Author : Noël Kingsbury
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Gardening
ISBN :
A timely in depth exploration of approaches to garden design that take their inspiration from nature. Features a section on creating and maintaining your own natural style garden.
Author : International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 20,67 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Animals
ISBN : 9780853010036
Author : Gregg Mitman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 20,65 MB
Release : 1992-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226532370
Although science may claim to be "objective," scientists cannot avoid the influence of their own values on their research. In The State of Nature, Gregg Mitman examines the relationship between issues in early twentieth-century American society and the sciences of evolution and ecology to reveal how explicit social and political concerns influenced the scientific agenda of biologists at the University of Chicago and throughout the United States during the first half of this century. Reacting against the view of nature "red in tooth and claw," ecologists and behavioral biologists such as Warder Clyde Allee, Alfred Emerson, and their colleagues developed research programs they hoped would validate and promote an image of human society as essentially cooperative rather than competitive. Mitman argues that Allee's religious training and pacifist convictions shaped his pioneering studies of animal communities in a way that could be generalized to denounce the view that war is in our genes.
Author : Alana Langan
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,78 MB
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 0500501033
Expert advice on how to make your home fashionably lush with greenery Ferns are back in the bathroom, cacti are sitting on plant stands and hoyas are cascading from hangers. Indoor plants are the ultimate indoor accessory. Softening interiors and readily available, they are a stylist’s best friend. However, it’s their power to transform a sterile space into an urban sanctuary that makes them more than just an inanimate prop –all you need to know is how to use them. From the founders of coveted plant-wares studio, Ivy Muse, comes this charming guide on how to turn your home into a jungle- like retreat. With design- savvy tips and expert advice, you’ll learn all there is to know about decorating with plants and botanical styling plus the necessities like light requirements and when to water and feed. From bathroom to boudoir to every room in between, create your very own green oasis with Plant Style.
Author : Yukinobu Fujino
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 50,29 MB
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1462922627
Interior decorating just got a green thumb! Harness the beauty of plants, leaves and foliage—green decor—in this unique collection of 40 nature projects that are fun, easy and inexpensive to make. Six of Japan's leading floral and plant designers offer a range of ideas to turn found and foraged materials into stunning arrangements and displays. With these visionary stylists as your guides, a few materials you already have at home and easy-to-obtain tools, you'll be able to: Create charming glass-encased air plants and spoon-based succulents Weave, bend and stack palm fronds into eye-catching arrangements Style your own one-of-a-kind leaf fashion accessories, from corsages to bracelets Create living jewelry and one-of-a-kind plant handbags Make a signature leaf tapestry and leaf wrapping paper And much, much more! This book features over 250 gorgeous photographs and straightforward, step-by-step instructions that show you how to turn your surroundings into a verdant showcase for nature's beauty.
Author : Janine M. Benyus
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0061958921
Repackaged with a new afterword, this "valuable and entertaining" (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas to solve tough 21st century problems. Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years, and adapt them for human use. The results are revolutionizing how materials are invented and how we compute, heal ourselves, repair the environment, and feed the world. Janine Benyus takes readers into the lab and in the field with maverick thinkers as they: discover miracle drugs by watching what chimps eat when they're sick; learn how to create by watching spiders weave fibers; harness energy by examining how a leaf converts sunlight into fuel in trillionths of a second; and many more examples. Composed of stories of vision and invention, personalities and pipe dreams, Biomimicry is must reading for anyone interested in the shape of our future.
Author : Sunamita Lim
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 38,45 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781423600923
Illustrates how to connect with and incorporate Japanese design traditions into western homes. Adept at compact living and masters of elegant simplicity, the Japanese embody the principle of doing more with less.
Author : Li-fang Zhang
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 18,86 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0805852883
This book presents a panoramic, current picture of the field of intellectual styles through portraying, analyzing, and integrating major theoretical and research works on the topics. The audience is researchers and students in the fields of education, ps
Author : Gwen Diehn
Publisher : Sterling
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 38,31 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780806909974
Enjoy great fun all year-round with these amazing projects, all inspired by the teeming miracles found in nature--ready for discovery. Every project comes with color photos, kid-friendly instructions, and fascinating sidebars to tell readers a variety of things from trivia to do-you-knows to how-tos. Full color throughout.
Author : André Baranowski
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 2025-03-25
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0789345943
This book is a survey of 12 breathtakingly beautiful gardens by award-winning photographer Andre Baranowski, whose eye for beauty will embolden readers the world over to embrace their inner instincts and create their own garden wild. The new movement in contemporary gardening is about going back to the wilderness, creatively landscaping with native plants to enrich their environments and seamlessly merge with their natural surroundings. Politely rejecting traditional manicured, hedged and pruned gardening aesthetics to invite an alternative kind of beauty: wildly bursting with indigenous plants, old-growth trees, vibrant patches of wildflowers and perennials, succulents, un-pruned bushes and ornamental grasses. New York City's Highline is a famous example and this landscaping approach is becoming increasingly popular for private homeowners. This book surveys twelve such breathtaking gardens captured by award winning photographer Andre Baranowski. The featured gardens range from small private residencies to large properties, by renowned landscapers such as Oehme van Sweden, Fernando Caruncho, Jorge Sanchez, and Piet Oudolf. The texts detail each project's approach and the hurdles presented by its landscape, providing the reader with an array of instructional ideas from an insider's mindset. Guaranteed to be a boundless source of inspiration and treasured by lovers of gardens worldwide.
