Author : Willem Assies
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN :
The market oriented systematic harvest of non-timber forest products is reputed to be a potentially significant element in strategies for rainforest conservation which also contribute to improvement of the living conditions of the local population. This s
Author : Kim Henderson
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 33,23 MB
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 1893910962
Despite the very best conservation and environmental policy-making efforts, at least 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest disappear each day. If action is not taken now, experts estimate that the world’s rainforests will mostly disappear within 50 years. Currently, the destruction of tropical forests is responsible for 17 percent of man-made carbon emissions-more than what comes from all the world’s cars, airplanes and ships combined! Tropical rainforests need our help-and that’s where 50 Simple Steps to Save the World’s Rainforests comes in. The future of the world’s rainforests lies to a large extent in the collective hands of consumers and how they shop, since demand is what fuels the forces driving deforestation-agriculture, logging, and resource extraction. Through the 50-step journey, you will learn how, as a consumer, you may unwittingly support rainforest destruction and more importantly, precisely how you can make different choices that help save rainforests. For example, you will learn how your paper use and purchases of rayon clothing affect Indonesian rainforests where Sumatran tigers are critically endangered or how simply eating Brazil nuts helps save the Amazon rainforest. You will discover how the cultivation of palm oil, a common ingredient in confections, baked goods, soaps and biofuels, is fueling rampant deforestation in Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and how you can avoid it. 50 Simple Steps to Save the Rainforests is the ultimate primer for anyone wanting to take action to help save this ecosystem, which is so critical to the future of mankind.
Author : Philip Oostenbrink
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 36,62 MB
Release : 2021-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781999734565
This book takes the "houseplant look" outside by exploring the wonders of lush, green, foliage plants that are hardy in the garden to -10F. Unlike flowers that fade, these big-leaved, larger-than-life plants provide year-round impact for decades and small, urban gardens that are well protected are the perfect home for them. Expert horticulturist Philip Oostenbrink has been an enthusiastic grower for years and in this book recommends the best hardy, foliage plants for texture, leaf shape, and color. Jungle gardens can be shady and immersive, sunny and open or somewhere in between and there are plants suited to all these environments including purple-leaved bananas, desert-island palms, spiky agaves, architectural Pseudopanax, and succulents such as Echeveria and Aeonium. Beautiful special photography by Sarah Cuttle features standout jungle gardens that demonstrate how to combine foliage plants effectively and create backdrops and container displays that make the plants pop. This book is the irresistible next step for all houseplant addicts and for all who are ready to embark on their very own jungle adventure.
Author : Robert Emmet Hernan
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 18,58 MB
Release : 2010-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 0230105270
Over the last century mankind has irrevocably damaged the environment through the unscrupulous greed of big business and our own willful ignorance. Here are the strikingly poignant accounts of disasters whose names live in infamy: Chernobyl, Bhopal, Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Love Canal, Minamata and others. And with these, the extraordinary and inspirational stories of the countless men and women who fought bravely to protect the communities and environments at risk.
Author : Michael Pink
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 25,30 MB
Release : 2012-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1599795396
DIVLocked away in the world's rainforests are the most productive and fruitful ecosystems in the world. How they transform scarcity into abundance is what every entrepreneur and businessperson needs to know./div
Author : Thomas Henfrey
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 12,65 MB
Release : 2018-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1785339893
Based on an ethnographic account of subsistence use of Amazonian forests by Wapishana people in Guyana, Edges, Frontiers, Fringes examines the social, cultural and behavioral bases for sustainability and resilience in indigenous resource use. Developing an original framework for holistic analysis, it demonstrates that flexible interplay among multiple modes of environmental understanding and decision-making allows the Wapishana to navigate socio-ecological complexity successfully in ways that reconcile short-term material needs with long-term maintenance and enhancement of the resource base.
Author : Can Akdeniz
Publisher : Can Akdeniz
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 48,38 MB
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1494924366
Perhaps you have always had a dream to create the next big thing in your specific field and your days are spent brainstorming all of the possibilities to revolutionize the world. The hard part is moving from imagining your ideas to actually seeing them come to fruition. Embarking on any sort of creative journey can be intimidating, but reading this book will make things easier. Go Nuts is Can Akdeniz's newest book that is packed with diverse examples of creativity across a number of fields and industries. Some of the most respected and admired names in creativity are profiled in this book, making it an invaluable resource for everyone from burgeoning creative entrepreneurs to artists who want to inject a surge of creativity into their life. There are thousands of directions that aspiring "creatives" can take, but it always helps to have models to emulate, or at least lessons to absorb and follow. That is precisely what this book offers, and for those who can read between the lines and find inspiration in these pages, it just might be an essential step towards a fantastically creative life. Learn: How to find your unique style of creativity Learn: The historical origins of innovation Learn: The relationship of social media and pop culture to creativity Learn: The philanthropic purposes of thinking outside the box Learn: How sociology and human nature affect the creative process Learn: How the environmental factors impact imagination and innovation Learn: Industry crossovers and what that means for new ideas Learn: How studying the past can impact the future Learn: The shrinking gap between science fiction and reality Learn: The self-perpetuating aspect of creativity Learn: How to combine different creative disciplines Learn: Thinking ahead of current technology to find the "next big thing" Learn: Looking at the world in a way that will inspire creativity Learn: Optimism and pessimism towards the idea of change Learn: Embracing new technology and using it in unexpected ways Learn: The limitless nature of the imagination Learn: Cultural, economic, and political effects on creativity Learn: How to identify problems or issues that creativity could potentially remedy Learn: Critical thinking and problem solving Learn: The importance of taking calculated and worthwhile risks
Author : John Heath
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,35 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Children's plays
ISBN : 9781886588141
WHAT IT IS: This fun and hilarious musical play helps you teach the standards while bringing your classroom to life! Easy-to-do play comes with script, audio CD, and teacher's guide. NO music or drama experience is required -- you don't have to sing or play a note! Go big and perform on stage, keep it simple with a classroom performance, or simply do reader's theater in class. No fancy sets, costumes, or performance spaces are needed, so it's all up to you! Flexible casting for 8-40 students and permission to edit the script and songs make it easy to tailor the play to the needs of your class and community. Your purchase of one copy per teacher includes permission to photocopy the script for students. /// WHAT IT TEACHES: "Rumpus in the Rainforest" gives students a musical tour of the various levels of the jungle and reinforces in fun fashion the importance of the rainforest. Frog desperately wants to get off the jungle floor and see the sky -- but who will help him climb above the canopy? The Jaguar loves the jungle floor, the Sloth family keeps falling asleep, and the Howler Monkeys have gone nuts! 25 minutes; grades 1-5. /// WHAT IT DOES: "Rumpus in the Rainforest" is a great complement to your curriculum resources in environmental science. And, like all Bad Wolf Press plays, this show can be used to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, performance and speaking skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and school engagement and parental involvement -- all while enabling students to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget!
Author : Ton Salman
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 38,92 MB
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1782382933
Willem Assies died in 2010 at the age of 55. The various stages of his career as a political anthropologist of Latin American illustrate how astute a researcher he was. He had a keen eye for the contradictions he observed during his fieldwork but also enjoyed theoretical debate. A distrust of power led him not only to attempt to understand “people without voice” but to work alongside them so they could discover and find their own voice. Willem Assies explored the messy, often untidy daily lives of people, with their inconsistencies, irrationalities, and passions, but also with their hopes, sense of beauty, solidarity, and quest for dignity. This collection brings together some of Willem Assies’s best, most fascinating, and still highly relevant writings.
Author : Craig Duswalt
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,55 MB
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1939529808
Guns N' Roses fans know the Use Your Illusion tour went on nonstop from 1991 to 1993. They know that concerts sold out in minutes all over the world so fans could hear chart-topping singles Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child of Mine, Paradise City, and November Rain live. They know the Use Your Illusion tour was the last for the band with Slash and Duff. But they've only heard rumors of the behind-the-scenes shenanigans. Fortunately for fans, Craig Duswalt hasn't just heard rumors—he knows what went on backstage on one of the longest and most popular music events because he lived it. As Axl Rose's personal assistant during the ridiculously long world tour, Duswalt experienced things that would make most people run the other way and never look back. And in Welcome to My Jungle, he shares the sometimes hilarious, sometimes just plain reckless, and always insane actual happenings on the tour. A true must-read for Guns N' Roses fans, Welcome to My Jungle delights readers with hilarious and entertaining exclusive firsthand stories like: •The day Axl Rose, Kurt Cobain, and Courtney Love got into a “huge war" backstage at the MTV Awards •Why Guns N' Roses are forever linked to Charles Manson •The night Liz Taylor walked in on a very nude Slash—and stayed a while Featuring little-known facts for the ultimate GN'R fan, Welcome To My Jungle gives an inside look at what it's really like to live and work with a hugely popular band, from the middle of a rock and roll hurricane.
