Natural Connections
Natural Connections

Author: David Western

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2013-03-19

Total Pages: 603

ISBN-13: 161091094X

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Both realism and justice demand that efforts to conserve biological diversity address human needs as well. The most promising hope of accomplishing such a goal lies in locally based conservation efforts -- an approach that seeks ways to make local communities the beneficiaries and custodians of conservation efforts. Natural Connections focuses on rural societies and the conservation of biodiversity in rural areas. It represents the first systematic analysis of locally based efforts, and includes a comprehensive examination of cases from around the world where the community-based approach is used. The book provides: an overview of community-based conservation in the context of the debate over sustainable development, poverty, and environmental decline case studies from the developed and developing worlds -- Indonesia, Peru, Australia, Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, the United Kingdom -- that present detailed examples of the locally based approach to conservation a review of the principal issues arising from community-based programs an agenda for future action

Natural Connections
Natural Connections

Author: Emily Stone

Publisher:

Published: 2016-07-22

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 9780997206128

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Come explore all four wonderful seasons in the Northwoods with a knowledgeable guide. At the heart of this book is Emily's passion for sharing her discoveries with both kids and adults. Join her on a hike, paddle, or ski, and you'll soon be captivated by her animated style and knack for turning any old thing into a shining bit of stardust. In stories about the smell of rain, cheating ants, photosynthesizing salamanders, and more, she delves deeply into the surprising science behind our Northwoods neighbors, and then emerges with a more complex understanding of their beauty. Themes like adaptations, symbiotic relationships, the cycles of nature, and the fluidness of life and death float through every chapter. While this book contains many of your familiar friends, through Emily's research and unique perspective, you will discover something new on every page and around every bend in the trail.

Planning Connections
Planning Connections

Author: Ala N. J. "Pete" Pointner Faicp

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1438907990

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You are about to read a book that was designed to facilitate the entire core of a family. It is comprehensive in terms of information which would guide you into all truths. The content of this book, intended to reach the desire needs of young people who are currently courting ,fiancés who are in preparation to say "I do", Couples who are currently struggling in their marriages and are seeking workable solutions, also couples who are on the verge of divorce It is also a definitive guideline for decision makers before getting into a life time relationship. It is an holistic and unprecedented approach for pre-marital and post-marital couples all around the world. Thanks to God for His ingenious inspiration which causes my passion for this subject to emerged from a thought into a book. I want to recognized my wife, and thank her for her tireless efforts of support. Thanks to my professor Dr. Ronald Smith for his embrace and cheerleader roll, which he displayed in his encouragement to me. To all of my readers, this is from my heart to yours.

Natural Connections
Natural Connections

Author: Paula Chamlee

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780960564668

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Paula Chamlee photographs the American landscape in a classic, large-format tradition, extending it in photographs that are both sensuous and lyrical, yet subtle and complex. This collection of photographs explores the development of her creative life. Accounts of her experiences while travelling and photographing are interwoven throughout.

Loneliness
Loneliness

Author: John T Cacioppo

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2009-07-28

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0393335283

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A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for chronic loneliness--which he defines an unrecognized syndrome--and brings it out of the shadow of its cousin, depression. 12 illustrations.

Childhood and Nature
Childhood and Nature

Author: David Sobel

Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 157110741X

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Presents a collection of essays combining anecdotal and theoretical insights into environmental ethics and human ecology to help foster environmentally responsible students.

Emerging Approaches in Design and New Connections With Nature
Emerging Approaches in Design and New Connections With Nature

Author: Özdamar, Esen Gökçe

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-12-03

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1799867269

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In today’s changing and transforming socio-economic, political, cultural, and technological paradigms, we encounter many methodologies, approaches, proposals, and practices in reconsidering the disappearing or emerging relations in the human/nonhuman-environment-nature interaction. These approaches, proposals, and practices range from new methods of urban gardening to biophilic design and augmented/immersive environments. However, these human-centric approaches, which only aim to meet their needs or emerge as technology-oriented replicas and representations of nature, lead to a departure from a holistic approach to the natural and artificial environment. Therefore, how can new and emerging approaches or methodologies draw a holistic framework for environmental health, sustainability, wellness, and co-existence between environments for all living beings? Emerging Approaches in Design and New Connections With Nature covers a variety of topics related to the intersection between nature, environment, and ways of living and provides a comprehensive guide to biophilic design and the idea of design and nature, including benefits, theories, and effects. Covering topics such as biophilic design and sustainability, soundscapes and landscapes, and urban environments and design, it is ideal for architects, designers, urban planners, landscape designers, policymakers, engineers, interior designers, practitioners, students, academicians, and researchers.

Differential Sheaves And Connections: A Natural Approach To Physical Geometry
Differential Sheaves And Connections: A Natural Approach To Physical Geometry

Author: Anastasios Mallios

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2015-09-17

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 981471948X

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This unique book provides a self-contained conceptual and technical introduction to the theory of differential sheaves. This serves both the newcomer and the experienced researcher in undertaking a background-independent, natural and relational approach to 'physical geometry'. In this manner, this book is situated at the crossroads between the foundations of mathematical analysis with a view toward differential geometry and the foundations of theoretical physics with a view toward quantum mechanics and quantum gravity. The unifying thread is provided by the theory of adjoint functors in category theory and the elucidation of the concepts of sheaf theory and homological algebra in relation to the description and analysis of dynamically constituted physical geometric spectrums.

If You Love Honey
If You Love Honey

Author: Martha Sullivan

Publisher: Dawn Publications (CA)

Published: 2015-09-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781584695332

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Honey is hitched in a very real way to practically all of nature from the dandelion to the earthworm to the jay that squawks in the old oak tree. So if you love honey, you had better love it all!