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Eaarth: making a life on a tough new planet
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McKibben's earliest warnings about global warming went largely unheeded. In this book, he argues that we can meet the challenges of a new "Eaarth"--Still recognizable but suddenly and violently out of balance--by building the kind of societies and economies that can hunker down,…
The oldest living things in the world
by Obrist, Hans Ulrich, Zimmer, Carl, Sussman, Rachel
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Over the past decade, artist Rachel Sussman has researched, worked with biologists, and traveled the world to photograph continuously living organisms that are 2,000 years old and older
How do ecological and evolutionary factors maintain the balance of diverse species (including humans) in an ecosystem? With examples ranging from Bhutan to California, Christopher Wills explains the processes. He also presents striking evidence that human populations have adapte…
Om forfatterens rejser gennem Europa, Asien og Australien i forsøg på at finde forklaringer på menneskets forhold til træer og træ i natur og kultur
Weisman traveled to more than 20 countries to ask what experts agreed were probably the most important questions on Earth - and also the hardest: how many humans can the planet hold without capsizing? How robust must the Earth's ecosystem be to assure our continued existence? Ca…
This book deals with urbanisation which is a global phenomenon that is increasingly challenging human society and ecosystems. It is therefore crucially important to ensure that the expansion of cities and towns proceeds sustainably. Urban ecology, the interdisciplinary study of …
Urban ecology: patterns, processes, and applications
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"Urbanization is a global phenomenon that is increasingly challenging human society. It is, therefore, crucially important to ensure that the relentless expansion of cities and towns proceeds sustainably. Urban ecology, the interdisciplinary study of ecological patterns and proc…
From the rise of agriculture in Mesopotamia to the environmental fallout of the Persian Gulf wars, from the ancient flooding of the Nile to the Aswan Dam, this volume charts the different ways human societies in the region have shaped and are shaped by the natural world in which…
Forlagets beskrivelse: In this book Gayle Souter-Brown explores the social, economic and environmental benefits of developing greenspace for health and well-being. She examines the evidence behind the positive effects of designed landscapes, and explains effective methods and ap…
I nutidens Japan forenes to skæbner tilfældigt: den unge Kafka Tamura, en intellektuel, der føler sig hjemme i et bibliotek og den gamle Nakata, en analfabet, der elsker naturen og kan tale med katte. Ved mødet genopstår deres historier på magisk vis
En historisk beskrivelse med mange eksempler fra billedkunsten af vore omgivelsers historie, om træer, vand og klipper, om deres indflydelse på vores historie og kultur, og om hvordan mennesket har opfattet og præget naturen gennem tiderne i lande som f.eks. Italien, England, Fr…
