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Nature's Allies

Author : Larry Nielsen

Publisher : Island Press

Page : 273 pages

File Size : 40,80 MB

Release : 2017-02-02

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1610917952

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It's easy to feel powerless in the face of big environmental challenges--but we need inspiration now more than ever. In Nature's Allies, Larry Nielsen presents the inspiring stories of eight conservation pioneers who show that through passion and perseverance we can each make a difference, even in the face of political opposition. Nielsen's vivid biographies of John Muir, Ding Darling, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Chico Mendes, Billy Frank Jr., Wangari Maathai, and Gro Harlem Brundtland are meant to rally a new generation of conservationists to follow in their footsteps and inspire students, conservationists, and nature lovers to speak up for nature and prove that individuals can affect positive change in the world.



Natural Allies

Author : Daniel Macfarlane

Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Page : 171 pages

File Size : 50,61 MB

Release : 2023-08-15

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0228018080

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No two nations have exchanged natural resources, produced transborder environmental agreements, or cooperatively altered ecosystems on the same scale as Canada and the United States. Environmental and energy diplomacy have profoundly shaped both countries’ economies, politics, and landscapes for over 150 years. Natural Allies looks at the history of US-Canada relations through an environmental lens. From fisheries in the late nineteenth century to oil pipelines in the twenty-first century, Daniel Macfarlane recounts the scores of transborder environmental and energy arrangements made between the two nations. Many became global precedents that influenced international environmental law, governance, and politics, including the Boundary Waters Treaty, the Trail Smelter case, hydroelectric megaprojects, and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreements. In addition to water, fish, wood, minerals, and myriad other resources, Natural Allies details the history of the continental energy relationship – from electricity to uranium to fossil fuels –showing how Canada became vital to American strategic interests and, along with the United States, a major international energy power and petro-state. Environmental and energy relations facilitated the integration and prosperity of Canada and the United States but also made these countries responsible for the current climate crisis and other unsustainable forms of ecological degradation. Looking to the future, Natural Allies argues that the concept of national security must be widened to include natural security – a commitment to public, national, and international safety from environmental harms, especially those caused by human actions.



Natural Allies?

Author : Klepak

Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 24,34 MB

Release : 1996-06-15

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0773591230

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To what extent are Canada and Mexico "natural allies" in continental and world affairs? How will this relationship unfold in terms of security issues in the aftermath of the Cold War? These questions were the focus of a workshop held in Mexico City in 1994 from which this book took its themes: historical context, American influence, and potential cooperative security options. A process of redefining "security" concerns in a changing hemisphere is clearly underway, and Natural Allies? examines economic factors, drug trafficking, questions of autonomy and strategic alliance, and defence priorities as intersecting interests in the Canada-Mexico dialogue. This is volume two in CHANGING AMERICAS, a series published in collaboration with the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL).



Natural Allies?

Author : Stephen Blank

Publisher :

Page : 220 pages

File Size : 17,18 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Electronic government information

ISBN :

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Natural Allies?: Regional Security in Asia and Prospects for Indo-American Strategic Cooperation

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing

Page : 215 pages

File Size : 24,54 MB

Release : 2005

Category :

ISBN : 1428916385

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Indo-American relations increasingly comprise expanded strategic and economic ties. India's government, led by Prime Minister Mamonhan Singh, has stated it intention to intensify these ties with America. Clearly the Bush administration agrees. For example, President Bush has indicated his intention to sustain the gains achieved since 2001 as a priority. Prime Minister Singh has invited the President to India. President Bush has indicated his intention to go there, leading Indian analysts to expect that, "What we are going to see is a consolidation of Indo-U.S. ties on a range of strategic issues. We may see a greater emphasis on economic ones as well. The Bush administration is prepared to make a major offer of arms sales to India. This deal has many repercussion across the entire range of Indo-American relationships and of India's relationships with a host of important foreign governments like Russia, China, Pakistan, and Israel. Undoubtedly, a reinforcement of the economic foundations of bilateral amity would be desirable for many reasons. This book-length monograph seeks to illuminate India's rising power and capabilities with regard to the key regions on its periphery: the Persian Gulf, Central Asia, and South East Asia. The author also considers the major issues pertaining to India's bilateral defense agenda with the United States. By revealing the dimensions of India's growing capabilities and interests, he provides a strategic rationale developing the U.S.-India partnership further.



Nature's Pharmacy

Author : Barrett Williams

Publisher : Barrett Williams

Page : 113 pages

File Size : 16,90 MB

Release : 2024-04-22

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN :

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Immerse yourself in the transformative world of "Nature's Pharmacy," an insightful journey through the healing powers of herbal remedies that straddles ancient wisdom and modern practice. This comprehensive eBook goes beyond the surface, delving into how you can harness the intrinsic potency of the plant world to enhance your health and well-being. Embark on a voyage starting from the roots of herbal medicine in "Understanding Herbal Remedies", exploring its rich history, principles of holistic healing, and the ways herbs can become allies in your body's natural functions. Transition with ease into unravelling the "Foundations of Herbal Safety", where identifying premium herbs becomes second nature, and dosages and interactions are demystified. Discover the heart of herbal magic in "Herbal Preparations and Uses", where the alchemy of tinctures, teas, and balms are revealed, inspiring you to craft your sanctuary of tranquility through herbal baths and aromatherapy. Navigate the subtleties of "Herbs for Digestive Health", offering nature's key to soothing and fortifying your gut, and let the curated "Herbs for Stress and Anxiety Relief" guide you to a serene mind and restful sleep. Further chapters cater to the needs of immunity, with immune-boosting and antimicrobial features of nature's gifts, while a dedicated spotlight on both Women's and Men's Health provides tailored herbal wisdom for hormone balance, vitality, and beyond. "Herbs for Heart Health" targets the epicenter of your body, and "Herbal Remedies for Respiratory Conditions" brings you a breath of fresh air. Delve deeper through chapters dedicated to skin and hair care, pain relief, cognitive function enhancement, and even the unassuming medicinal benefits hidden in your kitchen's culinary herbs. "Building a Personal Herbal Apothecary" empowers you to create your authentic herbal haven, while "Herbalism for Sustainable Living" allows you to align with Mother Earth's rhythms through ethical harvesting and community health. As the eBook culminates with "Future Directions in Herbal Medicine" and "Exploring Rare and Lesser-Known Herbs", it offers a glimpse into the evolution and the undiscovered terrains of herbalism. Finally, "Case Studies and Success Stories" bring the theory to life, showing the tangible impact herbs have in diverse scenarios. "Nature's Pharmacy" is not just a read; it's an experience that invites you to blend past and present, connecting you to an age-old tradition that continues to bloom in the modern era. Your path to a harmonious life aligned with the earth's natural pharmacy begins here.



Settling Nature

Author : Irus Braverman

Publisher : U of Minnesota Press

Page : 404 pages

File Size : 24,59 MB

Release : 2023-04-18

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1452969035

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A study of Palestine-Israel through the unexpected lens of nature conservation Settling Nature documents the widespread ecological warfare practiced by the state of Israel. Recruited to the front lines are fallow deer, gazelles, wild asses, griffon vultures, pine trees, and cows—on the Israeli side—against goats, camels, olive trees, hybrid goldfinches, and akkoub—which are affiliated with the Palestinian side. These nonhuman soldiers are all the more effective because nature camouflages their tactical deployment as such. ​Drawing on more than seventy interviews with Israel’s nature officials and on observations of their work, this book examines the careful orchestration of this animated warfare by Israel’s nature administration on both sides of the Green Line. Alongside its powerful protection of wildlife biodiversity, the territorial reach of Israel’s nature protection is remarkable: to date, nearly 25 percent of the country’s total land mass is assigned as a park or a reserve. Settling Nature argues that the administration of nature advances the Zionist project of Jewish settlement and the corresponding dispossession of non-Jews from this space.



Natural Enemy, Natural Ally

Author : Richard P. Tucker

Publisher :

Page : 292 pages

File Size : 31,58 MB

Release : 2004

Category : History

ISBN :

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Contributors to this volume explore the dynamic between war and the physical environment from a variety of provocative viewpoints. The subjects of their essays range from conflicts in colonial India and South Africa to the U.S. Civil War and twentieth-century wars in Japan, Finland, and the Pacific Islands. Among the topics explored are: - the ways in which landscape can influence military strategies - why the decisive battle of the American Civil War was fought - the impact of war and peace on timber resources - the spread of pests and disease in wartime.



Be an Ally, not a Bystander

Author : Frances Akinde

Publisher : Sage Publications UK

Page : 141 pages

File Size : 45,1 MB

Release : 2024-08-30

Category : Education

ISBN : 1529680700

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What is an Ally? What is Allyship? Why should we teach it in primary schools? Allyship is many things. It is empathy, community, action, positivity, inclusion, anti-racism, aspiration and more. Allyship is learning about diversity and difference and making a conscious choice to support those who are marginalised. This learning has always mattered in primary schools. In this book, educator Frances Akinde outlines what allyship is and why it matters more than ever in primary schools today. Through practical guidance and support, Frances empowers teachers to take positive action right now. Her practical support includes lesson ideas, learning activities and key resources. Through allyship. children can learn to be agents of positive change in their schools and communities. This book enables teachers to bring this learning to the classroom.



After Nature

Author : Jedediah Purdy

Publisher : Harvard University Press

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 20,35 MB

Release : 2015-09

Category : History

ISBN : 0674368223

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An Artforum Best Book of the Year A Legal Theory Bookworm Book of the Year Nature no longer exists apart from humanity. Henceforth, the world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists have called this new planetary epoch the Anthropocene, the Age of Humans. The geological strata we are now creating record industrial emissions, industrial-scale crop pollens, and the disappearance of species driven to extinction. Climate change is planetary engineering without design. These facts of the Anthropocene are scientific, but its shape and meaning are questions for politics—a politics that does not yet exist. After Nature develops a politics for this post-natural world. “After Nature argues that we will deserve the future only because it will be the one we made. We will live, or die, by our mistakes.” —Christine Smallwood, Harper’s “Dazzling...Purdy hopes that climate change might spur yet another change in how we think about the natural world, but he insists that such a shift will be inescapably political... For a relatively slim volume, this book distills an incredible amount of scholarship—about Americans’ changing attitudes toward the natural world, and about how those attitudes might change in the future.” —Ross Andersen, The Atlantic