books about: ecological     books:       Slip and Fall Prevention: A Practical Handbook12 reviews Steven Di Pilla CRC, 2003 Remarkably clear and comprehensive Mr. DiPilla's book is delightfully clear, concise and comprehensive. It educates the reader from the scope of slips and falls issues, to common procedures for recognizing and mitigating walkway hazards, to management control methods and accident investigation/claims mitigation. The text and illustrations read in a simple, common-sense way, showing the truth of Voltaire's comment that "common ...             The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise23 reviews Michael Grunwald Simon & Schuster, 2006 "There is only one Everglades" The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise Once dismissed as a dismal swamp fit only for alligators, snakes, flamingos and Indians, the Everglades has become a battle ground in Florida's continuing tension between development and conservation. In "The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise," Michael Grunwald writes a well-researched and fluently ...             Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change16 reviews William R. Catton University of Illinois Press, 1982 The seminal, absolutely finest environmental book ever written.... I bought this book months ago (my first of several copies), as I was trying to decide whether to buy Heinberg's "Peak Everything". I read one of the Heinberg reviews, which suggested that I buy "Overshoot...", and I was so impressed by the review that I purchased Overshoot, instead of another "peak" book. I cannot possibly say it better than the 12 other current reviewers of Catton's book, ...             PERMACULTURE: A Designers' Manual17 reviews Bill Mollison, Reny Mia Slay Tagari Publications, 1997 There is nothing better regarding Sustainability Bill Mollison represents the most successful attempt to mainstream practical home-scale sustainable design principles. I found myself needing to do an enormous amount of supplementary research to actually understand what bill was talking about, but to explain them in depth here would have taken away from the thrust of the book - which is mainly to show you example after example (many on every ...             Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Canto)23 reviews Alfred W. Crosby Cambridge University Press, 1993 Book Review: "Ecological Imperialism" Book Review: "Ecological Imperialism" In his book, Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, Alfred W. Crosby investigates the roots of European domination over the western world. He calls the places where early Europeans settled "Neo-Europes" with special emphasis on North and South America , Australia , and New Zealand . In his prologue he ponders whether ...             Final Conspiracy18 reviews Jim O'Neal AuthorHouse, 2005 An Important Thriller with Powerful Characters! Final Conspiracy is a great story that features a finely interwoven web of characters whose actions unfold in a powerful and intriguing story of deception, death, greed and lust for power. The story is however plot driven, but it is nonetheless refreshing to have the main character, Caroline, stand out in the way she does. She is a woman, who when faced with the unimagined threat of danger to ...             Biology of Spiders, 2nd Edition12 reviews Rainer F. Foelix Oxford University Press, USA, 1996 A Book to Teach By This book is worthy of being considered a text book for serious students of spiders but it is easily readable for the average person. It absolutely tells you everything you could want to know about the life of these creatures. Excellent diagrams of each subject matter. I recommend it highly for the detailed information you need to have. While it did have pictures of various spiders, I was ...             The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines for Life on Earth20 reviews Stephen Harrod Buhner Chelsea Green, 2002 Powerful and Profound This is a staggeringly powerful and important book. Our relationship with the earth and all of its inhabitants is crucial to our continued biological, psychological and spiritual health and our survival as a species. Why we continue to ignore and deride this very real fact is a devastating mystery to me - this book, however, not only illuminates, in poignant and heart-breaking ways, our ...             An Unnatural Order: Uncovering the Roots of Our Domination of Nature and Each Other12 reviews Jim Mason Simon & Schuster, 1993 A roadmap for the 21st Century In 1892, Henry Salt published the book Animals' Rights. While it was not totally ignored, it took nearly another century for the modern "Animal Rights" movement to begin, after the appearance of Peter Singer's Animal Liberation in 1975. When reading An Unnatural Order it will be difficult to not get the impression that Jim Mason is a visionary, on par with Henry Salt. We are privileged to ...             Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature (Natural Home & ...19 reviews Carol Venolia, Kelly Lerner Lark Books, 2006 PERFECTION! I could not put this book down. It answers all of my questions and concerns as I begin to contemplate the large undertaking of creating a healthy, eco-friendly home for our family. Very thorough, creative and well-written... I only wish I could hire these women directly. Just enough information to cover all of the key considerations, with plenty of guidance on how to dig deeper if necessary. ...             Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect11 reviews David W. Orr Island Press, 2004 a great book in all respects first off, as promised by the reseller, the book was in great condition. as for the contents of the book, it's a fantastic read if you are interested in the root of the sustainability movement. that is to say the foundations and meaning of our educational system which as critical public good, is in dire need of a re-examination.             Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice: Pattern and Process6 reviews Springer, 2003 Valuable Summary I use this book as the recommended text for both undergraduate and graduate courses in landscape ecology. It has a useful synthesis of recent trends in the field and particularly good chapters on scale, landscape metrics and disturbance. The accompanying CD has jpeg versions of most of the figures, which is handy for preparing lectures, although the quality of some of the digital images from CD ...             Biofilms II: Process Analysis and Applications6 reviews Wiley-Liss, 2000 A new light for Biofilms This amazing new book opens a new doorway to biofilms for me. An excellent book, with new technological ideas that other books leave out. If bacteria could read they'd be breathless, which they are anyway for they don't have any mitochondria. Can't wait for the movie!             Essays on Life Itself8 reviews Robert Rosen Columbia University Press, 1999 Profound.....Utterly Profound This collection of essays, along with Rosen's other book _Life Itself_, are mandatory reading for any scientist or any astute layperson interested in biology, physics or philosophy of science. Rosen was a very insightful and technically capable theoretical biologist. His work - first as a student of physicist and theoretical biologist Nicholas Rashevsky, and later as professor emeritus at ...             A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada: Identification, Natural History, and ...8 reviews David L. Pearson, C. Barry Knisley, ... Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 An excellent field guide to N. American tiger beetles As an entomologist, I have seen and used many a field guide. This guide is one of the best. Color plates are not cluttered, and each has a scale bar. Distribution maps are crisp and easy to understand. Keys are excellent, with plenty of illustrations. Checklist is included, and the sections on ecology/behavior and conservation are well done. This is a must-buy for any Cicindelid enthusiast!             Insects and Gardens: In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology7 reviews Eric Grissell Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006 Stewardship of our gardens I found the ideas in this book to be very exciting and the author to have a great sense of humor. I have a Backyard Wildlife Habitat, but I hadn't given enough thought to the role of insects in my garden. After reading this book, I am looking at my garden with new eyes. The author has provided some very good reasons for gardening the way I tend to do anyway - pack it with as many different plants ...             Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era10 reviews Jeremy Leggett Routledge, 2001 Front row seat The author participated as an NGO spokesperson at many international meetings about CO2's contribution to climate change. His chronological treatment imposes order on the confusing, repeated climate prep meetings and negotiations of the 1990s. It was very helpful to read an unapologetic, informed account of these negotiations, replete with the hope & despair many felt about the participation ...             Composting Toilet System Book: A Practical Guide to Choosing, Planning and Maintaining Composting Toilet ...7 reviews David Del Porto, Carol Steinfeld Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention, 2000 Most complete and credible book on the topic After reading a couple of books about composting toilets and graywater systems that were either suspiciously poetic or a little too humorous, I was happy to find this book. As someone who needs a variety of systems for a variety of high-use sites, I was glad to find a book that deals with this topic in technically and responsibly (in terms of public health). I showed this book to my local health ...             The Good House Book: A Common-Sense Guide to Alternative Homebuilding Solar * Straw Bale * Cob * Adobe * ...8 reviews Clarke Snell Lark Books, 2004 Tremendous book Very comprehensive book which expertly and clearly details the differences between natural/sustainable methods and ideas versus conventional methods. The book makes an incredible cases for natural building and the philosophy of sustainability. After reading this book its hard to understand why you wouldn't want to build a house this way. On a personal note, this book has been inspirational to me ...             Ecological Economics: Principles And Applications9 reviews Herman E. Daly, Joshua Farley Island Press, 2003 At last what we needed Here at last is a book that sees ecological economics not as a branch of economics or a school of economics but as a broader and deeper system of ideas that includes the sound elements of conventional economics. Herman Daly, the Grand Old Man of the steady state economy, and Joshua Farley, his able younger follower, have produced a comprehensive and very readable synthesis. Traditional ...              search for books alternative, applications, biological, cicindelidae, common-sense, composting, conspiracy, designers, distribution, domination, ecological, economics, environment, everglades, homebuilding, identification, imperialism, importance, landscape, maintaining, not-so-green, overshoot, permaculture, practical, prevention, principles, remodeling, revolutionary, uncovering, unnatural books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen magazines: Bird Watching home  impressum - about us