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Dive into the untold story of humanity's battle against dust, grime, and disorder in "A Clean Sweep Through Time." This captivating journey through the annals of history unveils the often-overlooked but crucial role that cleanliness has played in shaping civilizations. From ancient civilizations' use of rudimentary brooms to the rise of elaborate cleaning rituals in royal courts, this book explores the evolution of cleaning practices across cultures.

An amazing journey into the heart of the Amazon Rainforest. Discover 30 trivia about this rich biodiversity and cultural heritage. From the mighty Amazon River to the lush canopy, enjoy in celebrating the wonders of the Amazon.

Smokescreen cuts through years of misunderstanding and misdirection to make an impassioned, evidence-based argument for a new era of forest management for the sake of the planet and the human race. Scientist and activist Chad T. Hanson explains how natural alarm over wildfire has been marshaled to advance corporate and political agendas, notably those of the logging industry. He also shows that, in contrast to the fear-driven narrative, contemporary research has demonstrated that forests in the US, North America, and around the world have a significant deficit of fire.

Almir Narayamoga Surui, the Amazonian tribal chieftain of the indigenous Surui people, is a leader in the fight to save the rainforest not only for the preservation of his land and people, but for the Earth's and humanity's survival as well. Joining forces with such high-tech corporations as Apple and Google Earth, Surui has become a guardian of his people and a global activist, despite death threats and million-dollar bounties on his head.

Although it is widely understood that energy and water are the world’s two most critical resources, their vital interconnections and vulnerabilities are less often recognized. This farsighted audiobook offers a new, holistic way of thinking about energy and water - a big picture approach that reveals the interdependence of the two resources, identifies the seriousness of the challenges, and lays out an optimistic approach with an array of solutions to ensure continuing sustainability.

"Plus j'avance dans la vie et plus s'affirme en moi la conviction selon laquelle il ne peut y avoir de changement de société sans un profond changement humain. Et plus je pense aussi que seule une réelle et intime convergence des consciences peut nous éviter de choir dans la fragmentation et l'abîme. Ensemble, il nous faut de toute urgence prendre 'conscience de notre inconscience', de notre démesure écologique et sociétale, et réagir." (Pierre Rabhi)

In a centuries-old tradition, farmers in northwestern Iceland scour remote coastal plains for the down of nesting eider ducks. High inside a vast cave in Borneo, men perched atop rickety ladders collect swiftlets’ nests, a delicacy believed to be a cure for almost anything. Eiderdown and edible birds’ nests: both are luxury products, ultimately destined for the super-rich. To the rest of the world these materials are mere commodities but to the harvesters they are all imbued with myth, tradition, folklore and ritual, and form part of a shared identity and history.

Many people will remember that Rachel Carson predicted a silent spring, but she also warned of a fruitless fall, a time with no pollination and no fruit. The fruitless fall nearly became a reality when, in 2007, beekeepers watched 30 billion bees mysteriously die. And they continue to disappear. The remaining pollinators, essential to the cultivation of a third of American crops, are now trucked across the country and flown around the world, pushing them ever closer to collapse.

Qualcuno si ostina a liquidare i cambiamenti climatici come fake news, ma la gran parte di noi è ben consapevole che se non modifichiamo radicalmente le nostre abitudini l'umanità andrà incontro al rischio dell'estinzione di massa. Lo sappiamo, eppure non riusciamo a crederci. E di conseguenza non riusciamo ad agire. Il problema è che l'emergenza ambientale non è una storia facile da raccontare e, soprattutto, non è una buona storia: non spaventa, non affascina, non coinvolge abbastanza da indurci a cambiare la nostra vita.

One cannot turn on the news today without a report on an extreme-weather event or the latest update on Antarctica. But while our politicians argue, the truth is that climate change is already here. Nobody knows this better than Indigenous peoples, who, having developed an intimate relationship with ecosystems over generations, have observed these changes for decades. For them, climate change is not an abstract concept or policy issue, but the reality of daily life.

A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists. From...

“Immersive . . . bracingly ambitious . . . rewinds the story of life on Earth—from the mammoth steppe of the last Ice Age to the dawn of multicellular creatures over 500 million years ago.”—The Economist LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE “One of those rare books that’s...

A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Beautifully written, movingly told and meticulously researched ... a convincing plea for a wilder, richer world' Isabella Tree, author of Wilding 'By the time I'd read the first chapter, I'd resolved to take my son into the woods every afternoon over...

As the snow melts and the spring approaches, the animal kingdom awakens. In Summer World, Bernd Heinrich, the best-selling author of Winter World, brings us an up-close and personal view of that awakening and rebirth.

Drawing from decades of Sufi teaching, a deep relationship with nature, and the transformative power of story, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee guides us beyond today’s ecological and cultural crises to the heart of the matter: our collective forgetfulness and the severing of our primordial bond with Earth. Following the entwined threads of grief and love, he explains how this moment of crisis holds within it the seeds of transformation and regrowth.

So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar. Growing up at the feet of the Himalayas in northern India, Kumar took for granted her immersion in a lush natural world. After moving to North America as a teenager, she found herself increasingly distanced from more than human life and discouraged by the civilization she saw contributing to its destruction. It was only in her twenties, living in Los Angeles and working on films, that she began to rediscover her place in the landscape-and in the cosmos—by way of watching birds.

"Nous savons que l'Humanité fait face au plus grand défi de son histoire. Nous savons que les écosystèmes dont nous dépendons menacent de s'écrouler. Nous savons qu'il y a urgence. Le doute n'est plus d'actualité. Chaque jour, au coin de la rue ou à l'autre bout de la planète, un nouveau front s'ouvre. Partout, des femmes et des hommes ont décidé de se lever pour sauver ce qui peut encore l'être, ou pour poser les bases d'un nouveau monde."

Et si nous avions déjà les solutions dans notre quotidien pour changer le monde à notre échelle ? Tester et adopter une action écocitoyenne chaque jour pendant un an, c'est le défi que s'est lancé Julien Vidal. Il a choisi de partager son expérience et a répertorié ses 365 actions sur son site internet. Voici un récit de vie au pays de l'utopie écologique à l'énergie contagieuse et à l'optimisme entraînant, accessible et rassembleur.

Le zéro déchet, l'essayer c'est l'adopter ! Réduire ses déchets pour la planète, pour sa santé, pour le porte-monnaie, c'est le moment ! Mais comment s'y prendre ? En marchant dans les pas de Jérémie et Bénédicte. Ce livre audio, à la fois carnet de bord pas triste, et guide pratique, vous mènera au but en vous épargnant bien des pièges ! Avec humour et autodérision, les auteurs vous proposent un plan d'action détaillé et 10 défis Zéro Déchet pour vous lancer.

Neues von Peter Wohlleben. Die Natur steckt voller Überraschungen: Laubbäume beeinflussen die Erdrotation, Kraniche sabotieren die spanische Schinkenproduktion und Nadelwälder können Regen machen. Der passionierte Förster und Bestsellerautor Peter Wohlleben beschreibt das faszinierende Zusammenspiel zwischen Pflanzen und Tieren: Wie beeinflussen sie sich gegenseitig? Gibt es eine Kommunikation zwischen den unterschiedlichen Arten?