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Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Description
"Two childhood friends take an impromptu roadtrip an attempt to uncover the causes of the current world crises and discover a way to bring about change. Through the messages of activists, biologists, philosophers, and guardians of ancient traditions, Marc and Nathanael invite viewers to join them in their questioning of the world and offer alternatives to help the world of tomorrow." --
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on over a decade of research ... [the author] explores the cutting-edge science behind the risks we face. It puts them in the context of the greater story of humanity: showing how ending these risks is among the most pressing moral issues of our time. And it points the way forward, to the actions and strategies that can safeguard humanity"--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Across these essays, Barrett Swanson embarks on a personal quest for meaning amid the swirl of our post-truth climate. Traversing the country, he introduces us to Americans who are contending with the aftermath of political and economic collapse and who are striving to recover some semblance of meaning and purpose. "Notes from a Last Man" chronicles a period of personal lostness and considers how the end-of-history preoccupation with wellness and...
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
This book is a masterful guide to human development that redefines the nature versus nurture debate. A much-needed antidote to genetic determinism, The Dependent Gene reveals how all traits -- even characteristics like eye and hair color -- are caused by complex interactions between genes and the environment at every stage of biological and psychological development, from the single fertilized egg to full-grown adulthood. How we understand the nature...
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Climate Migrants explores the migration of peoples throughout the world in response to the effects of climate change, including droughts, desertification, rising sea level, melting permafrost, and severe storms. The book showcases people and communities that have already relocated because of climate change, and the challenges they faced before, during, and after relocation. The book investigates the cultural, environmental, political, and economic...
15) Green metropolis: why living smaller, living closer, and driving less are the keys to sustainability
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Upending the environmentalist viewpoint that urban areas are "anti-green," New Yorker staff writer David Owen argues that sustainability is achieved in areas like New York City, while open space, backyard compost heaps, locavorism and high-tech gadgetry like solar panels and triple-paned windows are formulas for wasteful sprawl and green-washed consumerism.
Author
Publisher
Oxford Unviersity Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Hesse-Biber goes beyond traditional psychological explanations of eating disorders to level a powerful indictment against the social, political, and economic pressures women face in a weight-obsessed society - a society that is, ironically, becoming increasingly more fat while worshipping a progressively more thin ideal. Hesse-Biber examines the profit motives of corporate America that promote this paradox. Moreover, a new chapter on preteens, masculinity,...
