Natur

Hva er liv og hvordan oppsto det? Få spørsmål har vært gjenstand for mer undring og vitenskapelige utforskninger. Det har også opptatt Brageprisvinner og biolog Dag O. Hessen siden han som liten gutt lå på ryggen og studerte stjernehimmelen mens han grublet over tilværelsens uutgrunnelige spørsmål.I Liv forsøker han å bygge en bro mellom den undrende gutten under stjernehimmelen og de fremtredende vitenskapsfolkene som siden har forsøkt å gi oss et svar på disse spørsmålene. Resultatet er en ambisiøs men kledelig uhøytidelig og engasjerende fortelling om det det pustfrarøvende tilfeldighetsspillet som førte til det livet vi har på jorden i dag.Den britiske astronomen Fred Hoyle påstod at det var like sannsynlig at en gjærcelle skulle blitt dannet «tilfeldig» som at en tornado skulle passere en søppelplass med alle komponentene til en Boeing 747, og ende opp med funksjonelt fly. Likevel har senere forskning sannsynliggjort at gjærcellen, så vel som alt annet liv på jorda, oppstod nettopp som et resultat av spektakulære tilfeldigheter.Liv er en bønn til leseren om å være takknemlig for det vinnerloddet vi alle har trukket, og et håp om at vi med større forståelse for de millionene av slumpetreff som har ført fram til planetens mangfold, også vil ha en sterkere motivasjon til å bevare det.

Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That's right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you'll find out how. The basic science goes like this: Microscopic cells called "mycelium"--the fruit of which are mushrooms--recycle carbon, nitrogen, and other essential elements as they break down plant and animal debris in the creation of rich new soil. What Stamets has discovered is that we can capitalize on mycelium's digestive power and target it to decompose toxic wastes and pollutants (mycoremediation), catch and reduce silt from streambeds and pathogens from agricultural watersheds (mycofiltration), control insect populations (mycopesticides), and generally enhance the health of our forests and gardens (mycoforestry and myco-gardening). In this comprehensive guide, you'll find chapters detailing each of these four exciting branches of what Stamets has coined "mycorestoration," as well as chapters on the medicinal and nutritional properties of mushrooms, inoculation methods, log and stump culture, and species selection for various environmental purposes. Heavily referenced and beautifully illustrated, this book is destined to be a classic reference for bemushroomed generations to come.

Are you excited about permaculture but unclear how to put it into practice for yourself? Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guide is just what you need! In this unique, full colour guide, experienced permaculture teacher Aranya leads you through the design process from beginning to end, using clear explanations, flowcharts and diagrams. Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guide is based on course worksheets which have been designed, refined and tested on students over time. Linking theory to practice, Aranya places the ethics, principles, philosophies, tools and techniques directly into the context of the process itself. This guide covers: Systems and patterns, Working as part of a design team, Land and non-land based design, Design frameworks, Site surveying and map making, Interviewing clients, Working with large client groups, Identifying functions, Choosing systems and elements, Placement and integration, Creating a design proposal, Project management, Presenting your ideas to clients, and much more. While written for anyone with a basic grasp of permaculture, this book also has plenty to offer the more experienced designer.

Award-winning cook Anna Jones blazes the trail again for how we all want to cook now: quick, sustainably and stylishly.

Winner of the British Cartographic Society Award 2021Winner of the John C Bartholomew Award for Thematic Mapping 2021Winner of the Stanfords Award for Printed Mapping 2021Discover the hidden patterns in human society as you have never seen them before - through the world of dataIn Atlas of the Invisible, award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti redefine what an atlas can be. Transforming enormous data sets into rich maps and cutting-edge vizualisations, they uncover truths about our past, reflect who we are today, and highlight what we face in the years ahead. With their joyfully inquisitive approach, Cheshire and Uberti explore happiness and anxiety levels around the globe; they trace the undersea cables and cell towers that connect us; they examine hidden scars of geopolitics; and illustrate how a warming planet affects everything from hurricanes to the hajj. Years in the making, Atlas of the Invisible invites readers to marvel at the promise and peril of data, and to revel in the secrets and contours of a newly visible world.

In The Flower Hunter, Lucy Hunter takes us on an inspirational journey through a year in her garden and artist's studio set among the mountains of North Wales.

#1 bestselling author and acclaimed venture capitalist John Doerr reveals a sweeping action plan to conquer humanity's greatest challenge: climate change.In 2006, John Doerr was moved by Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth and a challenge from his teenage daughter: "e;Dad, your generation created this problem. You better fix it."e; Since then, Doerr has searched for solutions to this existential problem-as an investor, an advocate and a philanthropist. Fifteen years later, despite breakthroughs in batteries, electric vehicles, plant-based proteins and solar and wind power, global warming continues to get worse. Its impact is all around us: droughts, floods, wildfires, the melting of the polar ice caps. Our world is squarely in a climate crisis and on the brink of a climate disaster. Yet despite our state of emergency, climate change has yet to be tackled with the urgency and ambition it demands. More than ever, we need a clear course of action. Fueled by a powerful tool called Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), SPEED & SCALE offers an unprecedented global plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions before it's too late. Used by Google, Bono's ONE foundation and thousands of startups the world over, OKRs have scaled ideas into achievements that changed the world. With clear-eyed realism and an engineer's precision, Doerr identifies the measurable OKRs we need to reduce emissions across the board and to arrive by 2050 at net zero-the point where we are no longer adding to the heat-trapping carbon in the atmosphere.By turns pragmatic and inspiring, SPEED & SCALE intersperses Doerr's wide-ranging analysis with firsthand accounts from Jeff Bezos, Christiana Figueres, Al Gore, Mary Barra, Bill Gates, and other intrepid policy leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists and activists. This book is a launchpad for leaders of all kind, for anyone anywhere who can move others to act with them. With a definitive action plan, the latest science and a rising climate movement on our side, we can still reach net zero before it is too late. But as Doerr reminds us, there is no more time to waste.________________ 'A critical blueprint for anyone looking to take concrete steps to reach net-zero emissions.' Al Gore, former U.S. Vice President'A practical guide for both public and private sector participation in decarbonizing the global economy, a task as challenging as it is urgent.' Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the UN Climate Change Convention'A comprehensive plan to tackle one of the most vexing challenges in human history.' Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last

Naturen er vakker og du kan ta den med deg hjem og spise den!Dette er en inspirasjonsbok og en kokebok om å ta turen ut i naturen og nyte alt det naturen har å by av på ville vekster, bær og sopp. Boken presenterer femti spiselige ville vekster du finner her i landet. Den viser hvordan man kan bruke de ulike vekstene i en matrett, som krydder eller bare som garnityr. I boken er det artsbestemmende bilder av alle plantene (fotografert ovenfra på en lys eller mørk bakgrunn) og en introduksjonstekst til hver vekst, slik at den skal være enkel å finne (og ikke til å ta feil av). Boken har mer enn 75 oppskrifter.Anne Mæhlum har jobbet som AD/designer og arbeider nå som matstylist. Hun har hele livet vært en aktiv sanker og en lidenskapelig hageeier.Nina Dreyer Hensley og Jim Hensley er to av våre fremste matfotografer, i tillegg er Nina en lidenskapelig hage- og blomsterfotograf.

Ta naturopplevelsen og matlagingen ett hakk videre!Naturen er full av planter som kan spises. Gjør som de beste restaurantene, og sank ingredienser og tilbehør rett fra naturen. I denne boka gir noen av Norges mest erfarne sankere deg en oversikt over de beste spiselige plantene. Vakre bilder og tydelige omtaler hjelper deg med å finne riktig plante. Du finner også informasjon om hvordan du kan holde plantene friske lenge, hvor du har lov til å plukke og hvordan du kan unngå giftige planter. Ikke minst finner du grunnoppskrifter på supper, pesto og mye mer, og en rekke tips om hvordan plantene kan brukes. Du kan spise mange flere planter enn du tror. Sunt, godt, vakkert, kortreist, økologisk og helt gratis!

Folk blir mer og mer opptatt av spiselige, ville vekster. I Sankeboka sommer lærer du deg å identifisere disse ville vekstene og hvor de vokser. Kunnskap om de ulike artene er viktig når du skal ut i naturen. Boka beskriver sesongens spiselige vekster utførlig, du får kunnskap om de viktigste kjennetegnene, om lukt, farge og hvordan de ser ut. Ravneberg gir også tips om hvordan best bruke dem.

Entangled Life is a mind-altering journey into a spectacular and neglected world, and shows that fungi provide a key to understanding both the planet on which we live, and life itself. 'Reads like an adventure story ...

From the visionary New York Times bestselling author of New York 2140 comes a near-future novel that is a gripping exploration of climate change, technology, politics, and the human behaviours that drive these forces.

A popular take on world events that puts the 'geo' back in geopolitics

The author describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This title is about his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us.

It's not what you eat that's damaging your health it's how that food is 'made'. The truth behind ultra-processed food that the food industry doesn't want you to know.

The gripping story of an extraordinary life spent inside major disasters - from Hillsborough and 9/11 to Grenfell and Covid - from the UK's leading expert on disaster recovery.

Sunday Times Bestseller 'A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement' Charles Foster Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (September) Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings?

The concluding volume of the Fingerprints of the Gods trilogy.

It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake - and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.'All we need is the will to do so.'

With over 50 endangered and vulnerable creatures and landscapes to colour, this book will raise awareness of our fragile world and inspire conservation.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor the first time ever, an international coalition of leading researchers, scientists and policymakers has come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. All of the techniques described here - some well-known, some you may have never heard of - are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are already enacting them. From revolutionizing how we produce and consume food to educating girls in lower-income countries, these are all solutions which, if deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, could not just slow the earth's warming, but reach drawdown: the point when greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere peak and begin todecline. So what are we waiting for?

The ultimate eco-conscious guide to household cleaning and home care