Títulos en Naturaleza y ecología

Essential Oil for Beginners is your ultimate one-stop shop to diving into the world of aromatherapy and essential oils. Olivia Banks takes you through the most important aspects of essential oils that all beginners need to know.

When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island, they reignite a mystery surrounding a shocking act of protest. Five months earlier, logger-turned-activist Grant Hadwin had plunged naked into a river in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands, towing a chainsaw. When his night's work was done, a unique Sitka spruce, 165 feet tall and covered with luminous golden needles, teetered on its stump. Two days later it fell.

Insurrección Cultural explora los distintos panoramas (culturales, ecológicos, naturales) para encontrar un camino a seguir: la construcción de una ecología de la cultura. Jonathan Nossiter se inspira en la viticultura rebelde y en el gesto fraternal de muchos productores de vino natural que hace tiempo vienen generando nuevas propuestas para una mejora de la calidad de vida y de la cultura, artesanos de la tierra, verdaderos artistas que volvieron a retomar el papel de la protesta, la disidencia, últimamente abandonado por los artistas.

Lorsqu'il publie "Le Contrat naturel" (Éditions François Bourin, 1990), Michel Serres fait plus qu'exprimer un état de sa recherche philosophique. En intellectuel, il s'engage au cœur même d'une question fondamentale pour l'avenir de l'humanité : le souci écologique. Quelles sont les limites de la planète terre ? Quels sont les devoirs des civilisations modernes envers elle ? Y a-t-il une fin de la nature prévisible ou prévue ?

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his...

La concentrazione di anidride carbonica in atmosfera ha ormai superato la soglia di 400 parti per milione. Arretramento dei ghiacciai, scioglimento delle calotte polari, innalzamento del livello del mare, aumento degli eventi estremi sono imputabili al riscaldamento provocato da questo gas serra che è al centro di una complessa interazione fra uomo e clima. Dall'atmosfera agli oceani, alla biosfera, che cosa è accaduto al nostro pianeta? Quali strumenti abbiamo per contenere i rischi di questa nuova minaccia globale?

It is time to reevaluate the merits of the inconspicuous life, to search out some antidote to continuous exposure, and to reconsider the value of going unseen, undetected, or overlooked in this new world. Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as a condition with its own...

Royal, Nebraska, population eighty-one - where the church, high school, and post office each stand abandoned, monuments to a Great Plains town that never flourished. But for nearly twenty years, they had a zoo, seven acres that rose from local peculiarity to key tourist attraction to devastating tragedy. And it all began with one man’s outsize vision. When Dick Haskin’s plans to assist primatologist Dian Fossey in Rwanda were cut short by her murder, Dick’s devotion to primates didn’t die with her. He returned to his hometown with Reuben, an adolescent chimp.

Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today’s most common diseases, we have to turn to...

An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas... IN 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen...

Otros mundos devuelve a la vida dieciséis ecosistemas de un pasado inimaginablemente remoto y nos muestra continentes en movimiento, arrecifes de cristal, hongos de tres metros de altura, pingüinos gigantes, reptiles emplumados y muchas otras criaturas asombrosas de un atractivo casi mitológico. A medida que viajamos hacia atrás en el tiempo, redescubrimos nuestro propio hogar de formas irreconocibles, y nos sobrecogen los ecosistemas que se transforman y los devastadores escenarios que han causado el fin de incontables especies.

What do we really know about dinosaurs? As our knowledge of the prehistoric creatures has evolved, there are quite a few myths, legends, and interesting facts that have come to light. Explore how early civilizations created monsters from dinosaur bones, what experts think dinosaurs really sounded like, and more.

What is home? It's a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. A longed-for career in psychiatry saw her leave behind the pristine beaches and emerald hills of Trinidad. Until, disillusioned, she uprooted again, this time for the peaceful English countryside. The only Black woman in her village, Marchelle hopes to grow a new life. But when a worldwide pandemic and a global racial reckoning collide, the upheaval of colonialism that has led her to this place begins to be unearthed. Is this really home?

¿Sabes quién es el erizo McFlurry? ¿O que el mal uso del plástico no solo es un problema de basura aunque a cada ser humano le correspondan unos 40 kilos? ¿Conoces los "tecnofósiles"? ¿Sabías que cada año fabricamos 500 millones de botellas de plástico? ¿Y que los microplásticos del subsuelo podrían llegar a afectar a los cultivos? ¿O que llegan a lugares tan remotos que incluso alcanzan a la fauna del Amazonas?

Come le piante navigano intorno al mondo, come portano la vita su isole sterili, come sono state in grado di crescere in luoghi inaccessibili e inospitali, come riescono a viaggiare attraverso il tempo, come convincono gli animali a farsi trasportare ovunque. Sono solo alcune delle incredibili storie raccontate da Stefano Mancuso.

Vivimos rodeados de plástico, ajenos a su toxicidad. Lo utilizamos constantemente en nuestro día a día: para almacenar alimentos, embotellar agua, transportar nuestras compras, etc., sin tener en cuenta el devastador impacto que tiene en la naturaleza y en nuestra salud. ¿Qué podemos hacer para solucionarlo? Yurena González lleva años viviendo una vida más eco, sin plástico y sin generar basura, y sin renunciar un ápice a su comodidad. ¿Cómo lo ha conseguido?

The most joyful emanation produced by a colony of bees is known as the “song of increase”—declaring that the hive is flourishing and the bees are happy in its abundance. Song of Increase takes us inside the world of the honeybee to glean the wisdom of these fascinating creatures with whom...

In this inspiring manifesto, an internationally renowned ecologist makes a clear case for why protecting nature is our best health insurance, and why it makes economic sense.

What happens when wilderness runs in your veins? From a wild child hunting for frogs and foraging for mushrooms to a seasoned mountain man working in the rugged Northern Rockies, Scott Sunderwald’s life is a thrilling testament to adventure, survival, and nature’s transformative power. He's survived a lightning strike, savage wild boars, terrifying rock climbs, and run-ins with aggressive bears.

Bloomsbury presents… Rambunctious Garden by Emma Marris read by Lisa Rost-Welling “Remarkable . . . Emma Marris explores a paradox that is increasingly vexing the science of ecology, namely that the only way to have a pristine wilderness is to manage it intensively.” —The Wall Street...