Why Life Matters Fifty Ecosystems of the Heart and Mind /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Tobias, Michael Charles (Συγγραφέας), Morrison, Jane Gray (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Conservation biology.; Nature.; Environment.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Environment, general.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Nature Conservation.

Dr. Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison are world-renowned ecological philosophers and activists, interdisciplinary social and environmental scientists and broad-ranging, deeply committed humanists. This collection of fifty essays and interviews comprises an invigorating, outspoken, provoc...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part One: Nature & Human Economics
• 1) “Technology, Business and Nature: An Economic Primer on Winners and Losers”
• 2) “Women, Wall Street and Mitigating Climate Change: The Critical Importance of WOCAN”
• 3) “The New Business of Business: Evolution of Culture and the Survival of Humankind”.-4) “Wall Street After Rio: A Discussion With Calvert Investments’ Senior Sustainability Research Analyst, Ms. Ellen Kennedy"
• 5) “Investing in the End-Game: An Earth Day Post-Mortem”
• 6) “Just When You Thought You Could Bank On It”
• Part Two: The Carbon-Negative Ideal
• 7) “Super Grid”
• 8) “Ecuador’s Imperiled Paradise: One of the World’s Most Important, If Least Known Battles – A Conversation with Dr. Ivonne Baki”
• 9) “Native American Tribes Get a Seat at the Climate Table”
• 10) “Climate Shock: UC-Berkeley Scientist Dr. John Harte Puts the World On Notice”
• Part Three: Human Health and a Living Earth
• 11) “Occupy Your Diet: A Discussion About Food, Health and Kindness With Dr. Neal Barnard"
• 12) “Eating You Alive: Environmental Cancer”
• 13) Food That Might Protect Your Brain and Save Your Life: A Discussion About the Ecology of Alzheimers With Dr. Neal Barnard”
• 14) “Biological Shock-Treatment: A Discussion With ‘Deadly Monopolies’ Author Harriet A. Washington”
• 15) “Bioeconomics: A New National Blueprint”
• Part Four: Ecology and the Human Population Explosion
• 16) “Six Billion or Fifteen Billion People: A Discussion With Environmental Scientist Leon Kolankiewicz”
• 17) “A King’s Speech That Could Help Save The World: A Discussion With UC-Berkeley’s Dr. Malcolm Potts”
• 18) “Planet Under Siege: Family Planning Critics Soon to See Global Population Reach 7,000,000,000”
• 19) “China’s Demographic and Ecological Conundrum”
• Part Five: Ecological Heroes
• 20) “One Woman’s Remarkable Quest to Save Africa’s White Lion”
• 21) “A Discussion With UNOPS Luminary Ms. Maria-Noel Vaeza”
• 22) “Down To Earth: The World According to Ted Turner”
• 23) “How the Life of a Chipmunk in Michigan Came to Save Elephants and a Million Acres in Cambodia”
• 24) “Helen Clark: UNDP’s Pragmatic Visionary”
• 25) “A Jain Leader Addresses the World”
• 26) “A Discussion With Jane Goodall”
• Part Six: The State of the World
• 27) “China Declares Global State of Emergency: An Urgent Telegram from Taihu”
• 28) “Japan’s Tragedy: Global Ecological Uncertainty”
• 29) “Before the Fall: Syria’s Ecosystems”
• 30) “Sir Simon Jenkins, England’s National Trust, and the Future of Conservation in Great Britain”
• 31) “Extinction: Poachers Test the Right to Life”
• Part Seven: Animal Rights
• 32) “Compassionate Conservation: A Discussion From the Frontlines with Dr. Marc Bekoff”
• 33) “Animal Rights in China”
• 35) “Why Insects Sing: A Discussion With David Rothenberg”
• 36) “Protecting Bambi With Drones: PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk on Hunters, Horsemeat and More”
• Part Eight: Why Your Neighbor Is Important: New Strategies for a Bright Future
• 37) “The Heart of Education: A Discussion With Zoe Weil”
• 38) “Journey to the Center of the World: An Interview With Dr. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian"
• 39) “How A Single National Park Might Help Transform a Nation: Haiti’s Pic Macaya”
• 40) “Conservation International: Stemming the Tide of Environmental Crises”
• 41) “The Future of Life on Earth”
• 42) “On Parrots, Eagles and Fighting Species Extinction”
• Part Nine: Ecological Paradise?
• 43) “An Ecological Paradise in Southern India: A Discussion About the Todas With Dr. Tarun Chhabra”
• 44) “J. P. Morgan, Edward Curtis and Christopher Cardozo: An Inspired Collaboration”
• 45) “A New Natural History Blueprint for Universities: A Discussion With Graham Arader”
• 46) “God’s Country: The New Zealand Factor”
• 47) “New Territories: Artist Astrid Preston Celebrates the Earth in a Landmark Nature Exhibition”
• 48) “Lenin Moreno 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Reflects on Human Welfare and the Rights of Nature”
• 49) “Nigel Brown: A New Zealand Original”
• 50) “The Last Shangri-la? A Conversation With Bhutan’s Secretary of the National Environment Commission, Dr. Ugyen Tshewang”. 51) Afterword: "A Paris Declaration on Climate Change: Humanity's Last Chance for Meaningful Action to Combat Irreversible Global Biological Disaster".                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            .