Author: UN Environment
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108707661
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Published to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, UN Environment's sixth Global Environment Outlook calls on decision makers to take bold and urgent action to address pressing environmental issues in order to protect the planet and human health. By bringing together hundreds of scientists, peer reviewers and collaborating institutions and partners, the GEO reports build on sound scientific knowledge to provide governments, local authorities, businesses and individual citizens with the information needed to guide societies to a truly sustainable world by 2050. GEO-6 outlines the current state of the environment, illustrates possible future environmental trends and analyses the effectiveness of policies. This flagship report shows how governments can put us on the path to a truly sustainable future - emphasising that urgent and inclusive action is needed to achieve a healthy planet with healthy people. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People
Author: UN Environment
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108707661
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Published to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, UN Environment's sixth Global Environment Outlook calls on decision makers to take bold and urgent action to address pressing environmental issues in order to protect the planet and human health. By bringing together hundreds of scientists, peer reviewers and collaborating institutions and partners, the GEO reports build on sound scientific knowledge to provide governments, local authorities, businesses and individual citizens with the information needed to guide societies to a truly sustainable world by 2050. GEO-6 outlines the current state of the environment, illustrates possible future environmental trends and analyses the effectiveness of policies. This flagship report shows how governments can put us on the path to a truly sustainable future - emphasising that urgent and inclusive action is needed to achieve a healthy planet with healthy people. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108707661
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Published to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, UN Environment's sixth Global Environment Outlook calls on decision makers to take bold and urgent action to address pressing environmental issues in order to protect the planet and human health. By bringing together hundreds of scientists, peer reviewers and collaborating institutions and partners, the GEO reports build on sound scientific knowledge to provide governments, local authorities, businesses and individual citizens with the information needed to guide societies to a truly sustainable world by 2050. GEO-6 outlines the current state of the environment, illustrates possible future environmental trends and analyses the effectiveness of policies. This flagship report shows how governments can put us on the path to a truly sustainable future - emphasising that urgent and inclusive action is needed to achieve a healthy planet with healthy people. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Sustainable Diets
Author: Leslie Pray
Publisher: National Academy Press
ISBN: 9780309296670
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
One of the many benefits of the U.S. food system is a safe, nutritious, and consistent food supply. However, the same system also places significant strain on land, water, air, and other natural resources. A better understanding of the food-environment synergies and trade-offs associated with the U.S. food system would help to reduce this strain. Many experts would like to use that knowledge to develop dietary recommendations on the basis of environmental as well as nutritional considerations. But identifying and quantifying those synergies and trade-offs, let alone acting on them, is a challenge in and of itself. The difficulty stems in part from the reality that experts in the fields of nutrition, agricultural science, and natural resource use often do not regularly collaborate with each other, with the exception of some international efforts. "Sustainable Diets" is the summary of a workshop convened by The Institute of Medicine's Food Forum and Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine in May 2013 to engender dialogue between experts in nutrition and experts in agriculture and natural resource sustainability and to explore current and emerging knowledge on the food and nutrition policy implications of the increasing environmental constraints on the food system. Experts explored the relationship between human health and the environment, including the identification and quantification of the synergies and trade-offs of their impact. This report explores the role of the food price environment and how environmental sustainability can be incorporated into dietary guidance and considers research priorities, policy implications, and drivers of consumer behaviors that will enable sustainable food choices.
Publisher: National Academy Press
ISBN: 9780309296670
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
One of the many benefits of the U.S. food system is a safe, nutritious, and consistent food supply. However, the same system also places significant strain on land, water, air, and other natural resources. A better understanding of the food-environment synergies and trade-offs associated with the U.S. food system would help to reduce this strain. Many experts would like to use that knowledge to develop dietary recommendations on the basis of environmental as well as nutritional considerations. But identifying and quantifying those synergies and trade-offs, let alone acting on them, is a challenge in and of itself. The difficulty stems in part from the reality that experts in the fields of nutrition, agricultural science, and natural resource use often do not regularly collaborate with each other, with the exception of some international efforts. "Sustainable Diets" is the summary of a workshop convened by The Institute of Medicine's Food Forum and Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine in May 2013 to engender dialogue between experts in nutrition and experts in agriculture and natural resource sustainability and to explore current and emerging knowledge on the food and nutrition policy implications of the increasing environmental constraints on the food system. Experts explored the relationship between human health and the environment, including the identification and quantification of the synergies and trade-offs of their impact. This report explores the role of the food price environment and how environmental sustainability can be incorporated into dietary guidance and considers research priorities, policy implications, and drivers of consumer behaviors that will enable sustainable food choices.
Eating to Save the Earth
Author: Linda Riebel
Publisher: Celestialarts
ISBN: 9781587611162
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
U.S. food production is a $900 billion industry, and each day farming and meat production destroy native habitats; pesticides contaminate groundwater, rivers, and lakes; food processing and delivery contribute to ozone depletion; and food packaging overburdens landfills. Changing the way we eat can we improve the overall health of the planet, and in EATING TO SAVE THE EARTH, Linda Riebel and Ken Jacobsen prove that we can make a difference one meal at a time. In this focused blueprint for action, Riebel and Jacobsen discuss the environmental consequences of meat and fish consumption, the merits of sustainable agriculture and organic foods, and simple methods to reduce waste, conserve water and energy, compost, and recycle. Whether you at home or at work, in restaurants or while camping, every menu choice you make has the potential to create a healthier body, a safer environment, and a balanced ecosystem.
Publisher: Celestialarts
ISBN: 9781587611162
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
U.S. food production is a $900 billion industry, and each day farming and meat production destroy native habitats; pesticides contaminate groundwater, rivers, and lakes; food processing and delivery contribute to ozone depletion; and food packaging overburdens landfills. Changing the way we eat can we improve the overall health of the planet, and in EATING TO SAVE THE EARTH, Linda Riebel and Ken Jacobsen prove that we can make a difference one meal at a time. In this focused blueprint for action, Riebel and Jacobsen discuss the environmental consequences of meat and fish consumption, the merits of sustainable agriculture and organic foods, and simple methods to reduce waste, conserve water and energy, compost, and recycle. Whether you at home or at work, in restaurants or while camping, every menu choice you make has the potential to create a healthier body, a safer environment, and a balanced ecosystem.
Global Warming
Author: Chris Spence
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466887656
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Global warming is the greatest environmental threat facing humanity. From killer heat waves and increasingly violent weather to the spread of pests and vector-borne diseases, global warming has many effects on our lives. While some are positive, most are negative. People fear potentially catastrophic consequences but there is a disturbing lack of understanding about global warming and what can be done about it. In Global Warming Chris Spence breaks through the jargon, offering readers both a clear description of the problem and a practical guide to solutions, from decreasing reliance on automobiles to increased recycling to political activism. It offers hope that each of us can be doing something to solve the problem and encourages us to act--not only for ourselves, but for our children and grandchildren.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466887656
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Global warming is the greatest environmental threat facing humanity. From killer heat waves and increasingly violent weather to the spread of pests and vector-borne diseases, global warming has many effects on our lives. While some are positive, most are negative. People fear potentially catastrophic consequences but there is a disturbing lack of understanding about global warming and what can be done about it. In Global Warming Chris Spence breaks through the jargon, offering readers both a clear description of the problem and a practical guide to solutions, from decreasing reliance on automobiles to increased recycling to political activism. It offers hope that each of us can be doing something to solve the problem and encourages us to act--not only for ourselves, but for our children and grandchildren.
Healthy Planet, Healthy You
Author: Ximena Yáñez Soto
Publisher: Believe.Transform.Be.
ISBN: 9781737867821
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Healthy Planet, Healthy You explains how and why what we eat diminishes our health, ruins the environment, and increases overall health care costs. By following the advice in this book, readers will feel healthier and wealthier by empowering themselves with easy-to-apply and environment-friendly ideas for making conscious choices around food. When we realize that what we eat matters to us and the world around us, we become co-creators of a health-giving planet for the benefit of our children and future generations.Simple suggestions for making better choices around food are found throughout this insightful and accessible book. The topics - clean water, air, soils, conscious eating - are critically important and explained in accessible language. Readers will be able to make better food choices as they learn the truth about the food industry.Healthy Planet, Healthy You examines the current condition of the planet and the overall health of the human population, as well as the perspectives of sustainable development in the short term, using a combination of science-based facts and a spiritual viewpoint. It includes 16 delicious plant-based recipes designed exclusively for the book by Natalia Delgado, a renowned Mexican chef. The book is both a resource guide on eating healthier as well as a cookbook for amazing plant-based meals.
Publisher: Believe.Transform.Be.
ISBN: 9781737867821
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Healthy Planet, Healthy You explains how and why what we eat diminishes our health, ruins the environment, and increases overall health care costs. By following the advice in this book, readers will feel healthier and wealthier by empowering themselves with easy-to-apply and environment-friendly ideas for making conscious choices around food. When we realize that what we eat matters to us and the world around us, we become co-creators of a health-giving planet for the benefit of our children and future generations.Simple suggestions for making better choices around food are found throughout this insightful and accessible book. The topics - clean water, air, soils, conscious eating - are critically important and explained in accessible language. Readers will be able to make better food choices as they learn the truth about the food industry.Healthy Planet, Healthy You examines the current condition of the planet and the overall health of the human population, as well as the perspectives of sustainable development in the short term, using a combination of science-based facts and a spiritual viewpoint. It includes 16 delicious plant-based recipes designed exclusively for the book by Natalia Delgado, a renowned Mexican chef. The book is both a resource guide on eating healthier as well as a cookbook for amazing plant-based meals.
Healthy Trees, Healthy Planet
Author: Anne Flounders
Publisher: Red Chair Press
ISBN: 1939656516
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The quiet nature of trees hides the fact that trees are always working for us and for Earth. Trees give us goods to meet our basic needs. Trees are home to animals, insects, and birds. But their biggest and most important job is playing a role in making Earth and our environment healthy. Learn some of the ways trees help, why they are in danger, and what you can do to help protect them now. Book features: Table of Contents; Glossary; For More Information including books and web sites; Index; photos and captions; charts and graphs; source notes.
Publisher: Red Chair Press
ISBN: 1939656516
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The quiet nature of trees hides the fact that trees are always working for us and for Earth. Trees give us goods to meet our basic needs. Trees are home to animals, insects, and birds. But their biggest and most important job is playing a role in making Earth and our environment healthy. Learn some of the ways trees help, why they are in danger, and what you can do to help protect them now. Book features: Table of Contents; Glossary; For More Information including books and web sites; Index; photos and captions; charts and graphs; source notes.
Activity book – Healthy plants, healthy planet
Author: FAO
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
ISBN: 9251327610
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
This acrivity book has been designed, written and illustrated to bring children and young people closer to the world of plant protection; the science that deals with plant health. Although addressed to an age group between eight and twelve years, this book can also be useful for older kids and educators. It can be considered as first, simple plant protection manual, designed on the occasion of the International Year of Plant Health 2020.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
ISBN: 9251327610
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
This acrivity book has been designed, written and illustrated to bring children and young people closer to the world of plant protection; the science that deals with plant health. Although addressed to an age group between eight and twelve years, this book can also be useful for older kids and educators. It can be considered as first, simple plant protection manual, designed on the occasion of the International Year of Plant Health 2020.
The Green Foodprint
Author: Linda K Riebel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983305118
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
"The first edition of this book (2010) was titled 'The earth-friendly food chain: food choices for a living planet'"--T.p. verso.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983305118
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
"The first edition of this book (2010) was titled 'The earth-friendly food chain: food choices for a living planet'"--T.p. verso.
The World Peace Diet
Author: Will Tuttle
Publisher: Lantern Books
ISBN: 1590561309
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Incorporating systems theory, teachings from mythology and religions, and the human sciences, The World Peace Diet presents the outlines of a more empowering understanding of our world, based on a comprehension of the far-reaching implications of our food choices and the worldview those choices reflect and mandate. The author offers a set of universal principles for all people of conscience, from any religious tradition, that they can follow to reconnect with what we are eating, what was required to get it on our plate, and what happens after it leaves our plates.
Publisher: Lantern Books
ISBN: 1590561309
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Incorporating systems theory, teachings from mythology and religions, and the human sciences, The World Peace Diet presents the outlines of a more empowering understanding of our world, based on a comprehension of the far-reaching implications of our food choices and the worldview those choices reflect and mandate. The author offers a set of universal principles for all people of conscience, from any religious tradition, that they can follow to reconnect with what we are eating, what was required to get it on our plate, and what happens after it leaves our plates.
Planet Ocean
Author: Patricia Newman
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1728411386
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
"Books like this one help lead the way to a better climate future for all inhabitants of Mother Earth. We are all in this together!" — Jeff Bridges, Academy Award winner and environmentalist A little more than 70 percent of Planet Earth is ocean. So wouldn’t a better name for our global home be Planet Ocean? You may be surprised at just how closely YOU are connected to the ocean. Regardless of where you live, every breath you take and every drop of water you drink links you to the ocean. And because of this connection, the ocean’s health affects all of us. Dive in with author Patricia Newman and photographer Annie Crawley—visit the Coral Triangle near Indonesia, the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest, and the Arctic Ocean at the top of the world. Find out about problems including climate change, ocean acidification, and plastic pollution, and meet inspiring local people who are leading the way to reverse the ways in which humans have harmed the ocean. Planet Ocean shows us how to stop thinking of ourselves as existing separate from the ocean and how to start taking better care of this precious resource.
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1728411386
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
"Books like this one help lead the way to a better climate future for all inhabitants of Mother Earth. We are all in this together!" — Jeff Bridges, Academy Award winner and environmentalist A little more than 70 percent of Planet Earth is ocean. So wouldn’t a better name for our global home be Planet Ocean? You may be surprised at just how closely YOU are connected to the ocean. Regardless of where you live, every breath you take and every drop of water you drink links you to the ocean. And because of this connection, the ocean’s health affects all of us. Dive in with author Patricia Newman and photographer Annie Crawley—visit the Coral Triangle near Indonesia, the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest, and the Arctic Ocean at the top of the world. Find out about problems including climate change, ocean acidification, and plastic pollution, and meet inspiring local people who are leading the way to reverse the ways in which humans have harmed the ocean. Planet Ocean shows us how to stop thinking of ourselves as existing separate from the ocean and how to start taking better care of this precious resource.