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The Grizzly Manifesto

Author : Jeff Gailus
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1926855191
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book The Grizzly Manifesto written by Jeff Gailus and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. The grizzly bear, once the archetype for all that is wild, is quickly becoming a symbol of nature’s fierce but flagging resilience in the face of human greed and ignorance—and the difficulty a wealth-addicted society has in changing its ways. North America’s grizzlies have been under siege ever since Europeans arrived. They’d survived the arrival of spear-wielding humans 13,000 years ago, outlived the short-faced bear, the dire wolf and the sabre-tooth cat—not to mention mastodons, mammoths and giant ground sloths the size of elephants—but grizzly bears in much of Turtle Island succumbed to 375 years of unrelenting commercialization and industrialization, disappearing from the Great Plains and much of the mountain West. Despite their relatively successful recovery in Yellowstone National Park, the bears’ decline continues largely unchecked. And the front line in this centuries-old battle for survival has shifted to western Alberta and southern BC, where outdated mythologies, rapacious industry and disingenuous governments continue to push the Great Bear into the mountains and toward a future that may not have room for them at all.

The Beaver Manifesto

Author : Glynnis Hood
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1926855590
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book The Beaver Manifesto written by Glynnis Hood and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. Beavers are the great comeback story—a keystone species that survived ice ages, major droughts, the fur trade, urbanization and near extinction. Their ability to create and maintain aquatic habitats has endeared them to conservationists, but puts the beavers at odds with urban and industrial expansion. These conflicts reflect a dichotomy within our national identity. We place environment and our concept of wilderness as a key touchstone for promotion and celebration, while devoting significant financial and personal resources to combating “the beaver problem.” We need to rethink our approach to environmental conflict in general, and our approach to species-specific conflicts in particular. Our history often celebrates our integration of environment into our identity, but our actions often reveal an exploitation of environment and celebration of its subjugation. Why the conflict with the beaver? It is one of the few species that refuses to play by our rules and continues to modify environments to meet its own needs and the betterment of so many other species, while at the same time showing humans that complete dominion over nature is not necessarily achievable.

The Earth Manifesto

Author : David Tracey
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1927330904
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book The Earth Manifesto written by David Tracey and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. We live in critical times. Choices we make daily now will affect the future of life itself. Years from now children will study our era on the brink and ask their elders “When the planet was burning, what did you do?” Problems as big as the world are daunting, but solutions are at hand, within each of us. The Earth Manifesto: Saving Nature with Engaged Ecology offers an approach to regain control of our environmental destiny by rediscovering our affinity for nature and then acting to preserve it. Rooted in common sense, the author’s “Six Laws of Engaged Ecology” move us from theory, in concepts such as interdependence and the wilderness found in our minds, to practice with explanations of ground-truthing and creating a community through shared environmental principles.

CHANGING SOCIETY CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES

Author : Dr. B. Venkata Subba Reddy & A. Jyotsna
Publisher : Horizon Books ( A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd)
ISBN 13 : 9384044482
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book CHANGING SOCIETY CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES written by Dr. B. Venkata Subba Reddy & A. Jyotsna and published by Horizon Books ( A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd). This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most common view of the relationship between social work and society seems to be the perspective that social work is an intermediary profession, acting between the individual and society. In this intermediary capacity, social work is somehow able to act in ways that are in the best interests of both the individual and society, seeking to empower the individual and to improve society. Critics of social work reject the view of social workers as neutral and objective, and see them rather as agents of social control, largely acting in ways that perpetuate existing inequalities. Social workers are, or can be, agents and catalysts of social change, as intermediaries objectively balancing the pressures of social control and social change.

The Shaker Manifesto

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 924 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Shaker Manifesto written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Once and Future World

Author : James Bernard MacKinnon
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 054410305X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book The Once and Future World written by James Bernard MacKinnon and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning ecology writer goes looking for the wilderness we've lost, providing an eye-opening account of the true relationship between humans and nature.

The Climate Nexus

Author : Robert William Sandford
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1771601426
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book The Climate Nexus written by Robert William Sandford and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secure supplies of water, food and energy are essential to human dignity and well-being around the globe. Their vitality is dependent on healthy ecosystems supporting thriving biodiversity. All four elements are inter-related in that actions to govern one will automatically affect the others -- known as the Nexus. Global demand for the first three elements is increasing due to population growth and rising per capital incomes in developing countries, with steadily worsening results for the fourth. The Nexus elements are also subject to increasing pressures from climate disruption in the form of more frequent and severe flooding, droughts, storms, pest outbreaks, and extreme heat. Nature's capacity to moderate these impacts is also being eroded by rapid, widespread land use development and associated pollution. The combination of increasing demand, decreasing supplies, and rapidly changing hydro-climatic conditions at all points of the Nexus requires transformative policy responses that encompass economy, equity, social justice, fairness, and the environment. The Climate Nexus outlines these challenges and offers a pathway to resolving them.

The Insatiable Bark Beetle

Author : Reese Halter
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1926855671
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book The Insatiable Bark Beetle written by Reese Halter and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. In our ever-warming world, trillions of indigenous bark beetles are killing billions of mature conifers throughout the forests of western North America and around the world, as they embark on their largest and most destructive feeding frenzy in modern times. In areas where cold temperatures traditionally prevented these insects from thriving, our once-healthy but now water-starved trees are becoming more and more vulnerable to the voracious appetites of these destructive pests. With aspects of both our environment and the economy at stake, Dr. Reese Halter’s second RMB Manifesto provides information on the various types of beetles negatively impacting trees, descriptions of the ecosystems they currently inhabit, and an accessible look at the future humanity may face if we do not find ways to control greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, which are contributing factors to the ongoing spread of bark beetles.

Ethical Water

Author : Robert William Sandford
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 192685571X
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Ethical Water written by Robert William Sandford and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. Fresh water is essential to both the ever-expanding human population and the ever-threatened natural landscapes that surround us. And yet, society seems to continually ignore the need for a common-sense approach to—and appreciation of—our freshwater resources and our consumption of this remarkable, life-giving substance that now exceeds its future availability. This ground-breaking and approachable work, by two of Canada’s most authoritative experts on water issues, redefines our relationship with fresh water and outlines the steps we as a society will have to take if we wish to ensure the sustainability of our water supply for future generations.

Digging the City

Author : Rhona McAdam
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 192733022X
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Digging the City written by Rhona McAdam and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. At the last census in 2006, just over 80 percent of Canada’s population lived in urban centres. How we feed that population and protect its food sources is an enduring subject of debate in food security circles these days. As consumers and citizens, we all need to take a hard look at the deficiencies in Canada’s ability to feed the urban poor; our dependence on imported foods and centralized food processing; our detachment from our food sources; the often problematic solutions to food security devised by governments, municipalities and non-profit groups; and where we are headed if we change nothing in these times when change is urgently needed. Many efforts are being made to introduce urban agriculture initiatives all across the country, to address the problems we’ve created and to protect our cities from real and potential crises in the food supply. With passion and lyricism, Digging the City addresses the problems facing urban omnivores in the 21st century and looks at various policy, grassroots and utopian solutions being developed and implemented, while considering the pros and cons of plans such as vertical farms, urban fish farms, transition-town initiatives, seed banks, permaculture and water conservation projects.

The Incomparable Honeybee and the Economics of Pollination

Author : Reese Halter
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1926855647
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book The Incomparable Honeybee and the Economics of Pollination written by Reese Halter and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. From Dr. Reese Halter comes a remarkable, concise account of the honeybees that have profoundly shaped our planet for the past 110 million years. They are the most important group of flower-visiting animals, pollinating more multi-billion-dollar crops and plants than any other living group. Since prehistoric times humans and honeybees have been inextricably linked. This book is rich with interesting and humbling facts: bees can count, they can vote, and honey has potent medicinal properties, able to work as an anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, even an antiseptic. The fate of the bees, whose numbers have been beleaguered most recently by colony collapse disorder, lies firmly in the hands of humankind. As such, it is our job to ensure their health, protect the habitats within which they live and communicate to others the vital link that human society shares with the remarkable honeybee.

Bears

Author : Kevin Van Tighem
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1927330572
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Bears written by Kevin Van Tighem and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fear of bears seems almost to be part of what it is to be human. Our species emerged out of the depths of time into a world already populated by these great carnivores. Before we mastered iron and later developed firearms, we had few defences against bears—only watchful caution and elaborate ceremonies and sacrifices to ward off fear. Where human populations grow, bears have traditionally dwindled or disappeared. But when we return to the wild, to places where bears still survive, all our primeval fears awaken again. The risk of an automobile accident on the way to bear country far outstrips the risk of a close-range encounter with a bear, but it’s the bear that worries us as we hurtle down the pavement at a hundred kilometres an hour. In this timely and sensitive book, Kevin Van Tighem calls on decades of experience, knowledge and understanding in order to enlighten readers about our relationship with and attitude toward bears. Along the way we are confronted with the realities confronting these great animals as a result of our ever-expanding human population and their ever-shrinking natural habitat. Through historical research, field observation, practical advice, personal anecdotes and an array of stunning photos, Van Tighem has written a comprehensive book that is meant to demystify bears in order to promote a deeper understanding of these powerful yet vulnerable creatures.

The Homeward Wolf

Author : Kevin Van Tighem
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1927330831
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book The Homeward Wolf written by Kevin Van Tighem and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner! 2014 Mountain Literature / Jon Whyte Award, Banff Mountain Book and Film Festival Wolves have become a complicated comeback story. Their tracks are once again making trails throughout western Alberta, southern British Columbia and the northwestern United States, and the lonesome howls of the legendary predator are no longer mere echoes from our frontier past: they are prophetic voices emerging from the hills of our contemporary reality. Kevin Van Tighem's first RMB Manifesto explores the history of wolf eradication in western North America and the species' recent return to the places where humans live and play. Rich with personal anecdotes and the stories of individual wolves whose fates reflect the complexity of our relationship with these animals, The Homeward Wolf neither romanticizes nor demonizes this wide-ranging carnivore with whom we once again share our Western spaces. Instead, it argues that wolves are coming back to stay, that conflicts will continue to arise and that we will need to find new ways to manage our relationship with this formidable predator in our ever-changing world.

Saving Lake Winnipeg

Author : Robert William Sandford
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1927330874
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Saving Lake Winnipeg written by Robert William Sandford and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. In February of 2013, as reported by major media from all around the world, Lake Winnipeg was recognized by the Global Nature Fund as the world’s “Threatened Lake of the Year” for 2013. It is not just Manitoba and Canada, however, that deserve a black eye as a result of Lake Winnipeg landing up on this dreadful shortlist. While representative of serious economic threats to the economy of the Central Great Plains region in both Canada and the United States, the condition of Lake Winnipeg is a symbol of a much larger problem. The cyano-bacteria that now form huge blooms in Lake Winnipeg each summer are among the oldest known photosynthetic micro-organisms. Recent research demonstrates that the toxin this bacteria produces has been now been detected in water bodies all across Canada, at levels exceeding maximum guidelines in every province. The deteriorating condition of Lake Winnipeg and the pervasive presence of these toxins is a challenge to the future vitality of our crucial agricultural sector, and thus an issue of growing national health and economic concern. In his third book in this RMB series, internationally respected water analyst Robert Sandford has given the people of the Central Great Plains a true manifesto that can be used to convince government, industry and society that drastic change is needed if we are to avoid the troubles currently plaguing Lake Winnipeg from spreading to other bodies of water throughout North America.

On Fracking

Author : C. Alexia Lane
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1927330815
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book On Fracking written by C. Alexia Lane and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. Across North America and around the world, a significant shift from conventional to unconventional energy extraction is occurring like never before. As traditional energy sources dwindle and the insatiable demand for fossil fuels continues to increase, civilization seems to be taking greater and greater risks in order to fuel our seemingly endless consumption and over-use of this planet’s natural resources. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” has emerged as a lightning rod of controversy as engaged citizens grow more and more concerned with the threats facing groundwater, local geology and the depletion of surface water. Although there have been relatively few proven instances of such threats when compared to the number of complaints filed, there is a prevailing sense of anger and frustration at the lack of transparency in the regulatory structure and enforcement of environmental measures to safeguard both surface and groundwater sources. Of noted concern is the intensity with which wells are scheduled to be fracked despite public concerns, calls for moratoriums and lack of baseline scientific data to ensure proper evaluation and follow-up monitoring of fracked wells. C. Alexia Lane’s first RMB Manifesto makes it clear that there is an urgent need for current policies to be reformed in order to alleviate various community, ecological and environmental concerns and to ensure the long-term protection of our precious water sources.

Hindu Kush-Himalaya Watersheds Downhill: Landscape Ecology and Conservation Perspectives

Author : Ganga Ram Regmi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030362752
Total Pages : 890 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Hindu Kush-Himalaya Watersheds Downhill: Landscape Ecology and Conservation Perspectives written by Ganga Ram Regmi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the myriad components of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region. The contributors elaborate on challenges, failures, and successes in efforts to conserve the HKH, its indigenous plants and animals, and the watershed that runs from the very roof of the planet via world-rivers to marine estuaries, supporting a human population of some two billion people. Readers will learn how the landforms, animal species and humans of this globally fascinating region are connected, and understand why runoff from snow and ice in the world’s tallest mountains is vital to inhabitants far downstream. The book comprises forty-five chapters organized in five parts. The first section, Landscapes, introduces the mountainous watersheds of the HKH, its weather systems, forests, and the 18 major rivers whose headwaters are here. The second part explores concepts, cultures, and religions, including ethnobiology and indigenous regimes, two thousand years of religious tradition, and the history of scientific and research expeditions. Part Three discusses policy, wildlife conservation management, habitat and biodiversity data, as well as the interaction of animals and humans. The fourth part examines the consequences of development and globalization, from hydrodams, to roads and railroads, to poaching and illegal wildlife trade. This section includes studies of animal species including river dolphins, woodpeckers and hornbills, langurs, snow leopards and more. The concluding section offers perspectives and templates for conservation, sustainability and stability in the HKH, including citizen-science projects and a future challenged by climate change, growing human population, and global conservation decay. A large assemblage of field and landscape photos, combined with eye-witness accounts, presents a 50-year local and wider perspective on the HKH. Also included are advanced digital topics: data sharing, open access, metadata, web portal databases, geographic information systems (GIS) software and machine learning, and data mining concepts all relevant to a modern scientific understanding and sustainable management of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region. This work is written for scholars, landscape ecologists, naturalists and researchers alike, and it can be especially well-suited for those readers who want to learn in a more holistic fashion about the latest conservation issues.

Gift Ecology

Author : Peter H. Denton
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1927330408
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Gift Ecology written by Peter H. Denton and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global sustainability in the 21st century seems to be an elusive goal. There are too many issues, too many problems--and, increasingly, too many people--to make the major changes required in the time various experts tell us we have left before it's too late. To create a sustainable future, we need to change the game itself. We cannot simply try to solve our problems one at a time. Instead, we need to reimagine sustainability in all its dimensions--social, cultural, environmental and economic--to create a global system that reflects how we should be living together, one that generates both hope and possibility. In this thought-provoking work, Peter Denton argues that the attitudes and values associated with the economics of exchange are in part to blame for our current situation. We need to rediscover what it means to live in a universe of relations, not merely in one that can be counted and measured. The more we are able to replace an economy based on transactions with an ecology based on gifts, the more likely a sustainable future becomes for all of Earth's children.