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2009., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: 973.9 E28b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.
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1989., Prentice-Hall Canada Call No: 333.95 B8795g Edition: [1st ed.] Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2007., Éditions MultiMondes Call No: QWF FR 576.8 R721h Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: LœADN, ce fil invisible, nous a fait redécouvrir lœunité du vivant. Non sans quelques surprises... Le grand arbre de la vie quœévoquait Charles Darwin est décidément un buisson bien touffu.À travers des histoires savoureuses et sur un ton souvent personnel, ce livre raconte la manière dont le vivant se construit, se diversifie - et comment il est menacé par cette espèce bien particulière quœest lœhomme.Quels sont les plus proches cousins des baleines ?De quelle manière le papillon Apollo fabrique-t-il des taches en forme dœoeil pour déjouer les prédateurs ?Quœest-ce qui nous distingue vraiment des chimpanzés sur le plan génétique ?Comment la nature fabrique-t-elle une patte à partir dœune nageoire ?Comment le saumon sœest-il adapté à la grosseur des mailles des filets de pêche ?Pourquoi les créationnistes affectionnent-ils lœornithorynque ?À ces questions et à beaucoup dœautres qui sont loin dœêtre farfelues, ce livre apporte des réponses menant au coeur des débats les plus actuels de la biologie. Il présente notamment, sous une forme accessible, les résultats de la toute nouvelle approche quœest « lœévo-dévo , pour évolution et développement.Un livre pour célébrer lœévolution et en repérer la marque dans la nature autour de soi. Quitte à ne plus jamais voir de la même manière les saumons, les ours ou les modestes plants de maïs. Ou encore, les étonnants bélugas du fleuve Saint-Laurent...
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c2009., Grand Central Pub. Call No: 591.68 G646h Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: At a time when we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, renowned scientist Jane Goodall brings us inspiring news about the future of the animal kingdom. With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall--along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard--shares fascinating survival stories about the American crocodile, the California condor, the black-footed ferret and more--all formerly endangered species and species once on the verge of extinction whose populations are now being regenerated. Interweaving her own first-hand experiences with the research of premier scientists, Goodall illuminates the heroic efforts of dedicated environmentalists and the truly critical need to protect the habitats of these beloved species. At once a celebration of the animal kingdom and a passionate call to arms, this book presents an uplifting, hopeful message for the future of animal-human coexistence.--From publisher description.
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2007., Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers Call No: 333.95 C869h Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view More... Summary Note: Explorer, diving pioneer, filmmaker, inventor, and activist, Jacques Cousteau was blessed from childhood with boundless curiosity about the natural world. As the leader of fascinating, often dangerous expeditions all over the planet, he discovered firsthand the complexity and beauty of life on earth and undersea--and watched the toll taken by human activity. In his last book, written over the last ten years of his life and finally available in the United States, Cousteau describes his philosophy about protecting our world for future generations. Weaving stories of his adventures throughout, he and collaborator Susan Schiefelbein address the risks we take with human health, the overfishing and sacking of the world's oceans, the hazards of nuclear proliferation, and the environmental responsibility of scientists, politicians, and people of faith. Cousteau's lyrical, passionate call for action is even more relevant today than when this book was completed in 1996.--From publisher description.
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2021., 01:19:18, Post Hypnotic Press Edition: Unabridged. Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: "Ailton Krenak's ideas inspire, washing over you with every truth-telling sentence. Read this book." –Tanya Talaga, bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers Indigenous peoples have faced the end of the world before. Now, humankind is on a collective march towards the abyss. Global pandemics, extreme weather, and massive wildfires define this era many now call the Anthropocene. From Brazil comes Ailton Krenak, renowned Indigenous activist and leader, who demonstrates that our current environmental crisis is rooted in society's flawed concept of "humanity"—that human beings are superior to other forms of nature and are justified in exploiting it as we please. To stop environmental disaster, Krenak argues that we must reject the homogenizing effect of this perspective and embrace a new form of "dreaming" that allows us to regain our place within nature. In Ideas to Postpone the End of the World , he shows us the way.
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By Hancock, Lyn1986., Doubleday Canada Limited Call No: 574.97 H234L Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2012., Crown Publishers Call No: 363.700 S838n Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2021., Custom House Call No: NEW Bio R312p Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: As a boy, James Rebanks was taught by his grandfather to work the land the old way. Their family farm in England's Lake District hills was part of an ancient agricultural landscape: a patchwork of crops and meadows, of pastures grazed by livestock, and of hedgerows teeming with wildlife. The men and women had vanished from the fields;; the old stone barns had crumbled; the skies have emptied of birds and their windblown song. Hailed as a "brilliant, beautiful book" by the Sunday Times, Pastoral Song(published in the United Kingdom under the title English Pastoral) is the story of an inheritance, one that affects us all. It tells of how rural landscapes around the world were brought close to collapse and of how the age-old rhythms of work, weather, community, and wild things were lost. And yet this elegy from the northern fells is also a song of hope--of how, guided by the past, one farmer began to salvage a tiny corner of England that was now his, doing his best to restore the life that had vanished and to leave a legacy for the future. This is a book about what it means to love and have pride in a place and about how, against all the odds, it may still be possible to build a new pastoral -- not a utopia, but somewhere decent for us all.
