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This beautifully produced volume - colour plates, outstanding maps - is a landmark achievement.' - Ken McGoogan, author of Fatal Passage`I absolutely loved it: I had to read it at one sitting .

Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much. Using those seven words as his guide, Michael Pollan offers this indispensable handbook for anyone concerned about health and food. Simple, sensible and easy to use, Food Rules is a set of memorable adages or 'personal policies' for eating wisely, gathered from a wide variety of sources: mothers, grandmothers, nutritionists, anthropologists and ancient cultures among them. Whether at the supermarket, a restaurant or an all-you-can-eat buffet, this handy, pocket-size resource is the perfect manual for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food we eat. For the past twenty years, Michael Pollan has been writing about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. The Omnivore's Dilemma, about the ethics and ecology of eating, was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is also the author of The Botany of Desire, A Place of My Own and Second Nature and, most recently, In Defence of Food.

This is the first book to explore how to use permaculture design and principles for people, to restore personal, social and planetary well-being. People and Permaculture widens the definition of permaculture from being mostly about land based systems to taking it right into the heart of our own lives, relationships and society. It is for anyone who thought permaculture wasn't for them because they didn't have a garden. It is for anyone who wants to improve their ability to care for themselves, their friends and family and for the Earth. People and Permaculture transforms the context of permaculture making it relevant to everyone. It covers tools and techniques we can use in our own lives, investigates ways of creating harmony in our relationships and groups, and forges a wider vision for our social systems. It further explores how to expand our feelings of connection across the globe and finally focuses on how we can manifest a positive future with the use of a new design framework specifically created for people-based designs. Part 1 - contains a detailed introduction to permaculture design and principles as applied to people. Part 2 - looks at the tools and techniques we can use in our own lives; how we can transform our internal landscape, enhance our well-being and be at our best. Part 3 - investigates ways of creating harmony in our relationships and groups, through our communication and decision making. Part 4 - explores a wider vision for our social systems, in particular health and education. Part 5 - moves on to explore how to expand our feelings of connection across the globe. Part 6 - focuses on how we can manifest a positive future with the use of a new design framework specifically created for people-based designs. Full of stories, interviews and personal anecdotes from permaculture people and beyond and with over 50 practical activities, readers are empowered and given practical tools to initiate positive change in their lives. People & Permaculture is a practical and holistic guide to creating a sustainable world.

"At last--a global plan that actually adds up."--James Hansen, former director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space StudiesThe world must reach negative greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Yet no single plan has addressed the full scope of the problem--until now. In The 100% Solution, Solomon Goldstein-Rose--a leading millennial climate activist and a former Massachusetts state representative--makes clear what needs to happen to hit the 2050 target: the manufacturing booms we must spur, the moonshot projects we must fund, the amount of CO2 we'll have to sequester from the atmosphere, and much more. Most importantly, he shows us the more prosperous and equitable world we can build by uniting the efforts of activists, industries, governments, scientists, and voters to get the job done. This is the guide we've been waiting for. As calls for a WWII-scale mobilization intensify--especially among youth activists--this fully illustrated, action-oriented book arms us with specific demands, sets the stakes for what our leaders must achieve, and proves that with this level of comprehensive thinking we can still take back our future.

"This is a self-published book that no respectable publisher would touch with a ten-foot shovel. The fourth edition of this underground classic is completely revised, expanded, and updated, help new edition and half sequel. The author draws on forty years of research, experience, and travel, to expand and clarify your knowledge and understanding of ... your poop and what you can do with it! "--

The Human Planet is a visual report on the state of the Earth today from a photographer who has surveyed the globe to report on such urgent issues as climate change, agriculture, and engineering for change. George Steinmetz is at home on every continent, chronicling the human project that relentlessly redesigns the planet in its quest to build shelter, grow food, extract resources, generate energy, and create beauty through art and architecture. In his images, accompanied by authoritative text by renowned science writer Andrew Revkin, we are encountering the dramatic and perplexing new face of our ancient home.

Regenerative practices for the farm, garden, orchard, forest, and landscape Mycorrhizal fungi have been waiting a long time for people to recognize just how important they are to the making of dynamic soils. These microscopic organisms partner with the root systems of approximately 95 percent of the plants on Earth, and they sequester carbon in much more meaningful ways than human "carbon offsets" will ever achieve. Pick up a handful of old-growth forest soil and you are holding 26 miles of threadlike fungal mycelia, if it could be stretched it out in a straight line. Most of these soil fungi are mycorrhizal, supporting plant health in elegant and sophisticated ways. The boost to green immune function in plants and community-wide networking turns out to be the true basis of ecosystem resiliency. A profound intelligence exists in the underground nutrient exchange between fungi and plant roots, which in turn determines the nutrient density of the foods we grow and eat. Exploring the science of symbiotic fungi in layman's terms, holistic farmer Michael Phillips (author of The Holistic Orchard and The Apple Grower) sets the stage for practical applications across the landscape. The real impetus behind no-till farming, gardening with mulches, cover cropping, digging with broadforks, shallow cultivation, forest-edge orcharding, and everything related to permaculture is to help the plants and fungi to prosper . . . which means we prosper as well. Building soil structure and fertility that lasts for ages results only once we comprehend the nondisturbance principle. As the author says, "What a grower understands, a grower will do." Mycorrhizal Planet abounds with insights into "fungal consciousness" and offers practical, regenerative techniques that are pertinent to gardeners, landscapers, orchardists, foresters, and farmers. Michael's fungal acumen will resonate with everyone who is fascinated with the unseen workings of nature and concerned about maintaining and restoring the health of our soils, our climate, and the quality of life on Earth for generations to come.

How many of us sometimes feel that we are scratching at the walls of this life, seeking to find our way into a wider space beyond? That our mild, polite existence sometimes seems to crush the breath out of us? This book deals with these questions.

Lene Andersen er mig bekendt den første danske debattør, der har lavet en systemisk analyse af, hvor vi er på vej hen; både som borgere og som danskere, der er en del af en global sammenhæng.Lene Andersen ser de sammenhænge, der dominerer de dybe forandringer i vores tid. Hun har både en kritisk og en kompetent teknologisk fantasi, og desuden har hun tænksomme bud på, hvordan vi selv kan være med til at forme den fremtid, vi gerne vil have.Professor Steen Rasmussen, SDU Center for Fundamental Living Technologyfra bogens forord

Et intensivt regnvejr har plaget det nordligste Norrland hele efteråret. Heroppe, tæt på den norske grænse, ligger de enorme reservoirer, der leverer vand til Vattenfalls kraftværker. Og nede ved kysten ligger byerne. En dag sker det ufattelige. En dæmning brister. Kolossale kræfter slippes løs, og en flodbølge skyller alt væk på sin vej. Blandt dem, der rammes, er der samen, som kaster sig ind i sin specialudstyrede Saab 9000 Limousine og kører for sit liv, mens tsunamien vokser i bakspejlet. Der er helikopterpiloten, der har besluttet sig for selvmord, men kommer til at flyve om kap med vandet og bliver manges redningsmand. Der er hans fraskilte kone, som igen skaber problemer for ham, mens deres gravide datter klamrer sig fast til et flydende hus. Og der er kraftværksarbejderen, som endelig får chancen for at vise damerne, hvem der er den stærkeste. Deres skæbner flettes sammen i den desperate kamp mod katastrofen. De millioner og atter millioner ton vand kommer ikke bare til at forandre landskabet for altid, heller ikke menneskenes liv bliver det samme igen – i den udstrækning de overlever.FALDVAND er en katastroferoman. Den udspiller sig i løbet af en eneste skæbnesvanger dag i Norrbottens skovområde, med et tempo og en intensitet, som tager vejret fra læseren.Mikael Niemi ... er tilbage med en eminent sansedirrende katastroferoman, der i et jerngreb tager læseren med på en rejse ind i desperate menneskers klamren sig til livet. ... Man lader alt andet ude, mens man, ja, pyh ha, åndeløst og nådesløst selv er fanget af forfatterens ufatteligt stærke skrivestil. ... Uanset hvor træt du er, forbliver du plingvågen hele vejen igennem i længsel efter de allersidste forløsende sider.... Men du, kære læser, du er fanget af bogens verden i langt længere tid. Derfor får bogen seks stjerner – med pil opad.Fyens Stiftstidende ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★Her afdækkes, hvad der sker, når naturen høvler alt ned til grunden. Det er ikke altid lige smukt, hverken menneskeligt eller landskabsmæssigt.I Michael Niemis synd-flodsberetning har naturen taget Guds plads, og den skelner ikke mellem uretfærdige og retfærdige. Regnen standser, floden sluger sit sidste offer, og forbryderen får førstehjælp. Det er en grusom erfaring, som her formidles forbavsende usentimentalt og behersket.'Faldvand' er en formidabel katastroferoman.Jyllands-Posten ★ ★ ★ ★ ★Mikael Niemi [får] skabt såvel følsomme fortællinger om svigtet kærlighed som brutale skildringer af forsmået manddom, egoisme, jalousi og undertrykkelse i et moderne samfund. Med humor, ikke at forglemme.ALT for Damerne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Det er forrygende, forpustende og meget vellykket.Niemi er eminent til at skabe billederne af denne voldsomme, hurtigt fossende væg af vand, som bryder gennem alt og smadrer alt.... Det hele skildres i billeder, som nogle gange er morsomme, men for det meste voldsomme og usentimentale; katastrofefilm skal læses i lænestolen.WeekendavisenIkke uden barsk humor har Niemi - inspireret af asiatiske tsunamier? - skabt et myldrende, realistisk øjeblikssnit gennem en tænkelig skandinavisk katastrofe i klimaforandringernes tid. Bogstaveligt medrivende som Luleälven selv.PolitikenMikael Niemi ... går til katastrofegenren med respekt for dens spilleregler og et sikkert greb om effekter og tilspidsede situationer.BerlingskeMikael Niemi har skrevet en katastroferoman med stor energi og sans for både den effektfulde underholdning og den manende advarsel.B.T.Det hele skrevet i højt tempo og med mange detaljer, som nærmest får siderne til at vende sig selv.Det er, som med de bedste katastrofefilm, svært at løsrive sig -og forfatteren trækker læseren med helt ind i det drivvåde univers.Lolland-Falster Folketidende

En bombe eksploderer i Demokratisk Klima Fraktions hovedkontor kort før et EU-klimatopmøde i København, og organisationens eneste medarbejder dør. Flere mindre klimaaktioner kulminerer med et brandattentat mod Danmarks kontroversielle klimaminister, Ib Boldbjerg, der er kendt for at være en brutal politiker. Ulrik Torp er blevet chefredaktør på den gratis ugeavis ValbyPosten. En række – for ugeavisen uvante – kritiske artikler om Valbys lokale toppolitiker Ib Boldbjergs private boligforhold, sætter Torp på sporet af kræfter, der for enhver pris vil gøre klimatopmødet til en fiasko. Samtidig kæmper Ulrik Torp på den private front både med sit helbred og med den fortabte søn, der efter tre år pludselig vender tilbage fra Bruxelles som fuldtids klimaaktivist sammen med en ny kæreste. Til sidst tvinges Ulrik Torp til at vælge imellem karriere, klima og familie. Spændingsromanen Nedsmeltning er skrevet af Niels Krause-Kjær (f. 1963). Han er uddannet journalist og arbejder i dag som vært på DR2 Deadline. Efter en periode som pressechef for Den Konservative Folketingsgruppe skrev han den politiske thriller Kongekabale, der blev filmatiseret i 2004. Opfølgeren til Kongekabale, Mørkeland, udkom i 2019, og i 2020 fulgte tredje bind, Fandens forår.

Rising temperatures and the rise of the far right. What disasters happen when they meet?

Create a healthy, happy home with 100 design ideas to support your physical and mental well-being.Using the latest evidence and research in well-being and Biophilic Design, learn how to transform every space in your home to create a restorative and nurturing environment. Discover the many benefits of connecting to nature, maximising natural light, improving air quality, and the right way to add colour, texture, and pattern to create spaces that improve relaxation, recuperation, social connections, and sleep.Together with the research team at Oliver Heath Design, including sustainability expert Victoria Jackson, psychologist Eden Goode, and designer Jo Baston, Oliver has devised each solution with easy implementation in mind. Whatever your budget and whether you rent or own your property you can use these stylish fun and affordable ideas to make your home a sanctuary.Inside the pages of this home decor book, you'll discover how to detoxify your home by making small changes. It includes: - 100 tried-and-tested practical solutions for improving your living space - even if you are on a budget or renting!- Stylish, fun and affordable interior design tips based on the latest research in sustainable, biophilic design- Introducing colour, pattern and texture to your home, adapting and creating zones, as well as bringing the outdoors in and maintaining your houseplants- Clear chapters organised by solution including Light, Sleep, Sound, Warmth and Air The ideas and solutions included in this book have been devised with easy implementation in mind. Optimise lighting in your home by using reflective surfaces for a brighter space, follow a ventilation checklist to replenish the air in your home and remove pollutants, or unlock the powers of a tech-free bedroom for a better night's sleep.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.Provocative and playful, All Art is Ecological explores the strangeness of living in an age of mass extinction, and shows us that emotions and experience are the basis for a deep philosophical engagement with ecology.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

, In 1997 sixty-two containers fell off the cargo ship Tokio Express after it was hit by a rogue wave off the coast of Cornwall, including one container filled with nearly five million pieces of Lego, much of it sea themed. In the months that followed, beachcombers started to find Lego washed up on beaches across the south west coast. Among the pieces they discovered were octopuses, sea grass, spear guns, life rafts, scuba tanks, cutlasses, flippers and dragons. The pieces are still washing up today.,

"A rare gift: an inspiring tale about trees, trauma and the very purpose of life." -Andrew Nikiforuk, author of Empire of the Beetle Diana Beresford-Kroeger-a world-recognized botanist and medical biochemist-has revolutionized our understanding of the natural world with her startling insights into the hidden life of trees. In this riveting memoir, she uncovers the roots of her discoveries in her extraordinary childhood in Ireland. Soon after, her brilliant mind bloomed into an illustrious scientific career that melds the intricacies of the natural world with the truths of traditional Celtic wisdom. To Speak for the Trees uniquely blends the story of Beresford-Kroeger's incredible life and her outstanding achievement as a scientist. It elegantly shows us how forests can not only heal us as people but can also help save the planet.

Da det nordamerikanskeelnet i 2003 satte ud i flere dage, konstaterede man, at ingen havde fuldforståelse for det enorme, skyggefulde netværk af transmissionsledninger,elværker og understationer. Man begyndte at tale om, at nettet havdehjerteflimmer og levede og døde efter egne regler. Strømudfaldet eret af Jane Bennetts mange konkrete eksempler på begivenheder, vi almindeligvisser som forårsaget af livløse dele i en maskine. I stedet må vi begynde at se dissebegivenheder som flygtige assemblager af levende materialiteter med handlekraft.Elnettet har kul, sved, elektronstrømme, plastic og profitmotiver som aktanter,for nu blot at nævne nogle få. Levende materialitet. Tingenes politiskeøkologi er Jane Bennetts indflydelsesrige argumenter for en nyvital materialisme. Gennem anerkendelse af materie som en aktant kan vi begyndeat opdyrke en mere ansvarlig, økologisk sund politik. Bennett inddrager Darwins orme, spiselig materie, Kafka og tænkere fraSpinoza til Deleuze for at perspektivere bestræbelsen på at navngive den ”vitalekraft” i materien.@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073697537 9 0 511 0;}@font-face {font-family:Garamond; panose-1:2 2 4 4 3 3 1 1 8 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 2 0 0 159 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}

Bill Gates’ formulering af den opgave, som klimaforandringerne stiller os over for, er lige så enkel, som den er ambitiøs: Vi skal nedbringe den årlige globale udledning af drivhusgasser fra de nuværende 51 mia. tons til... nul! I denne vigtige og velunderbyggede bog fremlægger han en omfattende, praktisk – og letforståelig – plan for, hvordan verden kan nå dette mål i tide til at undgå en klimakatastrofe.Bill Gates har brugt et årti på at undersøge klimaforandringernes årsager og virkninger. Med hjælp fra eksperter inden for fysik, kemi, biologi, ingeniørvidenskab, statskundskab og økonomi har han fokuseret på, hvad der skal gøres for at standse planetens kurs mod en miljømæssig katastrofe.I bogen giver han os en skarpsynet beskrivelse af de udfordringer, vi står over for. Som teknologiudvikler har Bill Gates erfaret, hvordan ny teknologi og innovation kan forandre verden. Med afsæt i denne erfaring beskriver han de områder, hvor teknologien allerede bidrager til at reducere CO2-udledningerne, hvor og hvordan den nuværende teknologi kan bringes til at fungere mere effektivt, hvor der er brug for teknologiske gennembrud, og hvem der arbejder på disse helt nødvendige innovationer. Endelig fremlægger han en konkret, praktisk plan for at nå målet om at få CO2-udledningerne ned på nul, idet han ikke alene foreslår politiske målsætninger, som regeringer bør arbejde ud fra, men også hvad vi som enkeltpersoner kan gøre for at holde vores regeringer, vores arbejdsgivere og os selv ansvarlige i denne livsvigtige kamp for klimaet.Bill Gates gør det klart, at det ikke bliver let at få vores udledning af drivhusgasser helt ned på nul, men hvis vi følger den plan, han fremlægger her, er det faktisk et mål, der ligger inden for vores rækkevidde.

Netflix and podcasting superstars The Minimalists have written a guide to decluttering your life so that you canprioritize the relationships that matter most.

The climate crisis is here. Our chance to stop it has come and gone, but this doesn't have to mean the world is ending.