Environment Systems

Maintaining Mission Critical Systems in a 24/7 Environment provides in-depth coverage of operating, managing, and maintaining power quality and emergency power systems in mission critical facilities. This extensively revised third edition provides invaluable insight into the mission critical environment, helping professionals and students alike understand how to sustain continuous functionality, minimize the occurrence of costly unexpected downtime, and guard against power disturbances.

Learn a road map to healthy soil and revitalized food systems for powerfully addressing these times of challenge. This audiobook equips producers with knowledge, skills, and insights to regenerate ecosystem health and grow farm/ranch profits. Globally recognized soil advocate and agroecologist Nicole Masters delivers the solution to rewind the clock on this increasingly critical soil crisis in her first book For the Love of Soil. She argues we can no longer treat soil like dirt.

Architectural and Governance Framework for Industrial Cybersecurity provides a rigorous and executive-level perspective on how to design, lead, and sustain cybersecurity in complex industrial environments. In an era defined by digital transformation, IT/OT convergence, and expanding attack surfaces, industrial organizations can no longer treat cybersecurity as a purely technical function. This book explores how secure architecture and effective governance of automation systems become strategic pillars for operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and business continuity. Through a ...

Digital transformation has reshaped the industrial landscape. Control systems that operated in isolated environments for decades now coexist with IP networks, cloud services, remote access, and converged IT/OT architectures. This evolution has exponentially increased the attack surface and turned industrial infrastructures into strategic targets. Fundamentals of OT Cybersecurity provides a rigorous and structured perspective on the principles that must underpin the protection of industrial automation and control systems. Rather than simply transferring purely IT-based models into ...

In this Very Short Introduction, Nick Jenkins explores our historic investment in the exploitation of fossil energy resources and their current importance, and discusses the implications of our increasing rate of energy use. He considers the widespread acceptance by scientists and policy makers that our energy systems must reduce emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, and looks forward to the radical changes in fuel technology that will be necessary to continue to provide energy supplies in a sustainable manner, and extend access across the developing world.

When most people hear the term “day trader”, they imagine the stock market floor packed with people yelling "buy" and "sell" - or someone who went for broke and ended up just that. These days, investing isn’t just for the brilliant or the desperate - it’s a smart and necessary move to ensure financial well-being. To the newcomer, day trading can be a confusing process: where do you begin, and how can you approach trading in a careful yet effective way?

Through vivid stories studded with insights, award-winning author Tamim Ansary tells the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age. Fifty thousand years ago, we roamed the world as countless autonomous bands of hunter-gatherers, each one telling itself a story...

"If I could have one wish it is that every eater in America would read this book." —Ruth Reichl From a pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement, a memoir-meets-manifesto on betting the farm on a better future for our food, animals, land, local communities, and our climate Raised as a...

Calm Space, Clear Mind offers a neuroscience-informed system to rewire your brain's relationship with your environment. You will discover how the "Stress-Clutter Feedback Loop" hacks your cortisol levels and learn exactly how to break the cycle of accumulation using psychology, not just cleaning tips. Through a structured 30-Day Blueprint, you will navigate every room using psychology-backed methods. From optimizing your bedroom for deep sleep to designing a kitchen that induces a "flow state," these strategies are built to lower cognitive load and reclaim your mental energy.

This program is read by the authors. Raj Patel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition Rupa Marya to reveal the links between health and structural injustices--and to offer a new deep medicine...

From the activist who coined the term comes a primer on intersectional environmentalism for the next generation of activists looking to create meaningful, inclusive, and sustainable change. The Intersectional Environmentalist examines the inextricable link between environmentalism, racism, and...

The Accidental Ecosystem tells the story of how cities across the United States went from having little wildlife to filling, dramatically and unexpectedly, with wild creatures. Today, many of these cities have more wild animals living in them than at any time in at least the past 150 years. Why have so many cities—the most artificial and human-dominated of all Earth's ecosystems—grown rich with wildlife, even as wildlife has declined in most of the rest of the world? And what does this paradox mean for people, wildlife, and nature on our increasingly urban planet?

Discover how people grow, adapt, and thrive within the networks of relationships and environments that surround them. Growing Minds, Shaping Worlds: Understanding and Applying Ecological Systems Theory explores Urie Bronfenbrenner’s groundbreaking model of human development and reveals how family, school, community, culture, and history all interact to shape our lives. This accessible yet comprehensive book offers a clear guide to understanding the five systems—microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem—and shows why development can never be explained by ...

Did you know that in the United States alone, an estimated 345 billion gallons of water are used daily? This shouldn’t be surprising–we live in a world of consumerism, and unfortunately, this even correlates to how we use natural resources like electricity and water. But what are you supposed to do? It’s not like you can just go without water.

Your home should help you relax - not keep your nervous system on edge. If you struggle with stress, light sleep, mental clutter, or constant overstimulation, your environment may be playing a larger role than you realize. The Stress-Reducing Home is a practical, evidence-informed guide to using interior design strategies to improve sleep, lower anxiety, and support your nervous system through thoughtful changes in your living space. Modern life places continuous demands on attention and energy. Harsh lighting, visual clutter, poor layouts, and sensory overload quietly activate stress ...

"Vaclav Smil is my favorite author."—Bill Gates An indispensable analysis of how the world really produces and consumes its food—and a scientist's exploration of how we can successfully feed a growing population without killing the planet We have never had to feed as many people as we do...

WINNER OF THE TENNESSEE BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A riveting courtroom drama about the victims of one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history—and the country lawyer determined to challenge the notion that, in America, justice can be...

Hydroponic systems allow farmers to grow plants without soil which can eliminate many conventional gardening problems. Commercial gardeners do not always need to douse crops with pesticides, for example, with a decreased risk of pests. Hydroponic systems, though often associated with fruits and vegetables, may grow all kinds of plants, including flowers and decorative flowers, etc.

Most discussions of technology focus on misinformation, manipulation, or individual self-control. This book takes a different approach. It looks at how feeds, notifications, algorithms, and engagement-driven systems increasingly perform psychological work that people once did internally: pacing attention, regulating emotion, prioritizing concerns, and determining what feels important or urgent. The result is not constant persuasion, but something subtler. Judgment feels personal even when its starting points are externally shaped. Emotions feel authentic even when their timing is managed. ...

Your home isn’t “messy.” It’s over capacity. And when your space is packed to the edges, your brain pays the price—every pile becomes a decision, every surface becomes a reminder, and every day starts with friction. The Space to Breathe: Why Less is the Secret to a High‑Performance, Low‑Stress Life is the practical, ADHD‑friendly playbook for turning overwhelm into calm—without the all‑day purges, perfection pressure, or complicated systems you’ll never maintain. Inside, Sarah Joy Miller shows you how to engineer a home that supports your nervous system and makes the ...