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By Tim F Flannery. 2006
Conservationist and author of "Eternal Frontier" explores the history and possible impact of global warming. Notes phenomena such as melting…
glaciers, rising sea levels, and increasing instances of extreme weather, and predicts their future effects on global climate. Urges a transition to carbon-free fuels to reduce air pollution. 2006.By Daniel Coleman. 2017
Coleman decided he wanted to truly know and belong to a small piece of land, his patch of garden on…
the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, to deeply understand its ecology, landscape and history. Starting with the creation myths and geology, moving through the settler era and up to the present, Coleman pours his considerable talents into learning, and sharing, as much of the story of the land as possible. Most books on ecology focus either on protecting the wilderness or analyzing a toxic dump. Most books on gardens focus on plant health or landscape design. Most books on Indigenous-settler relations focus on politics or social inequities. 'Yardwork' meditates on the sedimentary layers of ecological, cultural and political stories that make up Hamilton, the escarpment city at the Head of the Lake. 2017.By Albert Marrin. 2009
Discusses causes and effects of the environmental and social disaster that swept across the Great Plains in the 1930s during…
the Great Depression. Explains that farmers and ranchers unwittingly caused conditions that led to the dust storms and the loss of the land they had settled. Grades 5-8. c2009.By Anne LaBastille. 1976
True story of an ecologist who headed into the Adirondack Mountains to forge a life in the wilderness, in a…
log cabin she built herself, after her divorce. Details her struggle against the elements, along with her descriptions of the changing seasons and the breathtaking wildlife. 1976.By Page Spencer. 1990
The author, a native Alaskan and an ecologist with the National Park Service, was on her honeymoon when the Exxon…
Valdez oil spill occurred in 1989. Within days she was heading up a team that monitored the effect of the spill on the pristine wilderness. She gives a personal account of the devastating environmental tragedy. 1990.By Maurice F Strong. 2000
A call to action on behalf of the environment and the world, giving a thoughtful account of the scenario that…
lies ahead for the Earth if human consumption and pollution continue to occur at their current rates. The author explains how he came by his opinions and how he became an authority on the subject. 2000.By Steven Solomon. 2010
Journalist explains water's role in shaping societies and cultures since the earliest civilizations. Notes global concerns over demand and access…
to clean water and the power struggle between countries that have water resources and those that do not. c2010.By George Reiger. 1983
By Tom Rand. 2014
Venture capitalist, entrepreneur, engineer, and philosopher Tom Rand explains why climate disruption might just be our very own pot of…
hot water. Rand looks to contemporary psychology, economics, business, and finance to explain our stasis in the face of one of the most fundamental problems of our time. c2014.By Catherine Choquette, Alain Létourneau. 2008
Cet ouvrage collectif présente un bilan sur la gestion de l’eau au Québec, et plus précisément de sa gouvernance, suite…
à la Politique Nationale de l’eau lancée en 2002. Tous les aspects de la gestion de l’eau dans une province canadienne sont abordés, sous l’angle de la géographie dans ses disciplines les plus pointues, du droit et des sciences de l’information et de la communication. Cet ouvrage s’adresse ainsi à tous les acteurs de l’eau, et peut-être encore plus à ceux qui ont besoin d’assurer la coordination entre ses multiples acteurs. 2008.By Jean-Marc Mendel, Albert Gore, Claude Badens. 2007
Best-seller traduit en onze langues, cet ouvrage de l'ancien vice-président des États-Unis se veut "une réflexion globale assortie de mesures…
précises et concrètes". Il se compose de trois parties remarquablement documentées: Un équilibre en danger - À la recherche de l'équilibre - Pour rétablir l'équilibre. Un véritable "Plan Marshall" écologique, plan que seules les grandes puissances auront les moyens de mettre en oeuvre. 2007, c1993. Titre uniforme: Earth in the balance.By David George Haskell, Thierry Piélat. 2014
" Jour après jour, le biologiste a observé un mètre carré de sol forestier des Appalaches une année durant. Il…
livre ses réflexions et ses découvertes sur l'écologie, l'évolution du vivant, l'interaction entre les espèces, le rythme des saisons et les conséquences de l'activité humaine sur la nature. "-- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Forest unseen.By Illa Podendorf. 1982
By Naomi Klein. 2015
Oubliez tout ce que vous croyez savoir sur le réchauffement climatique. La " vérité qui dérange " ne tient pas…
aux gaz à effet de serre, la voici : notre modèle économique est en guerre contre la vie sur Terre. Au-delà de la crise écologique, c'est bien une crise existentielle qui est en jeu celle dune humanité défendant à corps perdu un mode de vie qui la mène à sa perte. Pourtant, prise à rebours, cette crise pourrait bien ouvrir la voie à une transformation sociale radicale susceptible de faire advenir un monde non seulement habitable, mais aussi plus juste... Naomi Klein soutient ici que le changement climatique est un appel au réveil civilisationnel, un puissant message livré dans la langue des incendies, des inondations, des tempêtes et des sécheresses. Nous n'avons plus beaucoup de temps devant nous. L'alternative est simple : changer... ou disparaître. 2015.By Ric Careless. 1997
Nine British Columbia environmental campaigns are highlighted here. The author provides behind-the-scenes glimpses of critical moments in each of the…
campaigns, all aimed at protecting wilderness areas. Careless reveals the kind of strategy needed to achieve victories, and includes personal reminiscences of some political leaders encountered as well. 1997.By David T Suzuki. 1994
In this collection of essays, David Suzuki urges us to place the environment above all else, arguing for a halt…
to the "mindless economic growth" that is killing the planet. He offers concrete suggestions for making changes that will matter to all our futures. To Suzuki, there is hope in our love of children, our reverence for nature, and the grass roots transformation that is already taking place. 1994.By Naomi Klein. 2014
Explains why the environmental crisis should lead to an abandonment of "free market" ideologies and current political systems, arguing that…
a massive reduction of greenhouse emissions may offer a best chance for correcting problems. Winner of the 2014 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. c2014.By Charles Wohlforth. 2004
Journalist offers a nuanced account of global warming from the perspectives of scientists and native Alaskan In~upiaq people. Examines the…
impact of climate change on the In~upiaq, whose traditional livelihood is threatened by milder winters and thinning sea ice. Provides the contrasting viewpoints of scientists studying Arctic environmental changes. 2004.Climatologist discusses the art and science of long-term climate forecasting. Examines forty-year forecasts for seven locations that are physically vulnerable…
to climate change. Predicts that unless we actively work to reduce carbon emissions, weather conditions around the world will become unbearable. 2010.By Bernd Heinrich. 1997
In 1977 the author purchased 300 acres of recently cutover woodlands in Maine. His "biography" of that land shows how…
he went about restoring its ecological balance. As caretaker, owner, scientist, and teacher, Heinrich muses on the relationships of the trees, plants, animals, and natural forces at work within the forest. 1997.