Foster, Charles H. W., edited by,

Twentieth-Century New England Land Conservation: a heritage of civic engagement.

Petersham, MA, Harvard University, 2009. VG in VG DJ. Stories of people acting the New England way - recognizing a need, taking on a responsibility without being asked, and. applying the Yankee attributes of self-reliance, place connectedness, individual leadership, innovation, civic engagement, and ethical responsibility to bring about tangible conservation gains and also about hope for the future.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS045745I

Catalogus: Ecology

Gyorgy, Anna & Friends,

No Nukes: everyone's guide to nuclear power with updated resources.

Boston, MA, South End Press, (1979). G lg sz PB. Technical exposition, charts, maps, drawings, cartoons, glossary, footnotes, etc. Edge wear.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS047045I

Catalogus: Ecology

Kawagley, A. Oscar,

A Yupiaq Worldview: a pathway to econology and spirit.

Prospect Heights, IL, Waveland Press, (1995). 2nd ptg. G PB. The author combines the memories of his Yupiaq grandmother who raised him with stories of the Bear Woman and respectful. knowledge of the reciprocity of nature and his own education in science as it is taught in Western schools. He proposes a way of teaching that incorporates all ways of knowing available in Yupiaq and Western science. Two scrapes on back cover, used stamp on front endpaper.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS051985I

Catalogus: Ecology

Lansky, Mitch,

Beyond the Beauty Strip: savings what's left of our forests.

Gardiner, ME, Tilbury House, (1992). 1st ptg. G lg sz PB. Lansky shatters the myths surrounding forest management practices, the "false" jobs vs environment dichotomy, and. that what is good for industry is good for our communities. Cuts down every last one of the myths that have so degraded Maine's woods. An uncompromising look at industrial forest management. Edge wear, price sticker residue at top of front endpaper.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS050632I

Catalogus: Ecology

Mowat, Farley,

The Great Betrayal: Arctic Canada now.

Boston, Atlantic Monthly, (1976). 1st Amer ed. VG PB. 10 years after he published Canada North, Mowat indicts government & industry for greed & lethargy that have steered the. North toward a possibly irreversible ecological disaster. Mowat scourges the Canadian & multinational corporations who have colluded with federal, provincial & territorial goverments. He warns the "death" of the Arctic could have frightening global repercussions.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS030518I

Catalogus: Ecology

Ray, Veronica,

Green Spirituality: reflections on belonging to a world beyond myself.

Center City, MN, Hazelden, (1992). VG PB. Expanding beyond the self to embrace the world & understand our place within it. Gift quality.

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Boeknummer: BOOKS027310I

Catalogus: Ecology