Natur

To want to 'save the planet', a person has to have a sense of belonging in it.What would a saved planet look like for a Black collective?What is this collective goal we are all signing up to, when so many of us are being left out of the conversation?In Black Climates, former Young People's Poet Laureate for London Selina Nwulu attempts to answer these questions, using her skills as a storyteller to create narratives that challenge traditional climate conversations, to explore the connections between blackness and the climate crisis.Writing in the tradition of Claudia Rankine and Christina Sharp, Selina Nwulu uses cross genre, experimental form combined with accessible and conversational prose to speak about these issues in new ways and connect with readers who may feel alienated by the mainstream climate movement. Focusing on the Black British experience, and weaving together personal experience with interviews, Black Climates is a creative attempt to explore the links between systemic deep-rooted issues that underpin both racial and climate injustice, and beyond.The book is structured in four parts: Air, Borders, Land, and How We Survive. These span air pollution, prison ecology, disability, migration, food, community care, radical imagination and much more. Each part will contain a number of essays, broken into several short sections with notes and poems threaded throughout, giving the reader space to pause and digest, as well as enabling us to interrogate the subject from different overlapping perspectives.

Explores how climate change influences the dynamics of pests, diseases, and other biotic stresses, and its role in response of plants and microorganisms. Studies the effects of climate change on pest and disease incidence in crop plants. Discusses the potential of using molecular tools for mitigating ill-effects of climate change.

Presents the 250 texts Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), known as the "father of environmentalism," wrote in English, unabridged in their original formAlexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), German geographer and naturalist, is well-known for his explorations of the Americas and of Russia, for his ascension of mount Chimborazo, and for his contributions to the understanding of man-made climate change. Though he is cited today as the "father of ecology or environmentalism," many of his works have not been accessible since his death, especially his numerous papers, articles, and essays published in journals, newspapers, and magazines all over the world. Humboldt's international reception was unparalleled during his time, with publications spanning across five continents in fifteen languages, and his work influenced generations of writers-from Darwin, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman to Carpentier, Reyes, Aira, Galeano, and García Márquez.Humboldt's complete corpus consists of 750 individual texts, published in 3,600 versions and translations across more than 1,200 periodicals during his lifetime, with 250 of theses texts appearing in English, mostly published in the United States and the United Kingdom. This two-volume collection presents these English works unabridged in their original form. Containing groundbreaking scientific insights into tropical ecosystems, postcolonial societies, and the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples, Humboldt's work not only inspired research within the halls of academia but also informed the discourse of thinkers, writers, and natural scientists worldwide. These volumes make a significant portion of the work of one of the most important figures in the history of science accessible and invites readers to engage with these important contributions to science and society.

Presents the 250 texts Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), known as the "father of environmentalism," wrote in English, unabridged in their original formAlexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), German geographer and naturalist, is well-known for his explorations of the Americas and of Russia, for his ascension of mount Chimborazo, and for his contributions to the understanding of man-made climate change. Though he is cited today as the "father of ecology or environmentalism," many of his works have not been accessible since his death, especially his numerous papers, articles, and essays published in journals, newspapers, and magazines all over the world. Humboldt's international reception was unparalleled during his time, with publications spanning across five continents in fifteen languages, and his work influenced generations of writers-from Darwin, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman to Carpentier, Reyes, Aira, Galeano, and García Márquez.Humboldt's complete corpus consists of 750 individual texts, published in 3,600 versions and translations across more than 1,200 periodicals during his lifetime, with 250 of theses texts appearing in English, mostly published in the United States and the United Kingdom. This two-volume collection presents these English works unabridged in their original form. Containing groundbreaking scientific insights into tropical ecosystems, postcolonial societies, and the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples, Humboldt's work not only inspired research within the halls of academia but also informed the discourse of thinkers, writers, and natural scientists worldwide. These volumes make a significant portion of the work of one of the most important figures in the history of science accessible and invites readers to engage with these important contributions to science and society.

Agility, sustainability, and business value have become crucial in the ever-changing world of modern business. This book investigates how these can work harmoniously and create value for businesses.

This book explores the emergence of ecological sustainability as a new EU policy and legal objective, distinct and autonomous from sustainable development. It provides an overview of the legal changes occurring in topical areas such as agri-food, energy, digitalization, corporate governance and intellectual property.

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the sustainable design of products, services, or related systems. It goes beyond concept explanations to provide you with practical instructions on how to apply the tools and methods to your own designs.

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the sustainable design of products, services, or related systems. It goes beyond concept explanations to provide you with practical instructions on how to apply the tools and methods to your own designs.

A Nordic Smart Sustainable City: Lessons from Theory and Practice presents an overview of current approaches in a readable format for practitioners and administrators in municipalities and related businesses, for researchers, academics, educators, students, and stakeholders.

This book details the transformation processes that impinge on constitutionally ordained governance, by drawing on the new theoretical approaches in the Urban Sciences. It will be useful to researchers in the field of urban and social science, public administration, urban sociology, political economy, and urban politics.

This book offers a complex and problem-based analysis of the past, present, and future of smart cities in Japan's energy transition. This book will be a valuable resource for all interested in energy transition, climate action, and smart cities, where Japan and Japanese smart cities serve as excellent benchmarks.

This book offers a distinctive and comprehensive view of the energy transition of Japan, with a particular focus on the rise of smart cities.

This book critically interrogates dominant narratives surrounding displacement by offering an in-depth examination of how it unfolds across diverse urban and rural settings worldwide.

This book explains the role of geology as the basis of sustainability. It discusses how humans have altered natural balances and the unique dimensions that geology brings to understanding sustainability. This book provides sustainability-oriented solutions so that humans can live in harmony with nature.

This book offers a unique and multifaceted study of how vampires on screen have shaped America, and how specific environments here have shaped their vampires. It will benefit scholars and students of popular culture, film and media studies, horror, American studies, and urban and environmental studies.

This book provides an understanding of the importance of embedding and integrating the concept of sustainability into teacher education in India. It focuses on training teachers and educators towards achieving the principles of education for sustainability.

This book offers an in-depth examination of wetland ecosystems, delving into their intricacies from three critical perspectives: limnological, bio-geochemical, and economic. It notably emphasizes the economic significance of wetlands, advocating for sustainable practices to preserve their value.

From extracting clay to exporting your work, this is a practical guide to producing unique ceramic pieces with minimal environmental impact.

"Laura A. Schifter and Jonathan Klein highlight the many ways in which K-12 schools and students have tremendous potential to advance solutions on environmental issues, and they provide frameworks for enacting change, in Students, Schools, and Our Climate Moment. Schifter and Klein demonstrate how the effects of climate change intersect with US public schools on multiple levels--for example, schools must prepare students to face the challenges of an uncertain future, accommodate disruptions brought about by extreme weather conditions, and evaluate their systems' energy consumption and carbon emissions. Through rousing case studies of climate efforts in schools across the United States, Schifter and Klein show what it means to center children and young people in climate solutions and illustrate how educators and institutions can take comprehensive action. They share step-by-step plans for applying the lessons of these situations to future action, rooting their frameworks in the climate action plan of the Aspen Institute's K12 Climate Action Commission and the Coherence Framework developed by the Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard University"--

This book is a collection of six essays by the authors on conflicts around water. Among other topics, the essays in this book also discuss interstate transboundary water sharing and conflict resolution, the formation of zonal water partnerships, and the development of interdisciplinary knowledge in relation to transboundary water sharing.