Nature

"This book is fabulous and takes you close inside the wild world, where you feel the creatures whispering your old name."—Craig Foster, My Octopus TeacherLearn how to decode the secret conversations of wild animals all around you.From a Yellowstone naturalist and expert in animal language comes “a tantalizing guide to revamping our approach to wild things.” (WSJ) Growing up in rural New York, as a young man George Bumann learned to track deer and turkeys as a hunter. Then everything changed. He left his hunting days behind and began an extraordinary journey into the more-than-human world …Humans once relied on the calls of wild animals to understand the natural world and their place within it. Now, this remarkable guide reveals what our ancestors knew long ago—that tuning in to the owl in the tree, the deer in the gully, can tell us important information and help us feel connected to our wild community.In Eavesdropping on Animals, George Bumann shares the fascinating stories and insights he has gained from studying wildlife around the world for more than forty years, the last twenty of which have been spent leading popular programs on animal language and intelligence in Yellowstone National Park. Bumann shares tips, tricks, and advice for readers living in urban, suburban and rural areas and clearly shows us that you don’t need an exotic vacation or a biology degree to have transformative wildlife encounters. Listening to and observing creatures in your own backyard, on nearby trails, and in local parks, seashores, fields, and forests can lead to extraordinary experiences and a profound sense of belonging.Are you ready to eavesdrop on your wild neighbors? Are you ready to learn how to tell a warning call from a mating call, a purr of satisfaction from idle chatter? Then this book is for you!

"This volume explores the notion of ecoviolence, particularly the intersection of the anthropogenic destruction of nature with human exploitation. It is a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students working in green criminology, Earth system governance, environmental politics, human rights, and environmental and international law"--

First Published in 1962, Russia under Kruschev is a comprehensive collection of articles from Problems of Communism, a journal published by U.S. Information Agency. They provide the broadest picture of the political, economic, and cultural trends of Kruschev's Russia.

The first book-length treatment of how loss and damage policy and politics works at the national level, this book appeals to a broad audience with its timely focus on a headline-dominating issue. A valuable primer for practitioners addressing loss and damage, including policymakers, experts, and civil society stakeholders.

The first book-length treatment of how loss and damage policy and politics works at the national level, this book appeals to a broad audience with its timely focus on a headline-dominating issue. A valuable primer for practitioners addressing loss and damage, including policymakers, experts, and civil society stakeholders.

The book titled Garbocracy: Towards a Great Human Collapse engages with how the accumulation and disposal of garbage in India is motivated by diverse social, cultural, political, economic, communal, caste, religious and various other factors. The disgusting experiences generated by the sight and the stink of garbage is not only physical in nature, but psychological, neurological, structural, institutional, tangible and intangible in nature. To elaborate further, on the one side the improper disposal of garbage in the public places generate varied health issues and on the other hand it impacts the social, cultural, political, and economic state of individuals and communities. With respect to these perspectives, the aim of this book is to unfold how the various socio-politically motivated patterns and intensions of disposing garbage in India, gradually convert the heaps of garbage into authoritative entities that govern the habitual thinking, behaving and acting patterns of the humans.

From the artist behind Mystic Mondays comes a deluxe deck and guidebook set featuring 56 richly detailed, vibrantly illustrated plant cards and accompanying information on their meanings and their uses in personal growth and healing.Features 56 full-color Healing Herbology cards: Discover the potential contained within 56 plants, herbs, and flowers corresponding to the four elements, rendered in stunning colors and on these durable divination cards in a unique square shape. Designed and written by Grace Duong, founder of Mystic Mondays: Connect to the replenishing power of nature through this brand-new set from Grace Duong, founder and designer of Mystic Mondays. Includes guidebook: An accompanying 80-page guidebook features plant profiles and rituals for using the cards. Deluxe keepsake box: Housed in a magnetic-closure keepsake box, with a separate interior travel box for the cards, this one-of-a-kind collection is a must-have for modern mystics. A note on packaging: In order to help honor our planet and reduce waste, we have only shrink wrapped the interior cards, rather than the keepsake box. Please feel confident that your product is not defective or used, but rather represents a step we are taking to protect our collective home. When you open your deck, you will find that the actual cards inside the box are shrink wrapped for protection and to ensure first use by the buyer.

In The City and the World Gregor Hens threads memoir with travelogue, philosophy, photography and references from a wide variety of writers and thinkers to consider the phenomenon of the contemporary city and our place within it.

A polyculture of ideas, decolonising, reframing, and transforming how we think about the things we grow through a social-ecology lens.

Renowned herbalist Rosemary Gladstar presents a beautiful keepsake collection of teachings, reflections, and insights on the plant world and herbal healing, featuring diverse voices from the community of herbal teachers and practitioners.  A beloved teacher and leader in the herbal healing world for more than 50 years, Rosemary Gladstar's curated this collection explore key themes in herbalism, including:  *The sacred teachings of the plants *The importance of preserving knowledge of the plants' healing properties and the work of herbal healers *The practices of gardening and gathering herbs in the wild *The power and passion of the herbal community *The rich value of living with gratitude and reverence for the Earth, and a deep connection to the plant world.  Many of the quotes are original to this collection, excerpted from Gladstar's private correspondence and conversations. Her narrative voice introduces each theme, and the text is accompanied by stunning photographs and artwork celebrating the beauty and wonder of plants.

This edited volume takes a comprehensive look at solid waste management across jurisdictions in Canada, including provinces, territories, municipalities and Indigenous communities.

This book addresses one of the key issues of our time, the process of sustainable transition in modern, industrial societies, by looking at the dynamics associated with this objective at the decentralised local level in South Korea.

Improvement of Desert Ranges in Soviet Central Asia (1985) examines the progress made in the Soviet Union's attempts to increase desert vegetation without using irrigation or fertilizers. Prominent Soviet scientists analyse the use of ecological resources in desert ranges to produce more productive grazing land.