The Natural World

Author : Tom Earnhardt
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781469607009

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Crossroads of the Natural World by Tom Earnhardt Pdf

In this richly illustrated love letter to the wild places and natural wonders of North Carolina, Tom Earnhardt, writer and host of UNC-TV's Exploring North Carolina and lifelong conservationist, seamlessly ties deep geological time and forgotten species from our distant past to the unparalleled biodiversity of today. With varied topography and a climate that is simultaneously subtropical, temperate, and subarctic, he shows that North Carolina is a meeting place for living things more commonly found far to the north and south. Highlighting the ways in which the state is a unique ecological crossroads, Earnhardt's research, insightful writing, and stunning photography will both teach and inspire. Crossroads of the Natural World invites readers to engage a variety of topics, including the impacts of invasive species, the importance of forested buffers along our rivers, the role of naturalists, and the challenges facing the state in a time of climate change and sea-level rise. By sharing his own journey of more than sixty years, Earnhardt entices North Carolinians of every age to explore the natural diversity of our state.

Author : Owen Goldin,Patricia Kilroe
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997-04-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1551111071

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Human Life and the Natural World by Owen Goldin,Patricia Kilroe Pdf

Human concern over the urgency of current environmental issues increasingly entails wide-ranging discussions of how we may rethink the relationship between humans and the rest of the natural world. In order to provide a context for such discussions this anthology provides a selection of some of the most important, interesting and influential readings on the subject from classical times through to the late nineteenth century. Included are such figures as Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Hildegard of Bingen, St Francis of Assisi, Bacon, Descartes, Kant, Mill, Emerson and Thoreau. As the collection as a whole amply demonstrates, the history of western philosophical accounts of nature can help us to better understand current attitudes and problems. Human Life and the Natural World may also be of interest to a broad range of philosophers and students of philosophy, and more generally to those with a concern for the environment that engages the intellect as well as the heart.

Author : Kelly Brenner
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781680512083

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Nature Obscura by Kelly Brenner Pdf

With wonder and a sense of humor, Nature Obscura author Kelly Brenner aims to help us rediscover our connection to the natural world that is just outside our front door--we just need to know where to look. Through explorations of a rich and varied urban landscape, Brenner reveals the complex micro-habitats and surprising nature found in the middle of a city. In her hometown of Seattle, which has plowed down hills, cut through the land to connect fresh- and saltwater, and paved over much of the rest, she exposes a diverse range of strange and unknown creatures. From shore to wetland, forest to neighborhood park, and graveyard to backyard, Brenner uncovers how our land alterations have impacted nature, for good and bad, through the wildlife and plants that live alongside us, often unseen. These stories meld together, in the same way our ecosystems, species, and human history are interconnected across the urban environment.

Author : Anissa Janine Wardi
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496834188

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Toni Morrison and the Natural World by Anissa Janine Wardi Pdf

Critics have routinely excluded African American literature from ecocritical inquiry despite the fact that the literary tradition has, from its inception, proved to be steeped in environmental concerns that address elements of the natural world and relate nature to the transatlantic slave trade, plantation labor, and nationhood. Toni Morrison’s work is no exception. Toni Morrison and the Natural World: An Ecology of Color is the first full-length ecocritical investigation of the Nobel Laureate’s novels and brings to the fore an unequaled engagement between race and nature. Morrison’s ecological consciousness holds that human geographies are enmeshed with nonhuman nature. It follows, then, that ecology, the branch of biology that studies how people relate to each other and their environment, is an apt framework for this book. The interrelationships and interactions between individuals and community, and between organisms and the biosphere, are central to this analysis. They highlight that the human and nonhuman are part of a larger ecosystem of interfacings and transformations. Toni Morrison and the Natural World is organized by color, examining soil (brown) in The Bluest Eye and Paradise; plant life (green) in Song of Solomon, Beloved, and Home; bodies of water (blue) in Tar Baby and Love; and fire (orange) in Sula and God Help the Child. By providing a racially inflected reading of nature, Toni Morrison and the Natural World makes an important contribution to the field of environmental studies and provides a landmark for Morrison scholarship.

Author : Patrick Baty
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691217048

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Nature's Palette by Patrick Baty Pdf

This fully realized colour catalogue includes elegant contemporary illustrations of every animal, plant or mineral cited in Syme's edition of “Werner's nomenclature of colours”

Author : John MacDonald MacKenzie,John M. MacKenzie
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0719029007

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Imperialism and the Natural World by John MacDonald MacKenzie,John M. MacKenzie Pdf

Many experts recognize that juvenile literature acts as an excellent reflector of the dominant ideas of an age; the values and fantasies of adult authors are often dressed up in fictional garb for youthful consumption. This collection examines a portion of the mass-produced juvenile literature, from the mid-19th century until the 1950s, focusing on the cluster of ideas connected with Britain's role in the maintenance of order and the spread of civilization. Western science, medicine, geographical ideas, and environmental assumptions were all vital to the creation of the imperial world system. The contributors to this volume illustrate new approaches to the study of conservation, botany, geology, economic geography, state scientific endeavor, and entomological and medical research in relation to the imperial rule of both Britain and France. Distributed in the US and Canada by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780226332567

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Patterns in Nature by Philip Ball Pdf

The acclaimed science writer “curates a visually striking, riotously colorful photographic display…of physical patterns in the natural world” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Though at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a seashell and the branching veins of a leaf. Revealing the order at the foundation of the seemingly chaotic natural world, Patterns in Nature explores not only the math and science but also the beauty and artistry behind nature’s awe-inspiring designs. Unlike the patterns we create, natural patterns are formed spontaneously from the forces that act in the physical world. Very often the same types of pattern and form—such as spirals, stripes, branches, and fractals—recur in places that seem to have nothing in common, as when the markings of a zebra mimic the ripples in windblown sand. But many of these patterns can be described using the same mathematical and physical principles, giving a surprising unity to the kaleidoscope of the natural world. Richly illustrated with 250 color photographs and anchored by accessible and insightful chapters by esteemed science writer Philip Ball, Patterns in Nature reveals the organization at work in vast and ancient forests, powerful rivers, massing clouds, and coastlines carved out by the sea. By exploring similarities such as the branches of a tree and those of a river network, this spectacular visual tour conveys the wonder, beauty, and richness of natural pattern formation.

Author : Barbara M. Sattler,Ursula Coope
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1108813720

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Ancient Ethics and the Natural World by Barbara M. Sattler,Ursula Coope Pdf

This book explores a distinctive feature of ancient philosophy: the close relation between ancient ethics and the study of the natural world. Human beings are in some sense part of the natural world, and they live their lives within a larger cosmos, but their actions are governed by norms whose relation to the natural world is up for debate. The essays in this volume, written by leading specialists in ancient philosophy, discuss how these facts about our relation to the world bear both upon ancient accounts of human goodness and also upon ancient accounts of the natural world itself. The volume includes discussion not only of Plato and Aristotle, but also of earlier and later thinkers, with an essay on the Presocratics and two essays that discuss later Epicurean, Stoic, and Neoplatonist philosophers.

Author : Amy Graham
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766057807

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What Are the 7 Wonders of the Natural World? by Amy Graham Pdf

This book serves as an introduction and overview of the seven wonders of the natural world. It explains how nature alone carved these sites that we so admire. From the ocean shores to the inland forests, discover how the natural world is a beautiful place.

Author : Granddaughter Crow
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738766553

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Wisdom of the Natural World by Granddaughter Crow Pdf

Connect to the Earth and Embrace Its Teachings From animals and plants to landscapes and seasons, the natural world is a phenomenal teacher. It guides and supports you in improving your relationships, finances, health, and much more. Packed with practical exercises, meditations, and new perspectives, Wisdom of the Natural World empowers you to find balance in life and realize your importance to the planet. Join Granddaughter Crow on an illuminating journey to become your most authentic self. Explore how the seasons and weather cycles affect your four bodies—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Discover how to create your own medicine wheel and work with your shadow side. This enlightening book helps you communicate with nature and apply its concepts to your day-to-day life, giving you a deep sense of purpose and understanding. Wisdom of the Natural World is your key to finding connection and feeling like you belong. Foreword by Michael Smith, PhD, author of The Complete Empath Toolkit

Author : Alison H. Deming,Lauret E. Savoy
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781571318145

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Colors of Nature by Alison H. Deming,Lauret E. Savoy Pdf

“An anthology of nature writing by people of color, providing deeply personal connections to—or disconnects from—nature.” —NPR From African American to Asian American, indigenous to immigrant, “multiracial” to “mixed-blood,” the diversity of cultures in this world is matched only by the diversity of stories explaining our cultural origins: stories of creation and destruction, displacement and heartbreak, hope and mystery. With writing from Jamaica Kincaid on the fallacies of national myths, Yusef Komunyakaa connecting the toxic legacy of his hometown, Bogalusa, LA, to a blind faith in capitalism, and bell hooks relating the quashing of multiculturalism to the destruction of nature that is considered “unpredictable”—among more than thirty-five other examinations of the relationship between culture and nature—this collection points toward the trouble of ignoring our cultural heritage, but also reveals how opening our eyes and our minds might provide a more livable future. Contributors: Elmaz Abinader, Faith Adiele, Francisco X. Alarcón, Fred Arroyo, Kimberly Blaeser, Joseph Bruchac, Robert D. Bullard, Debra Kang Dean, Camille Dungy, Nikky Finney, Ray Gonzalez, Kimiko Hahn, bell hooks, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Pualani Kanaka’ole Kanahele, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Jamaica Kincaid, Yusef Komunyakaa, J. Drew Lanham, David Mas Masumoto, Maria Melendez, Thyllias Moss, Gary Paul Nabhan, Nalini Nadkarni, Melissa Nelson, Jennifer Oladipo, Louis Owens, Enrique Salmon, Aileen Suzara, A. J. Verdelle, Gerald Vizenor, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Al Young, Ofelia Zepeda “This notable anthology assembles thinkers and writers with firsthand experience or insight on how economic and racial inequalities affect a person’s understanding of nature . . . an illuminating read.” —Bloomsbury Review “[An] unprecedented and invaluable collection.” —Booklist

Author : Mary M. Clare,Gary Ferguson
Publisher : Heyday Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1597145181

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Full Ecology: Repairing Our Relationship with the Natural World by Mary M. Clare,Gary Ferguson Pdf

Author : Jon Richards,Ed Simkins
Publisher : Mapographica
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Earth (Planet)
ISBN : 0778726622

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The Natural World by Jon Richards,Ed Simkins Pdf

This is not just another atlas! Mapographica uses cleverly designed maps and fantastic infographics to show you the world as you've never seen it before. Book jacket.

Author : John J. Moriarty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1517905494

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A Field Guide to the Natural World of the Twin Cities by John J. Moriarty Pdf

"This easy-to-use guide gives novice and long-time naturalists alike the tools to find and explore these natural places in the metropolitan Twin Cities, some within the city limits and all within an hour's drive of downtown Minneapolis. John J. Moriarty is a congenial expert on the remarkable diversity of plants and animals in the region's habitats. Featuring maps of specific parks and reserves, Siah L. St. Clair's exceptional photographs, and commentary on natural history, this field guide invites readers to investigate the Twin Cities' wildlife -- familiar or obscure, sun-loving or nocturnal, shy or easily observed. Including notes on invasive species and a list of references and organizations, this book is a perfect companion and an unparalleled resource for anyone interested in discovering the rich natural world of the Twin Cities"--

Author : Richard Rosenblum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015054117943

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Art of the Natural World by Richard Rosenblum Pdf

Essays by Valerie C. Doran, Richard Rosenblum.