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"Atlantic Coast, The"

"Atlantic Coast, The"

A Natural History
by Harry Thurston
photographs by Wayne Barrett
edition:Hardcover
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Winner of the Lane Anderson Award for Best Science Writing, the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Award for Non-Fiction, and the Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction.

An authoritative and fascinating exploration of the natural history of the east coast of North America.

The North Atlantic coast of North America — commonly known as the Atlantic Coast — …

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"Big Picture, The"

"Big Picture, The"

Reflections on Science, Humanity, and a Quickly Changing Planet
edition:Paperback
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The world's leading environmentalist delivers an urgent assessment of the planet's state and offers science-based solutions.

David Suzuki and Dave Robert Taylor look beyond our environmental problems to examine the forces that are preventing real change. Whether they're discussing how to reconcile economy with ecology or why we may need to start e …

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"Declaration of Interdependence, The"

"Declaration of Interdependence, The"

A Pledge to Planet Earth
edition:Hardcover
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Calling all people to become stewards of the earth, this exquisite edition is a heartfelt plea for the planet's preservation.

The ""Declaration of Interdependence"" — both an enlightening creed and a passionate call to action — was composed by David Suzuki and a team of activists and environmentalists in 1992, in recognition of the United Natio …

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"Sacred Balance, The"

"Sacred Balance, The"

A Visual Celebration of Our Place in Nature
edition:Paperback
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This outstanding book is based on David Suzuki and Amanda McConnell's best-selling The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, a textual exploration of the web of life that unites all living things. This visual feast celebrates that connection in spectacular photographs, beautiful reproductions of artwork, and amazing electron micrograp …

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A Breath of Fresh Air

A Breath of Fresh Air

A Celebration of School Gardening
by Elise Houghton
by (photographer) Robert Christie
foreword by Margaret Atwood
edition:Paperback
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A documentation of the exciting intitiatives that have been happening in the movement to green schoolyards, A Breath of Fresh Air is filled with luminous photographs of children and gardens, as well as the schools, communities, and teachers that nurture them.

Exploring the myriad benefits of school gardening, A Breath of Fresh Air details school ga …

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A Complex Culture of the British Columbia Plateau

Traditional Stl'atl'imx Resource Use
edited by Brian Hayden
edition:Hardcover
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Early hunter/gatherer societies have traditionally been consideredbasically egalitarian in nature. This assumption, however, has beenchallenged by contemporary archaeological and anthropological research,which has demonstrated that many of these societies had complex social,economic, and political structures. This volume considers two BritishColumb …

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A Dynamic Balance

Social Capital and Sustainable Community Development
edited by Dale, Ann & Jenny Onyx
edition:Paperback
also available: Hardcover
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A Dynamic Balance illuminates the importance of understandingthe social dimension of sustainability as it examines the linksbetween social capital and sustainable development within the overallcontext of local community development. Looking at case studies in bothAustralia and Canada, it draws upon lessons that can be learned toreconnect large urba …

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