This collection of over thirty essays by both well-known and emerging writers explores what it means to “be at home” on Canada’s West Coast. Here the rainforest and the wild, stormy cost dominate one’s sense of identity, a humbling...
Ecology
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Author:Lowther, Christine, Sinner, AnitaSummary: -
Author:Stewart, H. E.Summary:The First Nations could hear the singing of the trees. The Sitka spruce, a giant among trees, grows in a rainforest in the Pacific Northwest. The Europeans arrive and clear the old forests. The ancient Sitka shatters. Hope dawns when an...
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Author:LaDuke, WinonaSummary:"Chronicles is a major work, a collection of current, pressing and inspirational stories of Indigenous communities from the Canadian subarctic to the heart of Dine Bii Kaya, Navajo Nation. Chronicles is a book literally risen from...
- Author:Hartmann, ThomSummary:
Hartmann is perhaps best known for his fierce commitment to Jeffersonian democracy and his steadfast opposition to the corporatization of America. But in these pages you’ll also discover his Older and Younger Cultures Hypothesis, which...
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Author:Watt-Cloutier, SheilaSummary:The Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience, commitment, and survival told from the unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who, in spite of many obstacles, rose from humble beginnings in the Arctic community of Kuujjuaq, Quebec—...
- Author:Linden, EugeneSummary:
Linden recounts his experiences in locales ranging from Vietnam to Antarctica, offering an intimate look at creatures and cultures struggling to adapt to globalization.
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Author:Williams, Terry TempestSummary:For years, America's national parks have provided public breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why close to 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now, to honor the centennial of the...
- Author:Kricher, John C.Summary:
Wheaton College professor John Kricher presents an absorbing analysis of the diverse ecosystems that exist on Planet Earth. He provides a factual study of the many fragile and threatened portions of our biosphere while describing the...
- Author:Alderson, Sue AnnSummary:
Introduces children to the urgent concerns of saving the earth, by starting with a child's eye view of one cherished part of it. Musical poems convey not only the sights and sounds of a nature preserve, but its textures and seasons, its...
- Author:Elofson, WarrenSummary:
So Far and Yet So Close provides a comparative study of frontier cattle ranching in two societies on opposite ends of the globe. It is also an environmental history that at the same time centres on both the natural and frontier...
- Author:Gingras, F. PierreSummary:
The climate changes experts predict a drying of 20 to 30 % of the water available in the Great Lakes area in the next century, a forecast already in progress. Environment Canada predicts a 24% flow decreasing. the levels of Lake Huron...
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Author:Thistle, JohnSummary:"Explores the ecology and history of the grassland and the people who lived there by looking closely at these eradication efforts. In the claims of 'range improvement' and 'rational land use, ' Thistle uncovers more complicated stories...
- Author:Suzuki, David T.Summary:
From Naked Ape to Super Species takes an unflinching look at where we are at this unprecedented moment in history. Suzuki and Dressel reveal that a clear and present environmental danger is staring us in the face, a danger that is...
- Author:Wood, June, Hooper, CraigSummary:
The people of the Nechako region are not unfamiliar with hardship, environmental devastation and protecting what they hold dear. June Wood chronicles the history of the Nechako River and its region, covering the construction of the...
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Author:Boyle, EleanorSummary:Each year the average North American ingests well over 200 pounds of animal protein, and the global appetite for meat has also increased dramatically. But feeding our meat addiction comes at tremendous cost. Maintaining our current...
- Author:Jackson, Michael H.Summary:
Twenty thousand copies of the first edition of Galápagos were sold. An attractive and comprehensive guidebook, this work has been completely revised and updated by the author. The reader will find an easy-to-use text which details the...
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Author:Wiebe, Sarah MarieSummary:"Near the Ontario-Michigan border, Canada's densest concentration of chemical manufacturing surrounds the Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Living in the polluted heart of Chemical Valley, members of this Indigenous community report a declining...
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Author:Davis, MikeSummary:In a gripping reconnaissance into the urban future, Mike Davis, a provocative interpreter of the American metropolis unravels the secret history of disaster, real and imaginary, in Southern California and shows how these tragedies could...
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Author:Hatch, Ron, Hatch, VeronicaSummary:A comprehensive account of Clayoquot Sound and the protest movement: rainforest ecosystems; the April 1993 land-use decision; co-opted forestry science; the Peace Camp and the Blockades; civil disobedience; the police, the courts and...
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Author:Halfacre, Angela C., Barnett, CynthiaSummary:Sustainability of the natural environment and of our society has become one of the most urgent challenges facing modern Americans. Communities across the country are seeking a viable pattern of growth that promotes prosperity, protects...
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