1. 1989-01-01 Charting the history of contemporary philosophical and religious beliefs regarding nature, Roderick Nash focuses primarily on changing attitudes toward nature in the United States. His work is the first comprehensive history of the concept that nature has rights and that American liberalism has,...
  2. This report warns that the dominant picture of livestock’s impacts on climate change has been distorted by faulty assumptions that focus on intensive, industrial farming in rich countries. Millions of people worldwide who depend on extensive livestock production, with relatively lower climate...
  3. 1994-01-01 *Available only in Spanish. This Book collects and extends the broad ideas exposed in the illustration. It methodically analyzes the main activities related to peasant life and the simple ways that exist to make them more productive and less harmful to man and his environment. Through a patient...
  4. 1986-01-01 Esta serie de lecciones tiene como proposito explicar en la forma mas sencilla posible, la naturaleza de la tierra y las practicas que podemos usar para asegurarnos de que nuestras tierras siempre esten en la mejor condicion posible. Vamos a estudiar algunas cosas algo complicadas, como la acidez...
  5. 2007-01-01 Los objectives de esta obra son: Clarificar, simplificar y poner en contexto los de la conservacion ecologica; Proveer un recurso interactivo y divertido que despierte el interes y creatividad de los alumnos y maetros; Hacerque los alumnos mejoren en sus estudios, especialmente con respecto al...
  6. 1994-01-01 Una de las preocupaciones en el Cenro InterEclesial de Estudios Teologicos y Sociales (CIEETS) ha estado enmarcada en el problema del deterioro y destruccion que vive nuestro pais y en la busqueda de soluciones practicas entre las iglesias, cooperatives y movitmientos juveniles y de mujeres. La...
  7. 全球粮食系统正站在十字路口。农业必须应对饥饿和营养不良的挑战,而且要面对人口增长、自然资源包括水土资源压力增加、生物多样性丧失以及气候变化带来的不确定因素。过去作出的努力聚焦于提高农业产出以生产更多粮食,今天的挑战(包括气候变化)需要采取新的方式应对。 需要向更加可持续的粮食系统转型,即向产量更高、社会经济效益更大而其环境影响减少的粮食系统转型。许多国家中农业被视为环境的敌人,然而,人们日益认识到,一个再生性多产的农业部门能够在创造农业就业和维持生计的同时提供环境利益和服务。生态农业的基础是应用生态理念和原则,优化植物、动物、人与环境之间的互动,...
  8. Agroecology is based on applying ecological concepts and principles to optimize interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment while taking into consideration the social aspects that need to be addressed for a sustainable and fair food system. By building synergies, agroecology...
  9. 1997-01-01 In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill,New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer...
  10. EarthScore offers today's environmentally conscious reader the opportunity to quantify the impact of their home energy and water use, transportation choices, consumer purchases, waste disposal, land use, toxics, environmental advocacy, respect for the land, livelihood, and family planning. By...