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Since his early days of plant restoration, amateur plant scientist Matt Candeias has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. 

We need land for so many of humanity's growing needs, such as food, renewable energy, carbon storage and housing. Traditionally, we've stolen it from nature, but this has led to a mounting toll of extinction and pollution that is now punishing us. So, as there's no land left to take, how do we...

The image most of us have of whalers includes harpoons and intentional trauma. Yet eating commercially caught seafood leads to whales’ entanglement and slow death in rope and nets, and the global shipping routes that bring us readily available goods often lead to death by collision. We—all of us—are whalers, marine scientist and veterinarian Michael J. Moore contends. But we do not have to be.

In For the Love of Rivers, stream ecologist Kurt Fausch draws readers across the reflective surface of streams to view what is beneath, ponder how they work, and consider what is essential about streams and rivers for us as humans. In this beautiful memoir, he uses his many years of experience as a field biologist to explain the underlying science connecting these aquatic ecosystems and their fishes to streamside forests and the organisms found there —including humans.

Die umfassende Elektrifizierung der Wärmeversorgung kommt. Für Hunderttausende Wohnungseigentümer, Hausbesitzerinnen, aber auch für alle, die zur Miete wohnen, stellt sich die Frage: Womit und wie und zu welchem Preis kann ich in Zukunft heizen? Lohnt sich insbesondere eine Wärmepumpe und ist sie in meinem Haus überhaupt sinnvoll einsetzbar?

Humans used to be embedded in the natural world, but today many of us live sedentary screen-based lives indoors, treating nature as something distant – to be watched on television or reached by flying elsewhere.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Imagina que tu hogar se vuelve inteligente y ahorra energía. Tu movilidad se vuelve más limpia – sin sacrificios. Y tu consumo de repente deja una huella de la que puedes estar orgulloso. Eso es exactamente lo que permite este audiolibro. No es un...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Imagine your home becomes intelligent and saves energy. Your mobility becomes cleaner – without sacrifice. And your consumption suddenly leaves a trail you can be proud of. That is exactly what this audiobook enables. Not a manifesto of deprivation...

A simpler life can also be a more meaningful one. Sustainable Living & Simple Life is a gentle guide for anyone who wants to reduce stress, waste less, and enjoy everyday life more. This book shows how small, simple changes can make a real difference. You don’t need to change everything at...

The issues around 'climate' range across all aspects of the global system, including the different components that have controlled climate on Earth throughout its history, as well as how solar energy is able to reach the Earth, how it is redistributed around the planet by the ocean-atmosphere...

The natural world is burning. Time is running out. You know the story. So what possible role could something as flimsy as fiction play? From the pioneering pen of a continually visionary writer, Burning Snowflake is a rallying cry. Shrug off restrictions. Imagine radically. See fiction for what...

Irreversible: What Can We Do? provides a clear, evidence-based examination of climate change, global warming, and the challenges they present. Drawing on extensive experience in engineering and energy systems, the authors explain the science behind rising global temperatures, sea level change, and other environmental impacts using current data and scientific analysis.

*WITH A FOREWORD FROM MICHAEL SHEEN* 'A book that will wake the world up to forever chemicals' - CHRIS PACKHAM A dead witness. A Hollywood star. The conspiracy that leads to your blood... The threat was anonymous. 'Don't you know...you're the last surviving witness?' In 1967, the young lawyer...

Der Energiesektor steckt inmitten einer industriellen Revolution. So wie die Dampfmaschine die Pferdekraft verdrängt hat, das Auto die Kutsche oder das Smartphone das Handy, stellen heute erneuerbare Energien, Batteriespeicher und Elektroautos weltweit die Märkte auf den Kopf. Aber warum findet diese Revolution statt – und wird sie erfolgreich sein?

Battle for the Ends of the Earth, a new HarperCollins book, full description to follow when available...

A fun-to-listen-to guide to ecological principles and environmental understanding Ecology For Dummies transforms intimidating concepts into an engaging walkthrough that supports academic success and environmental literacy. This accessible text covers everything from energy flow and nutrient...

Under what circumstances might climate change lead to negative security outcomes? Over the past fifteen years, a rapidly growing applied field and research community on climate security has emerged. While much progress has been made, we still don't have a clear understanding of why climate change might lead to violent conflict or humanitarian emergencies in some places and not others.

Dom Phillips estava escrevendo Como salvar a Amazônia quando foi morto no vale do Javari com o indigenista Bruno Pereira em 5 de junho de 2022. Um grupo de amigos tomou para si a missão de dar continuidade ao projeto, preservando a intenção do autor: mostrar por que é do interesse de todos nós salvar a Amazônia e como a resposta reside justamente na própria floresta.

A profound, playful, and kaleidoscopic collection from one of our most evocative contemporary philosopher-poets. A posthumanist polymath and "trans-public" intellectual, Báyò Akómoláfé has produced a vast body of work that represents a startling picture of the world in perpetual process and radical relation. Through an ever-growing archive of books, articles, interviews, films, social media posts, workshops, and rituals, Akómoláfé seeks to interrogate the fundamental assumptions and epistemological blind spots of our current culture in crisis.

In Come Rain or Shine, award-winning TV meteorologist Laura Tobin lifts the lid on the fascinating science behind the forecast, revealing a worldricher and more surprising than you'd ever believe. Blending compelling anecdotes, folklore, and first-hand insights, Laura unpacks how the weather...