readers aged 10 to 100." (SFB Radio Berlin, Germany) ––– "Lucy changes from feeling alone in a strange place to never wanting to leave." (German Book Office New York) ––– "I have always maintained the importance of Aunts" (Jane Austen in a letter to her niece Caroline in 1815) –––
Book Synopsis The Green Wind by : Jane Smith (Author of The green wind)
Download or read book The Green Wind written by Jane Smith (Author of The green wind) and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The World's Greenest Buildings by : Jerry Yudelson
Download or read book The World's Greenest Buildings written by Jerry Yudelson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World’s Greenest Buildings tackles an audacious task. Among the thousands of green buildings out there, which are the best, and how do we know? Authors Jerry Yudelson and Ulf Meyer examined hundreds of the highest-rated large green buildings from around the world and asked their owners to supply one simple thing: actual performance data, to demonstrate their claims to sustainable operations. This pivotal book presents: an overview of the rating systems and shows "best in class" building performance in North America, Europe, the Middle East, India, China, Australia and the Asia-Pacific region practical examples of best practices for greening both new and existing buildings a practical reference for how green buildings actually perform at the highest level, one that takes you step-by-step through many different design solutions a wealth of exemplary case studies of successful green building projects using actual performance data from which to learn interviews with architects, engineers, building owners and developers and industry experts, to provide added insight into the greening process This guide uncovers some of the pitfalls that lie ahead for sustainable design, and points the way toward much faster progress in the decade ahead.
Book Synopsis Winds of Change by : Ion Bogdan Vasi
Download or read book Winds of Change written by Ion Bogdan Vasi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades the global wind energy industry has undergone explosive growth, and there is still vast potential for wind to supply more of the world's energy. Though not only is wind power far from reaching its potential, its rise has been uneven and irregular. What factors influence the development of the wind energy industry, and why has it developed successfully in some places but not in others? In Winds of Change, Ion Bogdan Vasi argues that the development of wind energy is dependent not only on improvements in technology and economic forces, but also in large part on the efforts of the environmental movement. Vasi defines and analyses three pathways through which the environmental movement has contributed to industry growth: it has influenced the adoption and implementation of renewable energy policies, created consumer demand for clean energy, and changed the institutional logics of the energy sector. Vasi uses quantitative analysis to present the big picture of global wind power development, and qualitative research to understand why certain countries are world leaders in wind energy while others are relatively underdeveloped. Through interviews with renewable energy professionals and campaigners, he shows that environmental groups and activists participated actively in energy policymaking, pressured various organizations to purchase wind power, and formed new companies that specialized in wind-farm development. He also demonstrates that environmentalists contributed to wind turbine manufacturing by becoming entrepreneurs, innovators, and advocates. Winds of Change sheds much new light on how wind energy is adopted and why, and demonstrates how activists and social movements can contribute to the creation of new industries.
Book Synopsis Beyond The Greenest Hill by : Patricia McCune Irvine
Download or read book Beyond The Greenest Hill written by Patricia McCune Irvine and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-01-28 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princess Loralyn lives in the large stone Palace with her father, King Bevan, her mother, Queen Avia, and her younger brother, Galen, who will some day be the king. Loralyn desires not only to learn the secret of what a lovely princess is and to understand the task of becoming one, but wishes to visit her very own valley, north beyond the Greenest Hill, which also seems impossible. As time passes, she meets the Simple Ones who fear a Dragon in the forest, the wise River Lady who tries to help, and the princes who come one by one to win the hand in marriage of the lovely princess-a fairy tale.
Book Synopsis The Green Wind by : Ethel F. Cornwell
Download or read book The Green Wind written by Ethel F. Cornwell and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Green Book written by Duncan Brack and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading Liberal Democrats and policy experts re-examine their political approach and propose a radical new direction for the party, setting the agenda for the next election and beyond. The Green Book cogently argues that a low-carbon economy and environmental investments are the best way to escape from sluggish growth, create new jobs and share prosperity. It is a clarion call for Liberal Democrats to treat the environmental crisis as a core challenge of economic policy, not a discrete problem. Policies that protect and enhance the natural world - on which our economy and society ultimately depend for our health, well-being and prosperity - should be the driving force behind the party's programme. Furthermore, green policies can provide a vital, clear and popular distinction between Liberal Democrats and Conservatives at the next election. The Green Book offers a challenge to current Liberal Democrat thinking - and stimulating reading to anyone who cares about the environment and the future of the British economy.
Book Synopsis Survival of the Greenest by : Amir Lebdioui
Download or read book Survival of the Greenest written by Amir Lebdioui and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pathways to economic development are changing. Environmental sustainability is no longer a choice but a necessity to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy. Just like in nature, where survival hinges on adaptation, this Element shows how nations adjust to -and take advantage of- the new dynamics of structural transformation induced by climate change. First, by analysing the uneven industrial geography of decarbonisation, the inadequate state of climate financing and rise of green protectionism, it demonstrates that the low-carbon economy stands to increase economic disparities between nations, unless action is taken. Then, by examining green industrial policies and their varied success, it explains how governments can still join the green industrialisation race. Finally, it examines how to adapt green industrial policy to different starting points, market sizes, productive structures, state-business relations dynamics, institutional layouts, and ecological contexts. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Book Synopsis Environmental Science and Technology by : Stanley E. Manahan
Download or read book Environmental Science and Technology written by Stanley E. Manahan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-10-20 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formally established by the EPA nearly 15 years ago, the concept of green chemistry is beginning to come of age. Although several books cover green chemistry and chemical engineering, none of them transfer green principles to science and technology in general and their impact on the future. Defining industrial ecology, Environmental Science and Technology: A Sustainable Approach to Green Science and Technology provides a general overview of green science and technology and their essential role in ensuring environmental sustainability. Written by a leading expert, the book provides the essential background for understanding green science and technology and how they relate to sustainability. In addition to the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere traditionally covered in environmental science books, this book is unique in recognizing the anthrosphere as a distinct sphere of the environment. The author explains how the anthrosphere can be designed and operated in a manner that does not degrade environmental quality and, in most favorable circumstances, may even enhance it. With the current emphasis shifting from end-of-pipe solutions to pollution prevention and control of resource consumption, green principles are increasingly moving into the mainstream. This book provides the foundation not only for understanding green science and technology, but also for taking its application to the next level.
Book Synopsis The Greenest Wind - Eine Tüte Grüner Wind (englische Ausgabe) by : Gesine Schulz
Download or read book The Greenest Wind - Eine Tüte Grüner Wind (englische Ausgabe) written by Gesine Schulz and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die wunderbare Ferien- und Freundschaftsgeschichte jetzt auch als englisches Taschenbuch, für Kinder ab 10 mit Englisch-Grundkenntnissen (mit Vokabelhilfen) Ein USA-Trip mit ihrer Mutter, das war der Plan für Lucys Sommer. Doch dann fällt die Reise ins Wasser und Lucy muss stattdessen ganz alleine nach Irland. Zu einer Tante, die sie gar nicht kennt und die angeblich ein bisschen verrückt ist. Ob ihr altes Haus ein Dach hat, ist auch nicht sicher. Dabei regnet es in Irland pausenlos! Außerdem haben alle dort rote Haare. Lucy will da nicht hin, kein bisschen. Aber sie hat keine Wahl, darum färbt sie sich trotzig die Haare – irisch-rot! – und fliegt los ... Fünf Wochen später weiß Lucy eins ganz genau: Dies waren ihre bisher schönsten Ferien! Zum Englischlernen für die Schule oder für zu Hause - und dann ab nach Irland in den perfekten Sommer!
Book Synopsis Introduction to Sustainability by : Robert Brinkmann
Download or read book Introduction to Sustainability written by Robert Brinkmann and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Sustainability, Second Edition, reviews all the major themes in the cutting-edge field of sustainability. The book is suitable for introductory interdisciplinary courses on sustainability, as well as those in the fields of geography, geology, sociology, planning, political science, and anthropology. Allowing students to see the world in new ways while also encouraging them to become part of the change needed to ensure the long-term sustainability of the planet, this book is an invaluable introduction to this multifaceted and ever-changing subject. Now fully revised and updated, this second edition includes new material on the most recent developments in the field of sustainability; environmental sustainability issues like water, food, and energy; social sustainability themes like environmental justice and transportation; and economic sustainability topics like green businesses and economic development. The book concludes with a chapter on sustainability issues in college and universities. Brinkmann intersperses many fascinating case studies and text boxes that encourage students to deeply explore the material. This is a book that not only organizes the complex field of sustainability, but also encourages students to take action to make the world a better place.
Book Synopsis The Greenest Nation? by : Frank Uekötter
Download or read book The Greenest Nation? written by Frank Uekötter and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of German environmentalism that shows the influence of the past on today's environmental decisions.
Download or read book Power Hungry written by Robert Bryce and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The promise of "green jobs" and a "clean energy future" has roused the masses. But as Robert Bryce makes clear in this provocative book, that vision needs a major re-vision. We cannot -- and will not -- quit using carbon-based fuels at any time in the near future for a simple reason: they provide the horsepower that we crave. The hard reality is that oil, coal, and natural gas are here to stay. Fueling our society requires more than sentiment and rhetoric; we need to make good decisions and smart investments based on facts. In Power Hungry, Bryce provides a supertanker-load of footnoted facts while shepherding readers through basic physics and math. And with the help of a panoply of vivid graphics and tables, he crushes a phalanx of energy myths, showing why renewables are not green, carbon capture and sequestration won't work, and even -- surprise! -- that the U.S. is leading the world in energy efficiency. He also charts the amazing growth of the fuels of the future: natural gas and nuclear. Power Hungry delivers a clear-eyed view of what America has "in the tank," and what's needed to transform the gargantuan global energy sector.
Download or read book The Green Wind written by Jane Smith and published by . This book was released on 1968-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Optimistic Environmentalist, The by : David R. Boyd
Download or read book Optimistic Environmentalist, The written by David R. Boyd and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hopeful, inspiring, and honest take on the environment Yes, the world faces substantial environmental challenges — climate change, pollution, and extinction. But the surprisingly good news is that we have solutions to these problems. In the past 50 years, a remarkable number of environmental problems have been solved, while substantial progress is ongoing on others. The Optimistic Environmentalist chronicles these remarkable success stories. Endangered species — from bald eagles to gray whales — pulled back from the precipice of extinction. Thousands of new parks, protecting billions of hectares of land and water. The salvation of the ozone layer, vital to life on Earth. The exponential growth of renewable energy powered by wind, water, and sun. The race to be the greenest city in the world. Remarkable strides in cleaning up the air we breathe and the water we drink. The banning of dozens of the world's most toxic chemicals. A circular economy where waste is a thing of the past. Past successes pave the way for even greater achievements in the future. Providing a powerful antidote to environmental despair, this book inspires optimism, leading readers to take action and exemplifying how change can happen. A bright green future is not only possible, it's within our grasp.
Download or read book Francis Bacon written by Robert P. Ellis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around the time Shakespeare inaugurated the golden age of English drama, the young Francis Bacon proposed to take "all knowledge to be my province." He soon realized the difficulty of that but in the process he posed two related questions, which he understood better than any other man of his time: Can human beings respect and obey nature, and Can they also command nature? He asked many other questions considered useless and impractical in his time but vital in ours. After a busy career as an English parliamentarian, judge and advisor of King James I, Bacon published in his final years The Advancement of Learning, which included his New Atlantis, with its prescient vision of human accomplishments, many achieved only in the past century. The first important book of English essays, it is an investigation of civil and moral problems that continue to engage and perplex us.
Book Synopsis The Gathering Wind by : Gregory A. Freeman
Download or read book The Gathering Wind written by Gregory A. Freeman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: October 2012. A replica of the famous HMS Bounty, an eighteenth-century tall sailing ship, set a collision course with a storm that became the largest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic—a clash that proved to be one of the most unforgettable stories of Superstorm Sandy. The Bounty, crewed by an eclectic team of seafarers and led by highly respected captain Robin Walbridge, departed from Connecticut as Sandy raced north. Walbridge, whose decisions decided the fate of his ship and crew, attempted to outmaneuver the storm by heading southeast. As violent gusts tossed the wooden vessel, the crew fought to save their ship—and themselves. When the storm finally overtook the ship, the crew was tossed into the churning sea. The men and women of a Coast Guard station in North Carolina courageously flew into hundred-mile-per-hour winds to rescue the survivors of the Bounty. After hours of white-knuckle flying, they accomplished one of their most memorable rescues ever. Based on interviews with Bounty survivors and unfettered access to Coast Guard rescue team members, The Gathering Wind is the most complete account of this heartbreaking, thrilling, and inspirational story. INCLUDES PHOTOS
