Place And Nature
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Place And Nature
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Author : Alexandra Bekasova
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02
Place And Nature written by Alexandra Bekasova and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02 with categories.
This book offers new perspectives on the environmental history of lands that have come under Russian and Soviet rule by paying attention to 'place' and 'nature' in the intersection between humans and the environments that surround them. Through case studies of specific places in northwestern Russia, for example the Solovetskie Islands, the Urals, Siberia, in particular Lake Baikal, and the Russian Far East, the book highlights the importance of local environments and the specificities of individual places and spaces in understanding the human-nature nexus. This focus is accentuated by the fact that the authors have considerable, first-hand experience of the places they write about that complements and supplements their research in textual sources.
The Sacred Balance
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Author : David Suzuki
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2008-02-01
The Sacred Balance written by David Suzuki and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-01 with Nature categories.
In the ten years since The Sacred Balance was first published, global warming has become a major issue as glaciers and polar ice caps have begun to melt at an alarming rate, populations of polar bears have dwindled, the intensity of hurricanes and tsunamis has drastically increased, coral bleaching is occurring globally, and the earth has experienced its hottest years in over four centuries. In this new and extensively revised and amplified edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on these changes and examines what they mean for our place in the world. The basic message of this seminal, best-selling work remains the same: We are creatures of the earth, and as such, we are utterly dependent on its gifts of air, water, soil, and the energy of the sun. These elements are not just external factors; we take them into our bodies, where they are incorporated into our very essence. What replenishes the air, water, and soil and captures sunlight to vitalize the biosphere is the diverse web of all beings. The recently completed human genome project has revealed that all species are our biological kin, related to us through our evolutionary history. And it appears that our need for their company is programmed into our genome. The cataclysmic events of the last decade require that we rethink our behaviour and find a new way to live in balance with our surroundings. This book offers just such a new direction for us all.
Our Place In Nature
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Author : Zachary Seager
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2022-10-13
Our Place In Nature written by Zachary Seager and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-13 with Fiction categories.
With the natural world increasingly under threat, Our Place in Nature explores one of the most topical issues of our day; our appreciation of nature and recognition of our place in it. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited and introduced by Zachary Seager. A timely anthology of classic writing exploring our complex relationship with the natural world. Famous names such as George Orwell, Dorothy Wordsworth, John Muir and Rachel Carson are gathered here to share their wonder, concern and appreciation for our place in nature.
Nature Out Of Place
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Author : Jason Van Driesche
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2013-04-10
Nature Out Of Place written by Jason Van Driesche and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-10 with Nature categories.
Though the forests are still green and the lakes full of water, an unending stream of invasions is changing many ecosystems around the world from productive, tightly integrated webs of native species to loose assemblages of stressed native species and aggressive invaders. The earth is becoming what author David Quammen has called a "planet of weeds." Nature Out of Place brings this devastating but overlooked crisis to the forefront of public consciousness by offering a fascinating exploration of its causes and consequences, along with a thoughtful and practical consideration of what can be done about it. The father and son team of Jason and Roy Van Driesche offer a unique combination of narratives that highlight specific locations and problems along with comprehensive explanations of the underlying scientific and policy issues.Chapters examine Hawaii, where introduced feral pigs are destroying the islands' native forests; zebra mussel invasion in the rivers of Ohio; the decades-long effort to eradicate an invasive weed on the Great Plains; and a story about the restoration of both ecological and human history in an urban natural area. In-depth background chapters explain topics ranging from how ecosystems become diverse, to the characteristics of effective invaders, to procedures and policies that can help prevent future invasions. The book ends with a number of specific suggestions for ways that individuals can help reduce the impacts of invasive species, and offers resources for further information.By bringing the problem of invasive species to life for readers at all levels, Nature Out of Place will play an essential role in the vital effort to raise public awareness of this ongoing ecological crisis.
The Nature Of Place
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Author : Avi Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Release Date : 2011-11-02
The Nature Of Place written by Avi Friedman and has been published by Princeton Architectural Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-02 with Architecture categories.
The book is about a search for good places authentic ones and wondering about the disappearance of others. While visiting sixteen unique spots around the world, Friedman wondered what made strolling through, sitting in, dining at, or simply being there memorable. He reflected on the design of markets when he stumbled onto one at the crack of dawn in Dalian, China. He thought about the disappearance of folk art from neighborhoods when walking into a collection of life-sized sculptures in the Canadian arctic. He considered the relationship between cities and their natural environments when visiting Fargo, North Dakota, on a frigid day.
John Burroughs And The Place Of Nature
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Author : James Perrin Warren
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2010-02-25
John Burroughs And The Place Of Nature written by James Perrin Warren and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This study situates John Burroughs, together with John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt, as one of a trinity of thinkers who, between the Civil War and World War I, defined and secured a place for nature in mainstream American culture. Though not as well known today, Burroughs was the most popular American nature writer of his time. Prolific and consistent, he published scores of essays in influential large-circulation magazines and was often compared to Thoreau. Unlike Thoreau, however, whose reputation grew posthumously, Burroughs wasa celebrity during his lifetime: he wrote more than thirty books, enjoyed a continual high level of visibility, and saw his work taught widely in public schools. James Perrin Warren shows how Burroughs helped guide urban and suburban middle-class readers “back to nature” during a time of intense industrialization and urbanization. Warren discusses Burroughs’s connections not only to Muir and Roosevelt but also to his forebears Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. By tracing the complex philosophical, creative, and temperamental lineage of these six giants, Warren shows how, in their friendships and rivalries, Burroughs, Muir, and Roosevelt made the high literary romanticism of Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman relevant to late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Americans. At the same time, Warren offers insights into the rise of the nature essay as a genre, the role of popular magazines as shapers and conveyors of public values, and the dynamism of place in terms of such opposed concepts as retreat and engagement, nature and culture, and wilderness and civilization. Because Warren draws on Burroughs’s personal, critical, and philosophical writings as well as his better-known narrative essays, readers will come away with a more informed sense of Burroughs as a literary naturalist and a major early practitioner of ecocriticism. John Burroughs and the Place of Nature helps extend the map of America’s cultural landscape during the period 1870-1920 by recovering an unfairly neglected practitioner of one of his era’s most effective forces for change: nature writing.
Mind And Its Place In Nature
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Author : C. D. BROAD
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Mind And Its Place In Nature written by C. D. BROAD and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
Our Place In Nature
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Author : Zachary Seager
language : en
Publisher: Collector's Library
Release Date : 2022-10-11
Our Place In Nature written by Zachary Seager and has been published by Collector's Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-11 with Fiction categories.
With the natural world increasingly under threat, this anthology explores one of the most topical issues of our day; our appreciation of nature and recognition of our place in it. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited and introduced by Zachary Seager. Here is some of the most enduring writing about conservation and the preservation of nature - both animals and plants - together with memorable prose and poetry on respecting the natural environment and the importance of guarding nature from harm. For centuries, writers have been inspired by the natural world; Dorothy Wordsworth gives a lovely account of wildlife and countryside in the Lake District, Robert Louis Stevenson describes a night under the stars which is far more entertaining than sleeping indoors and Susan Fenimore Cooper shares her observations on birds and insects. John Muir and Rachel Carson are amongst many others who remind us to appreciate the natural world around us.
Man S Place In Nature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Man S Place In Nature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
Evidence As To Man S Place In Nature
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Author : Thomas Henry Huxley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1863
Evidence As To Man S Place In Nature written by Thomas Henry Huxley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1863 with Apes categories.