Author: Kevin W. Kelley
Publisher: Random House (NY)
ISBN: 9780871566058
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The Sierra Club Home Planet Postcard Collection features a stunning selection of images from the bestselling work The Home Planet. Images and inspirational quotations from the international community of space exploration compose this stirring collection of portraits of our fragile home: Planet Earth. Here in 22 extraordinary ready-to-mail postcards is a visual testament to the common heritage of all humanity.
The Sierra Club Home Planet Postcard Collection
Author: Kevin W. Kelley
Publisher: Random House (NY)
ISBN: 9780871566058
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The Sierra Club Home Planet Postcard Collection features a stunning selection of images from the bestselling work The Home Planet. Images and inspirational quotations from the international community of space exploration compose this stirring collection of portraits of our fragile home: Planet Earth. Here in 22 extraordinary ready-to-mail postcards is a visual testament to the common heritage of all humanity.
Publisher: Random House (NY)
ISBN: 9780871566058
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The Sierra Club Home Planet Postcard Collection features a stunning selection of images from the bestselling work The Home Planet. Images and inspirational quotations from the international community of space exploration compose this stirring collection of portraits of our fragile home: Planet Earth. Here in 22 extraordinary ready-to-mail postcards is a visual testament to the common heritage of all humanity.
American Bookseller
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Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 1364
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Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 1364
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The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Library Journal
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1260
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1260
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Paperbound Books in Print
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Category : Paperbacks
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
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Languages : en
Pages : 1256
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Books
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Pages : 340
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Reclaiming America
Author: Randy Shaw
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520922557
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Have activists taken the bumper-sticker adage "Think Globally, Act Locally" too literally? Randy Shaw argues that they have, with destructive consequences for America. Since the 1970s, activist participation in national struggles has steadily given way to a nearly exclusive focus on local issues. America's political and corporate elite has succeeded in controlling the national agenda, while their adversaries—the citizen activists and organizations who spent decades building federal programs to reflect the country's progressive ideals—increasingly bypass national fights. The result has been not only the dismantling of hard-won federal programs but also the sabotaging of local agendas and community instituions by decisions made in the national arena. Shaw urges activists and their organizations to implement a "new national activism" by channeling energy from closely knit local groups into broader causes. Such activism enables locally oriented activists to shape America's future and work on national fights without traveling to Washington, D.C., but instead working in their own backyards. Focusing on the David and Goliath struggle between Nike and grassroots activists critical of the company's overseas labor practices, Shaw shows how national activism can rewrite the supposedly ironclad rules of the global economy by ensuring fair wages and decent living standards for workers at home and abroad. Similarly, the recent struggles for stronger clean air standards and new federal budget priorities demonstrate the potential grassroots national activism to overcome the corporate and moneyed interests that increasingly dictate America's future. Reclaiming America's final section describes how community-based nonprofit organizations, the media, and the Internet are critical resources for building national activism. Shaw declares that community-based groups can and must combine their service work with national grassroots advocacy. He also describes how activists can use public relations to win attention in today's sprawling media environment, and he details the movement-building potential of e-mail. All these resources are essential for activists and their organizations to reclaim America's progressive ideals. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999. Have activists taken the bumper-sticker adage "Think Globally, Act Locally" too literally? Randy Shaw argues that they have, with destructive consequences for America. Since the 1970s, activist participation in national struggles has steadily given way to
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520922557
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Have activists taken the bumper-sticker adage "Think Globally, Act Locally" too literally? Randy Shaw argues that they have, with destructive consequences for America. Since the 1970s, activist participation in national struggles has steadily given way to a nearly exclusive focus on local issues. America's political and corporate elite has succeeded in controlling the national agenda, while their adversaries—the citizen activists and organizations who spent decades building federal programs to reflect the country's progressive ideals—increasingly bypass national fights. The result has been not only the dismantling of hard-won federal programs but also the sabotaging of local agendas and community instituions by decisions made in the national arena. Shaw urges activists and their organizations to implement a "new national activism" by channeling energy from closely knit local groups into broader causes. Such activism enables locally oriented activists to shape America's future and work on national fights without traveling to Washington, D.C., but instead working in their own backyards. Focusing on the David and Goliath struggle between Nike and grassroots activists critical of the company's overseas labor practices, Shaw shows how national activism can rewrite the supposedly ironclad rules of the global economy by ensuring fair wages and decent living standards for workers at home and abroad. Similarly, the recent struggles for stronger clean air standards and new federal budget priorities demonstrate the potential grassroots national activism to overcome the corporate and moneyed interests that increasingly dictate America's future. Reclaiming America's final section describes how community-based nonprofit organizations, the media, and the Internet are critical resources for building national activism. Shaw declares that community-based groups can and must combine their service work with national grassroots advocacy. He also describes how activists can use public relations to win attention in today's sprawling media environment, and he details the movement-building potential of e-mail. All these resources are essential for activists and their organizations to reclaim America's progressive ideals. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999. Have activists taken the bumper-sticker adage "Think Globally, Act Locally" too literally? Randy Shaw argues that they have, with destructive consequences for America. Since the 1970s, activist participation in national struggles has steadily given way to
Grassroots Environmentalism
Author: Suzanne Staggenborg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108478484
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
An inside look at how grassroots groups organize and develop strategies over seven years of participant observation in multiple organizations.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108478484
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
An inside look at how grassroots groups organize and develop strategies over seven years of participant observation in multiple organizations.
A Wild Child's Guide to Endangered Animals
Author: Millie Marotta
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452177031
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Millie Marotta comes this gorgeous celebration of the animal kingdom. A Wild Child's Guide to Endangered Animals highlights the plight of 43 endangered species from around the world, including rare and well-known animals living in freshwater, oceans, forests, mountains, tundras, deserts, grasslands, and wetlands. Vivid illustrations bring caribous, axolotls, giraffes, agami herons, and many more to life on these rich and varied pages. Illuminating text relays the story of each species, from how they live and why they are endangered to what is being done about it. Complete with a map detailing where each species can still be found, this visually rich, timely, informative book raises awareness in the most spectacular way.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452177031
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Millie Marotta comes this gorgeous celebration of the animal kingdom. A Wild Child's Guide to Endangered Animals highlights the plight of 43 endangered species from around the world, including rare and well-known animals living in freshwater, oceans, forests, mountains, tundras, deserts, grasslands, and wetlands. Vivid illustrations bring caribous, axolotls, giraffes, agami herons, and many more to life on these rich and varied pages. Illuminating text relays the story of each species, from how they live and why they are endangered to what is being done about it. Complete with a map detailing where each species can still be found, this visually rich, timely, informative book raises awareness in the most spectacular way.
Satellites in the High Country
Author: Jason Mark
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610915801
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In Satellites in the High Country, journalist and adventurer Jason Mark travels beyond the bright lights and certainties of our cities to seek wildness wherever it survives. In California's Point Reyes National Seashore, a battle over oyster farming and designated wilderness pits former allies against one another, as locals wonder whether wilderness should be untouched, farmed, or something in between. In Washington's Cascade Mountains, a modern-day wild woman and her students learn to tan hides and start fires without matches, attempting to connect with a primal past out of reach for the rest of society. And in Colorado's High Country, dark skies and clear air reveal a breathtaking expanse of stars, flawed only by the arc of a satellite passing--beauty interrupted by the traffic of a million conversations. These expeditions to the edges of civilization's grid show us that, although our notions of pristine nature may be shattering, the mystery of the wild still exists--and in fact, it is more crucial than ever.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610915801
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In Satellites in the High Country, journalist and adventurer Jason Mark travels beyond the bright lights and certainties of our cities to seek wildness wherever it survives. In California's Point Reyes National Seashore, a battle over oyster farming and designated wilderness pits former allies against one another, as locals wonder whether wilderness should be untouched, farmed, or something in between. In Washington's Cascade Mountains, a modern-day wild woman and her students learn to tan hides and start fires without matches, attempting to connect with a primal past out of reach for the rest of society. And in Colorado's High Country, dark skies and clear air reveal a breathtaking expanse of stars, flawed only by the arc of a satellite passing--beauty interrupted by the traffic of a million conversations. These expeditions to the edges of civilization's grid show us that, although our notions of pristine nature may be shattering, the mystery of the wild still exists--and in fact, it is more crucial than ever.