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81) Rain Forests
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"Investigating a variety of biomes and today's natural and human threats to their preservation, this interactive series challenges young readers to look at how their own actions influence the planet's health. Four distinct environments are explored in detail, showcasing the assortment of plants and animals that inhabit these outdoor communities as well as how they have adapted to their surroundings. Offering fascinating facts on each ecosystem along...
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2019.
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Pam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Struggling to scrape together enough cash and musical talent to make it, they are waylaid by surprising arrivals-a daughter for Pam and Daniel, a solo hit single for Joe. As the '90s wane, the three friends share in one another's successes, working together to elevate Joe's superstardom and raise baby Flora. On September 11, 2001, the city's unfathomable devastation coincides...
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Breath of Wilderness is the story of Olson's love for wild places and how that love transformed his life, inspiring him to play a key role in the movement to preserve wilderness throughout North America, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the largest lakeland wilderness in the country. --Provided by publisher.
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"Investigating a variety of biomes and today's natural and human threats to their preservation, this interactive series challenges young readers to look at how their own actions influence the planet's health. Four distinct environments are explored in detail, showcasing the assortment of plants and animals that inhabit these outdoor communities as well as how they have adapted to their surroundings. Offering fascinating facts on each ecosystem along...
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Critical environments volume 1
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University of California Press
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[2017]
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1 online resource.
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English
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"Flame and Fortune in the American West investigates the ongoing politics, folly, and avarice shaping the production of increasingly widespread yet dangerous suburban and exurban landscapes. The 1991 Oakland Hills Tunnel Fire is used as a starting point to better understand these complex social-environmental processes. The Tunnel Fire is the most destructive fire--in terms of structures lost--in California history. Although this fire occurred in Oakland...
86) My Country
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"Young readers learn about the United States through simple text and photos."--
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"Teaching children that the battle against the world's overwhelming waste problem begins with them, this plethora of projects investigates the science of "garbology." The guide highlights the choices people make in creating garbage in the first place, suggesting ways kids can reduce, reuse, and recycle as well as rethink their actions for the future. Along the way, hands-on activities encourage children to make even more discoveries. Kitchen lovers...
89) The Aftermeal
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Imagine knowing a lot about liquid toxic poison that goes into our landfills how it's created, how we make it, what it's doing to our city, country, world and not being able to do anything about it because we don't have the simple systems in place to allow us to stop killing ourselves, or the air, water, and seas. Or because we are too lazy to stop for a minute and think about what it is that we are throwing away: our world.
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Robinson Forest in eastern Kentucky is one of our most important natural landscapes-and one of the most threatened. Covering fourteen thousand acres of some of the most diverse forest region in temperate North America, it is a haven of biological richness within an ever-expanding desert created by mountaintop removal mining. Written by two people with deep knowledge of Robinson Forest, The Embattled Wilderness engagingly portrays this singular place...
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Beekeeping is both a hobby and a practical business plan that many individuals have taken up in recent years as a viable way to culture a valuable natural resource and have fun in the process. In any given year, an effectively built beekeeping business can bring profits up to 500 percent of your investment according to numerous private beekeepers. The benefit of growing your own honey and selling it to local customers for between $3 and $6 a pound...
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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "SEAG0211 - GETIÓN AMBIENTAL". Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
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The Blue Communities Project is dedicated to three primary things: that access to clean, drinkable water is a basic human right; that municipal and community water will be held in public hands; and that single-use plastic water bottles will not be available in public spaces. With its simple, straightforward approach, the movement has been growing around the world for a decade. Today, Paris, Berlin, Bern, and Montreal are just a few of the cities that...
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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "SEAG0211 - GESTIÓN AMBIENTAL". Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
95) El reciclaje
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Cuando piensas en reciclar, ¿suspiras y piensas que simplemente no tienes el tiempo o la energía para hacerlo? ¿Ves visiones de cientos de miles de botellas de plástico vacías en alguna fábrica lejana preparándose para ser fundidas? Crees que reciclar es algo que tiene que ser duro; de lo contrario, si no es difícil, ¿entonces no cuenta? Me avergüenza decir que en algún momento estos fueron los pensamientos que pasaron por mi cabeza y justificaron...
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"100 Aspects on Nature" is a comprehensive guide that explores various aspects of nature and its significance to humans. The book covers topics ranging from the importance of nature conservation, traditional ecological knowledge, the value of nature to humans, and the role of nature in sustainable development. It also delves into specific areas such as ecology, evolution, biodiversity research, and conservation biology. The potential of nature-based...
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'But Why Vegan?' is not a cookbook and it has no recipes. What it is is a deep dive into Veganism and how it not only transforms your mind, body, and spirit, but did you know it also positively impacts all of humanity, too?
If you are thinking about making the transition to Veganism this book will push you over the edge.
Becoming vegan makes you a trendsetter and that is a heavy burden to carry. Trendsetters are the ones that brave the tornado of...
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La pobreza del agua: geopolítica, gobernanza y abastecimiento recoge las ponencias de los especialistas que participaron en el VII Foro Nacional del Agua. En este evento se evidenciaron los graves descuidos de administración y protección de este preciado recurso por parte de los países latinoamericanos. Este libro de investigación presenta, con información técnica, análisis y discurso, la realidad de esta problemática en Colombia y la región...
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The best-selling conservation classic, completely expanded, revised, and updated David Morine was a briefcase conservationist specializing in human nature. During his fifteen years in charge of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy, Morine helped protect more than three million acres of wilderness, finding plenty to laugh about and learn from along the way. Here are the stories behind the deals and the people who made them-an enlightening, entertaining,...
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