Geotherapy

Geotherapy
Author: Thomas J. Goreau
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 622
Release: 2014-12-19
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 146659540X

A Practical, Get-Your-Hands-in-the-Soil ManualGlobal climate change, increasing pollution, and continued rapid population growth is wreaking havoc on the planet. Stabilizing the environment at safe levels requires a large-scale restoration of damaged ecosystems. Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and

Handbook for Environmental Risk Decision Making

Handbook for Environmental Risk Decision Making
Author: C. Richard Cothern
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2019-07-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781420048735

This handbook describes the broad aspects of risk management involving scientific policy judgment, uncertainty analysis, perception considerations, statistical insights, and strategic thinking. This book presents all the important concepts to enable the reader to "see the big picture." This ability is extremely important - it allows the decision maker or strategic environmental planner to understand and cope with a wide variety of complex and interlinked pieces of information and data. The text presents environmental problems and, whenever applicable, the methodology required to reach a successful solution. Decisions and policies are examined. The book covers numerous objective and subjective components of environmental risk decision making. It details quantitative and comparative risk, and investigates the cost and feasibility of different decisions. Social pressures, safety, and political, religious, ethical, and psychological issues are addressed. How to evaluate the potential impact on the quality of life also is discussed. Any company doing risk assessment, risk management, or risk communication, as well as those doing environmental decision making will find this reference to be invaluable. It is also suitable as a text for courses in environmental management, environmental science, and risk assessment in the areas of risk management and strategic environmental planning.

World Stones

World Stones
Author: Talon Zinc
Publisher: Publifye AS
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2024-10-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 8233931845

""The Timeless Tapestry of Stone: Beauty, Function, and Conservation"" offers a comprehensive exploration of stones, weaving together their aesthetic value, practical applications, and the urgent need for conservation. This interdisciplinary work traces humanity's relationship with stones from prehistoric tools to modern engineering marvels, highlighting their significance in art, industry, and environmental sustainability. The book presents stones not as inert objects, but as dynamic elements connecting us to Earth's history and human creativity. Structured to guide readers through a logical progression, the book begins with fundamental stone properties before delving into their roles in art, architecture, and mechanical engineering. It culminates in a discussion of conservation efforts and sustainable stone utilization. What sets this work apart is its holistic approach, bridging fields such as geology, anthropology, and environmental science to offer a unique perspective on how stones intersect with human culture and technology. The author draws upon a wide range of evidence, including geological data and cutting-edge materials science research, to support its arguments. Balancing academic rigor with accessibility, ""The Timeless Tapestry of Stone"" appeals to both specialists and general readers interested in natural history, engineering, or environmental issues. It offers practical knowledge for artisans and designers while providing theoretical insights for students and professionals in geology and environmental studies. By interweaving scientific knowledge, cultural insights, and practical wisdom, the book invites readers to see stones as bridges connecting our past, present, and future.

A Climate Vocabulary of the Future

A Climate Vocabulary of the Future
Author: Herb Simmens
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
Total Pages: 527
Release: 2023-05-09
Genre: Science
ISBN:

"This book is a Sciencepoem. It is An Act of Cognitive Mapping, a Great Clarification, an Inspiration, a Prophecy, a Utopian Science Fiction Novel, and a Spur in the Butt. We can create a Good Anthropocene, and this book helps us to understand how. Also: hilarious. Dive in and see." — Kim Stanley Robinson, Author of The Ministry for the Future This second edition of A Climate Vocabulary of the Future offers a unique and compelling perspective on the climate crisis by providing the words to understand the emerging impacts and forces—psychological, economic, political, scientific, and technical—that will dominate our lives. It skillfully explains with "a great combination of advocacy, wit, science, and policy" more than one thousand terms, almost half newly created by Herb Simmens, and twice the number of terms in the original edition. Readers will learn the importance of guilt per gallon, comfort rationing, heat hate, biotic genocide, transplant nations, carbonoscopy, and climatrarian, as well as the robin carbon hood tax, media omerta, climautocracy, intentional grounding, Friends of the Enemies of the Earth, and the Kardashian Climate Index. Simmens also offers dozens of new ideas to inspire action before it is too late to save ourselves from … ourselves. A Climate Vocabulary of the Future includes a 2035 vision that cleverly weaves many of the entries into an exciting and hopeful narrative for how the world can truly restore a safe climate. Use A Climate Vocabulary of the Future as a reference or as a creative way to learn the many dimensions of the climate crisis. Above all, use it to acquire the words, images, ideas, and actions necessary to thrive in a world increasingly dominated by climate concerns.

Naturopathy: The Essence of Naturopathy and Pranic Healing (Everything You Need to Know for Effective and Immediate Implementation Today)

Naturopathy: The Essence of Naturopathy and Pranic Healing (Everything You Need to Know for Effective and Immediate Implementation Today)
Author: Ulysses Erwin
Publisher: Ulysses Erwin
Total Pages: 279
Release: 101-01-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

In this book you will learn a lot of important information you need to know before beginning to use essential oils for weight loss. Naturopathy has proven itself to be as effective, but not as damaging, as any other modern treatment. It is a type of alternative medicine that does not use modern drugs and chemicals. Practitioners of naturopathic medicine believe that the body has the power to heal itself without the intervention of chemicals. The body already has the necessary instruments to become healthy; it just needs to know how to use them. Here is a preview of what you'll learn... • The philosophy behind naturopathy • The benefits of naturopathy • Naturopathic treatments • Yoga • Acupuncture • Color therapy • Reiki • Homeopathy • Much, much more! Naturopathy is a holistic approach to healthcare, considered a form of alternative medicine, that relies on the body's innate ability to heal and rejuvenate itself. This discipline operates on the belief that the body possesses a natural healing capacity, which can be harnessed through natural remedies and therapies. Instead of merely addressing symptoms, naturopathic medicine emphasizes identifying and treating the underlying causes of an individual's illness. The objective is to enhance overall wellness by bolstering the body's natural healing mechanisms.

Healing Earth

Healing Earth
Author: John Todd
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2019-01-29
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1623172993

A true pioneer and respected elder in ecological recovery and sustainability shares effective solutions he has designed and implemented. A stand-out from the sea of despairing messages about climate change, well-known sustainability elder John Todd, who has taught, mentored, and inspired such well-known names in the field as Janine Benyus, Bill McKibben, and Paul Hawken, chronicles the different ecological interventions he has created over the course of his career. Each chapter offers a workable engineering solution to an existing environmental problem: healing the aftermath of mountain-top removal and valley-fill coal mining in Appalachia, using windmills and injections of bacteria to restore the health of a polluted New England pond, working with community members in a South African village to protect an important river. A mix of both success stories and concrete suggestions for solutions to tackle as yet unresolved issues, Todd's narrative provides an important addition to the conversation about specific ways we can address the planetary crisis. Eighty-five color photos and images illustrate Todd's concepts. This is a refreshingly hopeful, proactive book and also a personal story that covers a known practitioner's groundbreaking career.

Van Rensselaer Potter and His Place in the History of Bioethics

Van Rensselaer Potter and His Place in the History of Bioethics
Author: Amir Muzur
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2019
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3643911335

Van Rensselaer Potter (1911-2001), the biochemist-oncologist of University of Wisconsin-Madison, was long been related to the invention of the term "bioethics". Even today, knowing that the German theologian Fritz Jahr (1895-1953) is to be credited for this invention, Potter's ideas do not lose on their importance, primarily for his opposition to a bioethics narrowed down onto biomedical issues. The book represents the first monograph on Potter's life and work worldwide, telling a fascinating story about a concerned top scientist and humanist.

Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration

Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration
Author: Thomas J. Goreau
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2012-12-04
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1466557737

Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration offers a ray of hope in an increasingly gloomy scenario. This book is the first presentation of revolutionary new methods for restoring damaged marine ecosystems. It discusses new techniques for greatly increasing the recruitment, growth, survival, and resistance to stress of marine ecosystems, fisheries, and eroding shorelines, maintaining biodiversity and productivity where it would be lost. The book provides experimental proof that mild electrical stimulation results in increased settlement, increased growth, and reduced mortality for a wide variety of marine organisms, including corals, oysters, sponges, sea-grasses, and salt-marsh grasses. In addition to the diversity of ecosystems and geographic regions covered, the contributors from fourteen nations across the globe make this work the first truly global study of marine ecosystem restoration.

Handbook of Clay Science

Handbook of Clay Science
Author: Faïza Bergaya
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 1248
Release: 2011-09-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080457630

The first general texts on clay mineralogy and the practical applications of clay, written by R.E. Grim, were published some 40-50 years ago. Since then, a vast literature has accumulated but this information is scattered and not always accessible. The Handbook of Clay Science aims at assembling the scattered literature on the varied and diverse aspects that make up the discipline of clay science. The topics covered range from the fundamental structures (including textures) and properties of clays and clay minerals, through their environmental, health and industrial applications, to their analysis and characterization by modern instrumental techniques. Also included are the clay-microbe interaction, layered double hydroxides, zeolites, cement hydrates, genesis of clay minerals as well as the history and teaching of clay science. No modern book in the English language is available that is as comprehensive and wide-ranging in coverage as the Handbook of Clay Science.In providing a critical and up-to-date assessment of the accumulated information, this will serve as the first point of entry into the literature for both newcomers and graduate students, while for research scientists, university teachers, industrial chemists, and environmental engineers the book will become a standard reference text.* Presents contributions from 66 authors from 18 different countries who have come together to produce the most comprehensive modern handbook on clay science* Provides up-to-date concepts, properties, and reactivity of clays and clay minerals in a one-stop source of information* Covers classical and new environmental, industrial, and health applications of clays, as well as the instrumental techniques for clay mineral analysis* Combines geology, mineralogy, crystallography with physics, geotechnology, and soil mechanics together with inorganic, organic, physical, and colloid chemistry for a truly multidisciplinary approach