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Author: J. Ingvar Anderson Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: 1648049761 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 146
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Mother was a Militant Conservationist: A Treatise on Vagabonding, Rock Climbing, Kayaking and Advocacy By: J. Ingvar Anderson Mother was a Militant Conservationist concerns Anderson’s authentic stories of being raised inside a nature center inside of NJ state park during the heart of the 1960s environmental movements. The story follows Anderson through his adventures in rock climbing, his life as a vagabond using magic mushrooms and LSD, thirty years of being an ER nurse, and learning lessons in advocacy, NJ politics, and much more. His stories seek to show that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. It is vital to remember to fight the good fight, overcome adversity, and always seek adventure.
Author: J. Ingvar Anderson Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: 1648049761 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 146
Book Description
Mother was a Militant Conservationist: A Treatise on Vagabonding, Rock Climbing, Kayaking and Advocacy By: J. Ingvar Anderson Mother was a Militant Conservationist concerns Anderson’s authentic stories of being raised inside a nature center inside of NJ state park during the heart of the 1960s environmental movements. The story follows Anderson through his adventures in rock climbing, his life as a vagabond using magic mushrooms and LSD, thirty years of being an ER nurse, and learning lessons in advocacy, NJ politics, and much more. His stories seek to show that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. It is vital to remember to fight the good fight, overcome adversity, and always seek adventure.
Author: Dyana Z. Furmansky Publisher: University of Georgia Press ISBN: 0820338966 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 352
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Rosalie Edge (1877-1962) was the first American woman to achieve national renown as a conservationist. Dyana Z. Furmansky draws on Edge’s personal papers and on interviews with family members and associates to portray an implacable, indomitable personality whose activism earned her the names “Joan of Arc” and “hellcat.” A progressive New York socialite and veteran suffragist, Edge did not join the conservation movement until her early fifties. Nonetheless, her legacy of achievements--called "widespread and monumental" by the New Yorker--forms a crucial link between the eras defined by John Muir and Rachel Carson. An early voice against the indiscriminate use of toxins and pesticides, Edge reported evidence about the dangers of DDT fourteen years before Carson's Silent Spring was published. Today, Edge is most widely remembered for establishing Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the world's first refuge for birds of prey. Founded in 1934 and located in eastern Pennsylvania, Hawk Mountain was cited in Silent Spring as an "especially significant" source of data. In 1930, Edge formed the militant Emergency Conservation Committee, which not only railed against the complacency of the Bureau of Biological Survey, Audubon Society, U.S. Forest Service, and other stewardship organizations but also exposed the complicity of some in the squandering of our natural heritage. Edge played key roles in the establishment of Olympic and Kings Canyon National Parks and the expansion of Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. Filled with new insights into a tumultuous period in American conservation, this is the life story of an unforgettable individual whose work influenced the first generation of environmentalists, including the founders of the Wilderness Society, Nature Conservancy, and Environmental Defense Fund.
Author: Madelyn Holmes Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786417838 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 209
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This collection of biographies describes twelve women conservationists who helped change the ways Americans interact with the natural environment. Their writings led Americans to think differently about their land--deserts are not wastelands, swamps have value, and harmful insects don't have to be controlled chemically. These women not only wrote on behalf of conservation of the American landscape but also described strategies for living exemplary, environmentally sound lives during the past century. From a bird lover to a "back to the land" activist, these women gave early warning of the detrimental effects of neglecting conservation. The main part of this work covers six historical figures who pioneered in their thinking and writing about the environment: Mary Austin, Florence Merriam Bailey, Rosalie Edge, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Helen Nearing, and Rachel Carson. A later chapter gives portraits of six post-World War II conservationists: Faith McNulty, Ann Zwinger, Sue Hubbell, Anne LaBastille, Mollie Beattie, and Terry Tempest Williams. The work covers a broad range of conservationist concerns, including preservation of deserts and old growth forests, wildlife protection, wetlands maintenance, self-sufficient sustainable ways of producing food, and pollution control. A conclusion examines where conservationists have picked up after Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) and gives conservation ideas for our time. An appendix lists the published writings of the twelve conservationists.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 64
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Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 80
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Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.
Author: Wangari Maathai Publisher: Lantern Books ISBN: 9781590560402 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 166
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Wangari Maathai, founder of The Green Belt Movement, tells its story including the philosophy behind it, its challenges, and objectives.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 84
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Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.
Author: ANTHONY. LAWRENCE Publisher: ISBN: 9781509838530 Category : Languages : en Pages : 384
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When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of 'rogue' elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival - dangerous and unpredictable, they would be killed if Anthony wouldn't take them in. As Anthony risked his life to create a bond with the troubled elephants and persuade them to stay on his reserve, he came to realize what a special family they were, from the wise matriarch Nana, who guided the herd, to her warrior sister Frankie, always ready to see off any threat, and their children who fought so hard to survive. With unforgettable characters and exotic wildlife, this is an enthralling book that will appeal to animal lovers and adventurous souls everywhere.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 60
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Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.
Author: Christopher Ketcham Publisher: ISBN: 0735220980 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 434
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"The public lands of the western United States comprise some 450 million acres of grassland, steppe land, canyons, forests, and mountains. It's an American commons, and it is under assault as never before. Journalist Christopher Ketcham has been documenting the confluence of commercial exploitation and governmental misconduct in this region for over a decade. His revelatory book takes the reader on a journey across these last wild places, to see how capitalism is killing our great commons. Ketcham begins in Utah, revealing the environmental destruction caused by unregulated public lands livestock grazing, and exposing rampant malfeasance in the federal land management agencies, who have been compromised by the profit-driven livestock and energy interests they are supposed to regulate. He then turns to the broad effects of those corrupt politics on wildlife. He tracks the Department of Interior's failure to implement and enforce the Endangered Species Act--including its stark betrayal of protections for the grizzly bear and the sage grouse--and investigates the destructive behavior of U.S. Wildlife Services in their shocking mass slaughter of animals that threaten the livestock industry. Along the way, Ketcham talks with ecologists, biologists, botanists, former government employees, whistleblowers, grassroots environmentalists and other citizens who are fighting to protect the public domain for future generations. This Land is a colorful muckraking journey--part Edward Abbey, part Upton Sinclair--exposing the rot in American politics that is rapidly leading to the sell-out of our national heritage"--
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