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Ancient and carbon-rich, old-growth forests play an irreplaceable role in the environment. Their complex ecosystems clean the air, purify the water, cool the planet, and teem with life. In a time of climate catastrophe, old-growth and other natural forests face existential threats caused by humans―and their survival is crucial to ours.

When will the next pandemic arrive? For wildlife, it’s already here. The Nature of Pandemics explores an unspoken truth: how our actions are driving wildlife pandemics across the world. Highlighting the interconnectedness of human, (non-human) animal and environmental health, it examines historical and contemporary pandemics and considers the importance of conservation and restoration efforts, presenting a compelling case for rethinking how we approach pandemic prevention.

From increasingly severe storms to collapsing coral reefs to the displacement of Syrian citizens, in this audiobook we examine the effects of Earth’s changing climate on weather systems, ecosystems, and human habitability and what this means for our future.

In this refreshing collection, one of our best writers on desert places, Gary Paul Nabhan, challenges traditional notions of the desert. Beautiful, reflective, and at times humorous, Nabhan's extended essay also called "The Nature of Desert Nature" reveals the complexity of what a desert is and can be. He passionately writes about what it is like to visit a desert and what living in a desert looks like when viewed through a new frame, turning age-old notions of the desert on their heads.

Sunday Times Bestseller ‘A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement’ Charles Foster Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (September) Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings? In The Hidden Life of Trees Peter...

The instant New York Times bestseller | A Washington Post Notable Book | One of NPR's Best Books of the Year “Expert storytelling . . . [Pollan] masterfully elevates a series of big questions about drugs, plants and humans that are likely to leave readers thinking in new ways.” —New York...

The vivid account of a world-leading conservationist’s efforts to find, study, and protect snow leopards, revealing the challenges facing a beautiful, fragile world in the midst of a major transition Snow leopards have a special grip on the human imagination, a symbol of the mysteries that...

This Introduction audiobook explores emerging geological research and explains how new advances in the understanding of plate tectonics, seismology, and satellite imagery have enabled us to begin to see the Earth as it actually is: dynamic and ever-changing.

Angst vor Überflutungen, Schuldgefühle wegen des letzten Urlaubsfluges, Wut über die Untätigkeit der Regierungen: Wir begegnen der ökologischen Krise mit einem ganzen Bündel an Emotionen – und das ist gut so, sagt die Psychotherapeutin Katharina van Bronswijk. Angst, Trauer und Wut sind gesunde Reaktionen auf essenzielle Bedrohungen wie Klimawandel und Massenaussterben. Wir brauchen sie, um Motivation für Veränderung zu entwickeln und gesellschaftliche Normen zu hinterfragen.

A mitad de camino entre el ensayo y el libro de divulgación científica, Nuestro reto climático ofrece al lector de forma amena y comprensible todas las claves del mayor desafío al que jamás se ha enfrentado la humanidad: un rápido calentamiento global que lleva nuestra firma y al que resultará difícil adaptarse si no cambiamos profundamente nuestro modelo de sociedad.

Desde que en 1405 llegaron a las islas Canarias los primeros dromedarios, la modificación de los ecosistemas y el comercio mundial entre continentes han provocado que numerosas especies de plantas y animales hayan colonizado territorios que nunca hubiéramos imaginado. La humanidad ha cubierto la Tierra con un manto que influye en toda la biosfera, dejando una profunda marca en ella.

A passionate naturalist explores what it’s really like to be an animal―by living like them How can we ever be sure that we really know the other? To test the limits of our ability to inhabit lives that are not our own, Charles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the non-humans, the...

Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist and His Daughter is a narrative of letters written by an ecologist dad to his daughter upon her coming-of-age. Drawing upon his personal history, family anecdotes, and shared memories, Powers envisions a path for humanity's reintegration with nature, and a chance to save the life force that runs through all of us.

A revelatory dive into the overlooked history of grass and the astonishing ways it has shaped human history Try, if you can, to imagine a world without grass. There would be no lawns or athletic fields, no blooming meadows or rolling wheat fields, no sweeping savannas or steppes. Gone too would...

The best-selling author of The Weather Makers returns to the subject of climate change with a thought-provoking and powerful argument for immediate global action and a wide range of innovative, deeply pragmatic ideas to help solve the crisis.

In Ecological Thinking, the second installment in the "Loving a Sacred Life" series, the focus is on how we think about the world and what does that thinking. Mother Earth as a living being will be explored, as well as the idea of a soul that has an infinite relationship to the planet, beyond our limited human body. Some traditions acknowledge this and we'll look at those traditions that relate to the planet differently than the typical world view. Astrology as a tool for monitoring this relationship over the ages will also be explored.

A transformative exploration of the animal kingdom that will fill you with wonder, revealing Earth's wild civilizations as you've never seen them before In The Hidden Nations of Animals, Ryan Huling takes us on an odyssey to places most people don’t even know exist. From far-flung forest...

Внимание! Книга, которая полностью меняет представление о правильном образе жизни! Рекомендована для всех, кто устал от нескончаемого мусора, информационной перегрузки и постоянной занятости! «Дом без отходов»–это впечатляющая история Беа Джонсон, основательницы и активистки движения Zero Waste, которая решила навсегда отказаться от привычного стиля жизни. В книге она делится своими советами и рассказывает, как благодаря принципу «ноль отходов» улучшить здоровье, сэкономить деньги и время и позаботиться о будущем не только своей семьи, но и планеты.

Mind Control is the first Owner's Manual that will help usher in a new species of human being, a species who will respect their home planet and put it first above all other priorities. I call him "Homo Planetae" or Man of the Planet.

La Selva del Amazonas es un viaje inmersivo al mayor y más biodiverso bosque tropical del planeta. Este libro explora la sobrecogedora geografía del Amazonas, su asombrosa variedad de formas de vida y las culturas profundamente arraigadas que han florecido bajo su manto verde durante milenios.