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If you have even a shred of common sense left in you, then the truth should already be screaming at you from above. The streaks that linger for hours, the hazy white veil that dulls the sun, the grid-like patterns that crisscross an otherwise clear sky—these are not the skies our grandparents knew. These are not natural phenomena. These are the fingerprints of something deliberate, something engineered. Stratospheric aerosol injection, solar radiation management, climate intervention—whatever euphemism the establishment wants to slap on it, the reality remains the same. We are being sprayed.

Big Box USA presents a new look at how the big box retail store has dramatically reshaped the US economy and its ecosystems in the last half century.

This book covers dozens of innovations from around the world including ShareTheMeal which has delivered over 300 million meals.

In this graphic and yet surprisingly funny account of her and others’ extraordinary careers, Lankford unveils a world in which park rangers struggle to maintain their idealism in the face of death, disillusionment, and the loss of a comrade killed while holding that thin green line between protecting the park from the people, the people from the park, and the people from each other. Ranger Confidential is the story behind the scenery of the nation’s crown jewels—Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Great Smokies, Denali.

'One of the most inspiring, persuasive, and urgent arguments I have ever come across for the consciousness of nonhuman life. Beautiful, wise, comforting, life-altering.' – Barbara Gowdy, Bestselling author of The White Bone An unforgettable field guild to the superabundance of the wild, and an...

Growth and Decay of Coral Reefs: Fifty Years of Learning describes how coral reefs have alternately flourished and declined over the last fifty years and the dynamics of these changes. The study is based on recordings at thirty different locations along the Sudanese coast, visited by the author...

Learning from ancestral wisdom to save our challenging global environment. In this follow-up to his bestselling Fire Country, Victor Steffensen offers a positive pathway for healing the planet based on traditional Indigenous knowledge systems. Catastrophic wildfires have overwhelmed countries...

Four years after Therese Greenwood and her husband moved to Fort McMurray, Alberta, their new community was shattered by one of the worst wildfires in Canadian history. As the flames approached, they had only minutes to pack, narrowly escaping a fire that would rage for weeks, burn more than 85,000 hectares and force 80,000 people to flee. In this book, she tells her dramatic story, and contemplates mourning, memory, and rebuilding.

Approximately 66 million years ago, an asteroid struck the Earth, triggering a chain of events that would end the reign of the dinosaurs and usher in the age of mammals. Despite its colossal scale, this incident was not the only event of its kind—in fact, it wasn’t even the first. Rather, it’s only the most recent mass extinction our planet has witnessed across its 4-billion-year lifespan.

What if the animals we rescue are also rescuing us? In Whispers from the Wild, Susan B. Eirich, Ph.D. - founder of the Earthfire Institute - invites listeners into a sanctuary where wolves, bears and other native wildlife live out their lives in safety along the Yellowstone to Yukon Wildlife Corridor. For more than two decades, Susan has lived alongside these animals, witnessing not only their survival, but their relationships - with one another and with the humans who care for them. In these extraordinary true stories, she shares moments of play, trust, grief and transformation.

With high hopes, three hopeful young ladies enjoy the hot summer day with a tour at Harvard University, their sights set on changing the world and plans for the future. Little did they know, the sun had other plans. When a solar superstorm impacts Earth, producing a Coronal Mass Ejection, with an EMP that fries the power grid. These friends must find their way back to Maine. Dangers test them to their limits, and all hell breaks loose when one has reached the breaking point.

George P. Marsh's final edition of his classic book on environmental conservation. All new Introduction written by Fisher Neal.

The cloud is an ethereal world of convenience and freedom. A place where memories and messages live nowhere and everywhere. But on the ground, sprawling server farms power our online world - while plundering our physical one. Delving into the labyrinthine industry of data centres that are now...

"One of the greatest thinkers of our age" (The Guardian) presents a new way of living—one modeled on nature's design instead of capitalism's—for fans of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Doughnut Economics It has often been said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to...

At a time when everyone is going green, most people are unaware that the FBI is using anti-terrorism resources to target environmentalists and animal rights activists. The courts are being used to push conventional boundaries of what constitutes "terrorism" and to hit nonviolent activists with disproportionate sentences. Some have faced terrorism charges for simply chalking slogans on the sidewalk.

In The Secret Language of Plants, author Nelkary Colon explores the hidden intelligence of the plant world and the remarkable systems that allow plants to sense and respond to their environment.

Aging water systems are no longer a future problem. They are a present-day risk. In Aging Water Systems: Should We Be Worried?, D.B. Cisneros delivers a practical, no-nonsense look at the realities facing small groundwater utilities across the United States. With increasing federal pressure, aging infrastructure, and limited staffing, many systems are operating closer to failure than most realize. This book is written for the operator in the field, not the boardroom.

Water shortages don’t happen overnight. They happen slowly, through years of delay, outdated systems, and missed opportunities. In Common-Sense Water for Growing Texas Towns, D.B. Cisneros breaks down the real problem facing growing communities: it’s not just a lack of water, it’s poor management of the water we already have. Drawing from real-world experience in water utilities, this book explains practical, affordable strategies towns can start using today.

In a world where technology evolves faster than ever, our devices have become both indispensable tools and growing environmental liabilities. This book reveals how the shift from a linear “take-make-dispose” model to a regenerative circular ecosystem can dramatically reduce waste, extend device lifespans, strengthen security, and unlock new economic value. Through clear explanations, real world case studies, mathematical models, and actionable frameworks, it could equip listeners with the knowledge to build computing systems that are not only sustainable but smarter, safer, & more resilient.

The story of grass is bigger than grass itself; it is the story of us and our place in the natural world. From creeping turf and towering bamboo, to rolling meadows, vast savannas and fields of wheat, grass is all around us. Yet despite its ubiquity, hardly any of us pay it much mind as we...