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A globe-trotting work of relentless investigative reporting, this is the first major book to expose the catastrophic reality of the multi-billion-dollar global garbage trade. Dumps and landfills around the world are overflowing. Disputes about what to do with the millions of tons of garbage...

We live in a changing planet. Nature has its own agenda. But man tries to keep it unchanged by his activities based on so called 'sustainability'. This situation makes such ecosystems under human control more fragile than resilience. Even changed novel ecosystems do continue to provide its ecological functions but human efforts to make such ecosystems to look untouched is not always a meaningful solution. Success of modern environmental reforms can be clearly evaluated by evidencing the relationship between Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and the Gross National Happiness (GNH). This ...

Within a decade, nearly half of all American farmland will change hands as an older generation of farmers steps aside. In their place, a groundswell of new growers will face numerous challenges, including soil degradation, insufficient income, and investors devouring farmland at a staggering pace.

The inspiring true story of the woman who gave nature a voice — and sparked a global movement. In 1962, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring shocked the world. With poetic clarity and scientific precision, she revealed the hidden dangers of pesticides like DDT, challenging powerful corporations and awakening the public to the fragile balance of life on Earth. But Rachel’s journey began long before that pivotal moment. The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson traces her remarkable path: From a shy girl exploring the streams and forests of Pennsylvania… To a pioneering scientist and bestselling ...