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Saving Florida
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Author : Leslie Kemp Poole
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2015-05-12
Saving Florida written by Leslie Kemp Poole and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-12 with History categories.
In Saving Florida, Leslie Kemp Poole casts new light on the women at the forefront of Florida’s environmental movement. From creating parks to protesting air pollution, fighting dredge-and-fill operations, and exposing the health dangers of pesticides, these women caused unprecedented changes in how the Sunshine State values its many and marvelous natural resources. At the beginning of the twentieth century women didn’t have the vote, but by the end of the century they were founding issue-specific groups, like Friends of the Everglades, and running state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They set the foundation for the next century’s environmental agenda, which came to include the idea of sustainable development, which meshes ecology and economy to enhance energy efficiency and the function of natural systems. This is an indispensable history that not only underscores the importance of women in the environmental movement but also shows how as a collective force they forever altered how others saw women’s roles in society.
Saving Florida S Springs
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Author : Robert L. Knight
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-12-31
Saving Florida S Springs written by Robert L. Knight and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-31 with categories.
Saving Florida's Springs is Robert L. Knight's diagnosis of our collective springs' health crisis and a prescription for healing this societal and environmental illness.
Save Florida S Beaches
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Author : Florida. Task Force for Beach Management Funding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Save Florida S Beaches written by Florida. Task Force for Beach Management Funding and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Beaches categories.
Tracings: Florida Department of Natural Resources, Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association.
Us Life Saving Service
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Author : Sandra Thurlow
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2016-12-12
Us Life Saving Service written by Sandra Thurlow and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-12 with Photography categories.
Ten houses of refuge, unique to Florida’s east coast, were constructed by the US Life-Saving Service between 1876 and 1886. When ships traveling along the almost uninhabited coast were grounded or wrecked on reefs, survivors often made it to land but had no way to reach civilization. House of refuge keepers and their families provided food and shelter to victims of shipwrecks. The keepers’ lives were monotonous but punctuated with the excitement of an occasional shipwreck. The US Life-Saving Service provided the framework on which the east coast of Florida developed. With the establishment of the US Coast Guard in 1915, the Life-Saving Service houses of refuge became Coast Guard stations.
Stolen Water
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Author : W. Hodding Carter
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-11-01
Stolen Water written by W. Hodding Carter and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-01 with Travel categories.
A riotous journey through America's most controversial, beautifully unapproachable, and abused wilderness -- the Florida Everglades. In December 2000, President Clinton signed into law a $7.8 billion restoration plan for the Everglades that garnered national attention and has since become America's touchstone for environmental issues. Enter W. Hodding Carter, a man already bemused by the state of Florida and determined to see what, if any, progress has been made with the Everglades. For reasons unclear even to him, this amazing, remote, mosquito-infested, hard-to-love region has captured Carter's imagination and won't let go. So, for the past few years, Carter has examined the Everglades from all angles -- social, political, cultural, environmental -- culminating in an ungodly canoe trip through the heart of the Everglades. But this being Hodding Carter -- a man who sailed a Viking ship dressed in serge for one book and followed in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark for another -- a canoe trip the length of the Everglades is merely the tip of the iceberg. Stolen Water finds him adopting a manatee, and auditioning to be a mermaid at Weeki Wachee Springs -- not enough that he reports on things, he actually has to do them, too, often to hilarious effect. In the end, though, his tireless reporting reveals the Everglades as never before. Not content with merely observing, he also interviews all the key players, from environmentalists to sugar farmers to Senator Bob Graham, and gives them just enough rope to hang themselves. Always humane, often controversial, and highly readable, Hodding Carter has brought to life this murky, alluring place through his powerful eyewitness account and swampy mishaps. Stolen Water is narrative nonfiction at its best, from one of our most talented and funny writers.
Saving South Beach
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Author : M. Barron Stofik
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2012-09-23
Saving South Beach written by M. Barron Stofik and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-23 with History categories.
In Saving South Beach, historic preservation clashes with development as each side vies for control of South Beach. A spectrum of characters are present, from Barbara Baer Capitman, the ailing middle-aged widow who became an evangelist for the Miami Beach Art Deco district, to Abe Resnick, the millionaire Holocaust survivor determined to stop her. From pioneers to volunteers, from Jewish retirees to Cuban exiles, from residents and business owners to developers and city leaders, each adds another piece to the puzzle, another view of the intense conflict that ensued. Although a number of the area's iconic buildings were demolished, the Miami Design Preservation League succeeded in entering almost half of the neighborhood into the National Register of Historic Places, kicking off a revitalization effort that spread throughout South Beach. Preservationist M. Barron Stofik lived in Miami during this turmoil-ridden period and, through hundreds of interviews and extensive investigation, weaves together dramatic themes of civic heroism, preservation, and cultural change in the passionate human story behind the pastel facades and neon lights.
Stolen Water
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Author : William Hodding Carter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Stolen Water written by William Hodding Carter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Environmental protection categories.
Citing Clinton's $7.8 billion restoration plan for the Everglades, a survey of the plan's progress to date draws on the author's canoe journey through the region as well as interviews with environmentalists and politicians.
The Palgrave Handbook Of Global Sustainability
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Author : Robert Brinkmann
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-04-04
The Palgrave Handbook Of Global Sustainability written by Robert Brinkmann and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-04 with Social Science categories.
The field of sustainability continues to evolve as a discipline. The world is facing multiple sustainability challenges such as climate change, water depletion, ecosystem loss, and environmental racism. The Handbook of Sustainability will provide a comprehensive reference for the field that examines in depth the major themes within what are known as the three E’s of sustainability: environment, equity, and economics. These three themes will serve as the main organizing body of the work. In addition, the work will include sections on history and sustainability, major figures in the development of sustainability as a discipline, and important organizations that contributed or that continue to contribute to sustainability as a field. The work is explicitly global in scope as it considers the very different issues associated with sustainability in the global north and south
The Remarkable Kinship Of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings And Ellen Glasgow
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Author : Ashley Andrews Lear
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2018-06-26
The Remarkable Kinship Of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings And Ellen Glasgow written by Ashley Andrews Lear and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this book, Ashley Lear examines the relationship between two pioneers of American literature who broke the mold for women writers of their time. Pulitzer Prize–winning novelists Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Ellen Glasgow had divergent careers in different locations, Rawlings in backcountry Florida and Glasgow in urban Virginia, yet their correspondence on life and writing reveals one of the great literary friendships of the South. Rawlings felt such admiration for Glasgow that she spent the last year of her life compiling materials for Glasgow’s biography, a work she never completed. Lear draws on the documents Rawlings collected about Glasgow, Rawlings’s personal notes, and letters between the two writers to describe the experiences that brought them together. Lear shows that Rawlings and Glasgow shared a love of nature and social activism, had complex relationships with their parents and siblings, and prioritized their professional lives over romantic attachments. They were both classified as writers of regional works and juvenilia by critics, and Lear traces their discussions about how to respond to the opinions of book reviewers. Both were also forced to confront a new, quickly modernizing America, which at times clashed with their traditional values and naturalistic lifestyles. This is a fascinating portrait of a friendship that sustained two women writers in a time of social upheaval and changing norms in the American South.
Saving Home
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Author : Judy Lindquist
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-11
Saving Home written by Judy Lindquist and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11 with Fiction categories.
Saving Home is an historical novel set during the English siege of St. Augustine in 1702. The story is told through the eyes of nine-year-old Luissa de Cueva and her friends, ten-year-old Diego de las Alas, and a Timucuan Indian girl named Junco. Based on meticulous research, Saving Home engages readers of all ages with descriptions of Spanish and Native American families seeking refuge for more than six weeks within the walls of the Castillo de San Marcos as St. Augustine goes up in flames and a battle rages around them. This exciting historical novel has messages about life, family, and what is important that will resonate with both the young and the young at heart.