Nature Handbook

Author : Justin Pepper,Don Parker
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781642832433

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A Healthy Nature Handbook by Justin Pepper,Don Parker Pdf

The Chicago metropolitan area is home to far more protected nature than most people realize. Over half a million acres of protected land known as the Chicago Wilderness are owned and managed by county forest preserve districts and other public and private sector partners. But there’s a critical factor of the Chicago Wilderness conservation effort that makes it unique: a pioneering grassroots volunteer community, thousands strong, has worked for decades alongside agency staff to restore these nearby natural areas, learning how to manage biodiversity in an altered and ever-changing urban context. A Healthy Nature Handbook captures hard-earned ecological wisdom from this community in engaging and highly readable chapters, each including illustrated restoration sequences. Restoration leaders cover large-scale seeding approaches, native seed production, wetland and grassland bird habitat restoration, monitoring, and community building. Contributions from local artists bring the region’s beauty to life with vibrant watercolors, oil paintings, and sketches. A Healthy Nature Handbook is packed with successful approaches to restoring nature and is a testament to both the Chicago region’s surprising natural wealth and the stewards that are committed to its lasting health.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780744070033

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Nature Handbook by DK Pdf

A practical illustrated guide to exploring, observing, and understanding nature Chris Packham will pass on his passion for nature and make you an enthusiastic and knowledgeable amateur naturalist Chris Packham’s Nature Handbook reveals how easy it is to enjoy and learn about plants, animals, habitats, and ecological processes. It features visual studies of habitats – full of photos of the animals and plants that live there and illustrations of how they interact. All the habitats in your region (Europe in the UK edition, or North America in the US edition) are included, from accessible urban and farming landscapes to wilderness areas. This book reveals the sights, sounds, and smells you can encounter and shows you how to connect with nature without intruding. It provides illustrated guides to activities for every season. Many of these, like pond dipping and raising butterflies from caterpillars, can be done close to home and without expensive equipment. The book promotes conservation and demonstrates simple ways to contribute to the health of the natural world. First published in 2010, this edition has been extensively revised to present more local information relevant to the habitats where you live, and to include the latest equipment and conservation issues. A blend of inspirational guide, essential reference, and “how-to”, this book will make you wild about the natural world.

Author : Anna Botsford Comstock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 970 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Nature study
ISBN : UOM:39015049837357

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Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents by Anna Botsford Comstock Pdf

Author : William Ginn
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781642830910

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Valuing Nature by William Ginn Pdf

As the world faces unprecedented challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss, the resources needed far outstrip the capabilities of nonprofits and even governments. Yet there are seeds of hope—and much of that hope comes from the efforts of the private sector. Impact investing is rapidly becoming an essential tool, alongside philanthropy and government funding, in tackling these major problems. Valuing Nature presents a new set of nature-based investment areas to help conservationists and investors work together. NatureVest founder William Ginn outlines the emerging private sector investing opportunities in natural assets such as green infrastructure, forests, soils, and fisheries. The first part of Valuing Nature examines the scope of nature-based impact investing while also presenting a practical overview of its limitations and the challenges facing the private sector. The second part of the book offers tools for investors and organizations to consider as they develop their own projects and tips on how nonprofits can successfully navigate this new space. Case studies from around the world demonstrate how we can use private capital to achieve more sustainable uses of our natural resources without the unintended consequences plaguing so many of our current efforts. Valuing Nature provides a roadmap for conservation professionals, nonprofit managers, and impact investors seeking to use market-based strategies to improve the management of natural systems.

Author : Ernest H. Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0195179293

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The Nature Handbook by Ernest H. Williams Pdf

A field guide that explores and explains the patterns of nature, revealing them to the many different types of nature observers--from birders to gardeners, hikers to environmentalists, wildflower enthusiasts to butterfliers.

Author : Anna Botsford Comstock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1071842313

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Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock Pdf

Author : Terry Marsden
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1960 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781526421975

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The SAGE Handbook of Nature by Terry Marsden Pdf

The SAGE Handbook of Nature offers an ambitious retrospective and prospective overview of the field that aims to position Nature, the environment and natural processes, at the heart of interdisciplinary social sciences. The three volumes are divided into the following parts: INTRODUCTION TO THE HANDBOOK NATURAL AND SOCIO-NATURAL VULNERABILITIES: INTERWEAVING THE NATURAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES SPACING NATURES: SUSTAINABLE PLACE MAKING AND ADAPTATION COUPLED AND (DE-COUPLED) SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS RISK AND THE ENVIRONMENT: SOCIAL THEORIES, PUBLIC UNDERSTANDINGS, & THE SCIENCE-POLICY INTERFACE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY CITIES AND THEIR REGIONS CRITICAL CONSUMERISM AND ITS MANUFACTURED NATURES GENDERED NATURES AND ECO-FEMINISM REPRODUCTIVE NATURES: PLANTS, ANIMALS AND PEOPLE NATURE, CLASS AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY BIO-SENSITIVITY & THE ECOLOGIES OF HEALTH THE RESOURCE NEXUS AND ITS RELEVANCE SUSTAINABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES RURAL NATURES AND THEIR CO-PRODUCTION This handbook is a key critical research resource for researchers and practitioners across the social sciences and their contributions to related disciplines associated with the fast developing interdisciplinary field of sustainability science.

Author : Brian J. Hoffman,Mindy K. Shoss,Lauren A. Wegman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781108417631

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The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work by Brian J. Hoffman,Mindy K. Shoss,Lauren A. Wegman Pdf

This handbook provides an overview of the research on the changing nature of work and workers by marshalling interdisciplinary research to summarize the empirical evidence and provide documentation of what has actually changed. Connections are explored between the changing nature of work and macro-level trends in technological change, income inequality, global labor markets, labor unions, organizational forms, and skill polarization, among others. This edited volume also reviews evidence for changes in workers, including generational change (or lack thereof), that has accumulated across domains. Based on documented changes in work and worker behavior, the handbook derives implications for a range of management functions, such as selection, performance management, leadership, workplace ethics, and employee well-being. This evaluation of the extent of changes and their impact gives guidance on what best practices should be put in place to harness these developments to achieve success.

Author : H. K. Bakhru
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996-12-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9788172242299

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The Complete Handbook of Nature Cure (5th Edition) by H. K. Bakhru Pdf

This book explains what Nature Cure is all about. The author H.K. Bakhru explains in simple language 95 common disorders, including 13 concerning women, ranging from acne to veneral diseases and prescribes time tested treatment and means of maintaining go

Author : David Sobel
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781605544304

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Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens by David Sobel Pdf

Environmental education expert David Sobel joins with a variety of colleagues to share their experiences and steps for creating a successful forest kindergarten program. Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens walks you through the European roots of the concept to the recent resurgence of these kinds of programs in North America. Going well beyond a history lesson, these experts provide the framework to understand the concepts and build a learning community that stimulates curiosity and inquisitiveness in a natural environment. This helpful guide provides the curriculum, ideas, and guidance needed to foster special gifts in children. It also gives you the nuts and bolts of running a successful nature preschool business, such as potential obstacles, staff and curriculum design, best practices for success, site and facility management, and business planning. Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens provides the mentorship and guidance to become a leader in nature-based education. David Sobel has spent the last twenty-five years working in the field of child development, place-based education, and parenting with nature. He currently serves as senior faculty in the education department at Antioch University New England in Keene, New Hampshire. His expertise and passion have led him to authoring seven books and being identified as one of the "gurus and rock stars of environmental education" by Teacher magazine.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Trees
ISBN : 9781889538433

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The Tree Book by Anonim Pdf

Identifies and discusses the more than thirty different kinds of trees found in North America.

Author : Kim Long
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1555661521

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Squirrels by Kim Long Pdf

An introduction to the physical characteristics and behavior of squirrels, with fact tables for nine different squirrel species.

Author : Evelyn Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0898864208

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San Juan Islands Wildlife by Evelyn Adams Pdf

Natural beauty and a rich diversity of wildlife draw thousands of visitors annually to Washington's San Juan Islands. Until now, there has never been a book that provides an overview of natural life in this beautiful archipelago. San Juan Islands Wildlife is an informative and affectionate look at the habits and habitats of the flora and fauna found within the unique environment of the region.

Author : Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles,Karen Malone,Elisabeth Barratt Hacking
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1868 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 3319672851

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Research Handbook on Childhoodnature by Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles,Karen Malone,Elisabeth Barratt Hacking Pdf

This handbook provides a compilation of research in Childhoodnature and brings together existing research themes and seminal authors in the field alongside new cutting-edge research authored by world-class researchers drawing on cross-cultural and international research data. The underlying objectives of the handbook are two-fold: • Opening up spaces for Childhoodnature researchers; • Consolidating Childhoodnature research into one collection that informs education. The use of the new concept ‘Childhoodnature’ reflects the editors’ and authors’ underpinning belief, and the latest innovative concepts in the field, that as children are nature this should be redefined in this integrating concept. The handbook will, therefore, critique and reject an anthropocentric view of nature. As such it will disrupt existing ways of considering children and nature and reject the view that humans are superior to nature. The work will include a Childhoodnature Companion featuring works by children and young people which will effectively enable children and young people to not only undertake their own research, but also author and represent it alongside this Research Handbook on Childhoodnature.

Author : Ernest H. Williams Jr.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0199720754

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The Nature Handbook by Ernest H. Williams Jr. Pdf

Nature is full of fascinating stories, stories that attract our attention at a young age and keep us amazed throughout our entire lives. The need to understand nature draws us back to its simple beauty again and again, yet underneath this simplicity lies a complex web of associations and patterns. The Nature Handbook does what no other field guide does: explores and explains nature through these connecting patterns, revealing them to the many different types of nature lovers. All naturalists-- from birders to gardeners, hikers to environmentalists, wildflower enthusiasts to butterfliers-- will appreciate the different approach of the Handbook, even those whose interest in the natural world is just beginning to develop. Naturalists who are already well versed in one group of organisms--birders, for example--will find new explanations and patterns for their favorite group, as well as new patterns all around them that they had previously overlooked. Observations in the Handbook are arranged in the three main sections of plants, animals, and habitats. These sections are then connected through discussions of the relationship of size and shape, adaptations, distribution patterns, behavior, and diversity of life. Since the emphasis is on patterns rather than individual species, each chapter has cross-references to related topics. For example, tree-related topics such as leaf shape, treelines, and fall colors, are all discussed in different chapters even though they are related. Leaf shape is associated with trees as organisms, and therefore is in Chapter 2: Trees; treelines are most associated with mountains, so their description is in Chapter 8: Mountains; fall colors apply more broadly to forests than to individual trees, and they are discussed in Chapter 9,Forests. Approximately 500 color photographs help make the more than 200 patterns apparent and recognizable for readers, and each pattern is accompanied by a detailed description and a brief list of sources. The book is designed to invite browsing, and readers will gain a rich ecological perspective and insight. Curiosity about the world around us is a basis for human learning; The Nature Handbook serves to aid all nature lovers in their quest for understanding the many stories that our living world provides.