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Author | : R' Moshe Cohen Shaouli |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781583304273 |
A compendium of nature's cures for what ails you, based on the teachings of the Rambam. Contains a list of plants, herbs, and fruits that are beneficial to our health. Includes advice from Maimonides and other traditional sources, on diet and health.
Author | : Edward Barbier |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2015-09-22 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 113740339X |
Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to create economic wealth. Ending the under-pricing of natural capital and insufficient human capital accumulation is essential to overcoming structural imbalance in modern economies.
Author | : John Michael Greer |
Publisher | : New Society Publisher |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2011-05-31 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1550924788 |
The Wealth of Nature proposes a new model of economics based on the integral value of ecology. Building on the foundations of E.F. Schumacher's revolutionary "economics as if people mattered", this book examines the true cost of confusing money with wealth. By analyzing the mistakes of contemporary economics, it shows how an economy centered on natural capital-the raw materials that support human life-can move our society toward a more productive relationship with the planet that sustains us all. The Wealth of Nature suggests public policy initiatives and personal choices that can help alleviate the economic impact of peak oil. These strategies must address not only financial concerns, but the issues of resource depletion and pollution as well. Examples include: Adjusting tax policy to penalize the use of natural nonrenewable resources over recycled materials Placing public welfare above corporate interests Empowering individuals, families, and communities by prioritizing local, sustainable solutions Building economies at an appropriate scale. Profoundly insightful and impeccably argued, this book is required reading for anyone interested in the intersection of the environment and the economy as we enter the twilight of the Age of Abundance .
Author | : Mosheh Kohen Shaʼuli |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Medicinal plants |
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Author | : Donald Worster |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1994-10-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0198023944 |
Hailed as "one of the most eminent environmental historians of the West" by Alan Brinkley in The New York Times Book Review, Donald Worster has been a leader in reshaping the study of American history. Winner of the prestigious Bancroft Prize for his book Dust Bowl, Worster has helped bring humanity's interaction with nature to the forefront of historical thinking. Now, in The Wealth of Nature, he offers a series of thoughtful, eloquent essays which lay out his views on environmental history, tying the study of the past to today's agenda for change. The Wealth of Nature captures the fruit of what Worster calls "my own intellectual turning to the land." History, he writes, represents a dialogue between humanity and nature--though it is usually reported as if it were simple dictation. Worster takes as his point of departure the approach expressed early on by Aldo Leopold, who stresses the importance of nature in determining human history; Leopold pointed out that the spread of bluegrass in Kentucky, for instance, created new pastures and fed the rush of American settlers across the Appalachians, which affected the contest between Britain, France, and the U.S. for control of the area. Worster's own work offers an even more subtly textured understanding, noting in this example, for instance, that bluegrass itself was an import from the Old World which supplanted native vegetation--a form of "environmental imperialism." He ranges across such areas as agriculture, water development, and other questions, examining them as environmental issues, showing how they have affected--and continue to affect--human settlement. Environmental history, he argues, is not simply the history of rural and wilderness areas; cities clearly have a tremendous impact on the land, on which they depend for their existence. He argues for a comprehensive approach to understanding our past as well as our present in environmental terms. "Nostalgia runs all through this society," Worster writes, "fortunately, for it may be our only hope of salvation." These reflective and engaging essays capture the fascination of environmental history--and the beauty of nature lost or endangered--underscoring the importance of intelligent action in the present.
Author | : John Michael Greer |
Publisher | : New Society Publishers |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2011-05-31 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0865716730 |
Nature-centered economics for the age of peak oil
Author | : Richard Lynn |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2002-02-28 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Argues that a significant part of the gap between rich and poor countries is due to differences in national intelligence.
Author | : Fernando Coronil |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1997-11-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780226116013 |
In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter and began to establish what today is South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. Endowed with the power of state oil wealth, successive presidents appeared as transcendent figures who could magically transform Venezuela into a modern nation. During the 1974-78 oil boom, dazzling development projects promised finally to effect this transformation. Yet now the state must struggle to appease its foreign creditors, counter a declining economy, and contain a discontented citizenry. In critical dialogue with contemporary social theory, Fernando Coronil examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture, and economy, recasting theories of development and highlighting the relevance of these processes for other postcolonial nations. The result is a timely and compelling historical ethnography of political power at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary reflections on modernity and the state.
Author | : Barbara K. Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | : 9781683401049 |
In Wild Capital, Barbara Jones demonstrates that looking at nature through the lens of the marketplace is a surprisingly effective approach to protecting the environment. Showing that policy-makers and developers rarely associate wild places with monetary values, Jones argues that nature can and should be viewed as a capital asset like any other in order for environmental preservation to be a competitive alternative to development. Jones describes how the ecosystem services model, a tool that connects human well-being with the services nature provides, can play a critical role in assigning species and their habitats measurable values. She uses five highly recognizable animal species--moose, manatees, sharks, wolves, and bald eagles--as examples to show how highly valued charismatic fauna can serve as symbolic representations of entire ecosystems at risk. Through an emphasis on branding, incentives, and ecotourism, Jones advocates for channeling the social and economic power of these and other faces of nature to inspire greater environmental awareness and stewardship. Contending that many people don't realize how fiscally pragmatic environmental initiatives can be, Jones is optimistic that by recognizing the costs of habitat destruction and diminished biodiversity, we will make better choices regarding conservation and development. In doing so, we can more readily move toward co-existence with nature and a sustainable future.
Author | : Robert Nadeau |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780231127981 |
In this hard-hitting book, Nadeau claims that to avoid the prospect of large-scale irreversible damage to the global environment, society has only one option: they must displace neoclassical economic theory with an environmentally responsible economic theory.