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Tracing the interplay between environmental change and genetic and cultural
evolution since the dawn of humanity, Paul and Anne Ehrlich offer a
vivid and unique exploration of our origins, our evolution, and our
future. As we clear forests to raise crops, build cities and highways,
and create chemicals never before seen, we may be undermining our own
supremacy. Humanity can again adapt - if we learn from our evolutionary
past. 
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A look at current environmental trends. Each chapter analyzes one area
in detail (using current research in ecology, demographics, migration,
economics, biodiversity, ethics, climate, politics and globalization)
and then suggests measures that might alter course toward a sustainable
world. 
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Issues including overpopulation, depletion of the ozone layer, global
warming, and loss of biodiversity have been diminished in the public
imagination using pseudoscientific counter evidence, often the output
of a politically motivated foundation. Examples are methodically examined
and refuted. 
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Focusing on the issue of equity (between nations, classes, and gender
groups) this book confronts the nexus of population, environmental decline,
and global resource control. 
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In this wide-ranging survey of what it is that has made and that continues
to make us human, Ehrlich touches on a number of themes - among them,
his recurrent observation that science has taught us little about how
genes influence human behavior. He urges that scientists take a larger,
interdisciplinary view that looks beyond mere genetics to the larger
forces that shape our lives. 
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We are only beginning to understand that ecological health depends on
the diversity of nature. Humans directly benefit from the services that
millions of species provide, whether appreciated or not. To remove those
species, the authors argue, is akin to squandering a carefully built
and irreplaceable fortune. 
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The world's leading experts synthesize current knowledge of butterflies
to show how the study of these fascinating creatures as model systems
can lead to deeper understanding of ecological and evolutionary patterns
and processes in general. 
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Ilkka Hanski, a leading thinker in metapopulation ecology, studies checkerspot
butterfly populations in Finland. Paul Ehrlich, a leading ecologist
and conservation biologist, investigates checkerspot butterfly populations
in California. This book reports on and synthsizes the major long-term
research of both on the population biology of checkerspot butterflies.
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Creating stories allows people to see and honor their connection to
older and younger generations. Through such writing, individuals not
only communicate the meaning and spirit of their lives to their loved
ones but also gain perspective on the larger world. 
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Follows Marty and Deb Essen on a three-and-a-half-year-long adventure
to some of the wildest places on earth. Describes in soul-stirring language
what it is like to live with the people, the animals, the birds, the
snakes, the insects, the jungles, the treacherous rivers, the gorgeous
scenery of seven continents. 
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A timely and highly informative guide to a working life built on principled
choices and an entrepreneurial attitude. It's "about" greener
enterprises and technologies, socially responsible business, innovative
nonprofit work, and reinventing government. With dozens of rich personal
stories, and a thorough look at the options, this is the comprehensive
life/work guide for people who care about their communities and the
planet. 
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From the trailblazing founder of Green Babies organic clothing comes
this guide for new mothers in raising a "green" family - and
doing it simply and inexpensively. Filled with necessary and convenient
advice that takes the reader from the first months of pregnancy and
beyond. 
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This book is about seeing our work as central to our spiritual growth.
It outlines ways that our work is done in spiritual service to others.
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Using Mackenzie's journals and his own journal writings, Finkelstein
creates a view of the land from two vantage points. He retraced the
route of Alexander Mackenzie across North America from Ottawa through
to Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, and then he paddled the Blackwater,
Fraser and Peace Rivers. This route is the most significant water trail
in North America, and perhaps the world. 
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Tells the story of following the path of one of Canada's "iron
men", Albert Peter Low, who explored the vastness of Northern Quebec's
northern boreal forest at the end of the 19th Century. This account
describes Low's journey based on his own exploration records, and then
it recounts the authors' attempts to retrace the trail he followed.
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"Nearly unnoticed by government and industry, the world energy
economy has entered a period of rapid change that may be as far-reaching
as the computer and telecommunications revolutions," according
to Power Surge. "The giant oil refineries and coal-fired power
plants that energized the twentieth century soon may be relics of the
industrial revolution, as obsolete as the typewriter or Model T Ford."
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A comprehensive, persuasive guide to achieving a sustainable economy
based on energy efficiency and reuse, rather than waste, of resources.
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To understand the power of Geographical Information Systems and Geographical
Positioning Systems today, it is essential to understand their background
and history, and the needs they were designed to answer. GIS technology
is changing the world. This book brings together the pioneers, key scientists
and entrepreneurs who created the GIS field. 
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Combines a personal narrative, visionary framework, and cultural criticism
into a story about where we have gone wrong as a culture and what we
must do (and become) to set things right again. 
