Author: Colin Beavan
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 9781429952576
Size: 57.13 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing, Four Seasons–loving wife along for the ride. And that's just the beginning. Bill McKibben meets Bill Bryson in this seriously engaging look at one man's decision to put his money where his mouth is and go off the grid for one year—while still living in New York City—to see if it's possible to make no net impact on the environment. In other words, no trash, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no subway, no products in packaging, no air-conditioning, no television . . . What would it be like to try to live a no-impact lifestyle? Is it possible? Could it catch on? Is living this way more satisfying or less satisfying? Harder or easier? Is it worthwhile or senseless? Are we all doomed or can our culture reduce the barriers to sustainable living so it becomes as easy as falling off a log? These are the questions at the heart of this whole mad endeavor, via which Colin Beavan hopes to explain to the rest of us how we can realistically live a more "eco-effective" and by turns more content life in an age of inconvenient truths.

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Author: Project Management Institute
Publisher: Project Management Institute
ISBN: 9781628250008
Size: 20.81 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 587
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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) Fifth Edition reflects the collaboration and knowledge of working project managers and provides the fundamentals of project management as they apply to a wide range of projects. This internationally recognized standard gives project managers the essential tools to practice project management and deliver organizational results. A 10th Knowledge Area has been added; Project Stakeholder Management expands upon the importance of appropriately engaging project stakeholders in key decisions and activities. Project data information and information flow have been redefined to bring greater consistency and be more aligned with the Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom (DIKW) model used in the field of Knowledge Management. Four new planning processes have been added: Plan Scope Management, Plan Schedule Management, Plan Cost Management and Plan Stakeholder Management: These were created to reinforce the concept that eac

Author: Jonathan Rees
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421411075
Size: 77.71 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Only when the power goes off and food spoils do we truly appreciate how much we rely on refrigerators and freezers. In Refrigeration Nation, Jonathan Rees explores the innovative methods and gadgets that Americans have invented to keep perishable food cold—from cutting river and lake ice and shipping it to consumers for use in their iceboxes to the development of electrically powered equipment that ushered in a new age of convenience and health. As much a history of successful business practices as a history of technology, this book illustrates how refrigeration has changed the everyday lives of Americans and why it remains so important today. Beginning with the natural ice industry in 1806, Rees considers a variety of factors that drove the industry, including the point and product of consumption, issues of transportation, and technological advances. Rees also shows that how we obtain and preserve perishable food is related to our changing relationship with the natural world.

Author: Colin Beavan
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062236725
Size: 80.34 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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“This is the book where self-help turns into helping the world—and then turns back into helping yourself find a better life. Fascinating and timely!”—Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet What does it take to achieve a successful and satisfying life? Not long ago, the answer seemed as simple as following a straightforward path: college, career, house, marriage, kids, and a secure retirement. Not anymore. Staggering student loan debt, sweeping job shortages, a chronically ailing economy—plus the larger issues of global unrest, poverty, and our imperiled environment—make the search for fulfillment more challenging. And, as Colin Beavan, activist and author of No Impact Man, proclaims, more exciting. In this breakthrough book, Beavan extends a hand to those seeking more meaning and joy in life even as they engage in addressing our various world crises. How to Be Alive nudges the unfulfilled toward creating their own version of the Good Life—a life where feeling good and doing good intersect. He urges readers to reexamine the “standard life approaches” to pretty much everything and to experiment with life choices that are truer to their values, passions, and concerns. How do you stop placing limits on your potential impact? How do you make your choices really matter in everything from your clothing purchases to your career? How do you find the people who will most support you in your quest for a good life? To answer these questions and more, Beavan draws on classic literature and philosophy; surprising new scientific findings; and the uplifting personal stories of real-life “lifequesters”—people who are breaking away from those old broken paths, blazing fresh trails, and reveling in every step along the way. “There is a movement afoot for a better life and Colin Beavan is its prophet, with a new book as powerful as his already classic No Impact Man.”—John de Graaf, coauthor of Affluenza

Author: Darrin Nordahl
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 161091550X
Size: 42.22 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Plum and pear trees shade park benches in Kamloops, British Columbia. Tomatoes and cucumbers burst forth from planters at City Hall in Provo, Utah. Strawberries and carrots flourish along the sunny sidewalks of a Los Angeles neighborhood. The idea that public land could be used creatively to grow fresh food for local citizens was beginning to gain traction when Public Produce was first published in 2009, but there were few concrete examples of action. Today, things are different: fruits and vegetables are thriving in parks, plazas, along our streets, and around our civic buildings. This revised edition of Public Produce profiles the many communities and community officials that are rethinking the role of public space in cities, and shows how places as diverse as parking lots and playgrounds can sustain health and happiness through fresh produce. But these efforts produce more than food. Revitalizing urban areas, connecting residents with their neighborhoods, and promoting healthier lifestyles are just a few of the community goods we harvest from growing fruits and vegetables in our public gathering spots. Taking readers from inspiration to implementation, Public Produce is chock full of tantalizing images and hearty lessons for bringing agriculture back into our cities.

Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
Publisher: Sunflower Press
ISBN: 9789850051134
Size: 40.45 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Fiction
Languages : ar
Pages : 200
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تتبع القصة راتشيل اينيس وهي تحبط سلسلة من الجرائم الغريبة في منزل صيفي استأجرته مع ابنة أختها وابن أخيها. في الليلة الأولى ، هناك راشيل ، هناك شخص غامض وخطير يسقط على الدرج في منتصف الليل. الليلة الثانية هناك جريمة قتل ، ويختفي بعض الضيوف. تحدث العديد من التطورات الأخرى على غضب السكان.

Author: د هـ لورانس
Publisher: Al-Karma Books
ISBN: 9776467806
Size: 56.88 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Fiction
Languages : ar
Pages : 424
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· من أهم الروايات العالمية · النسخة الأصلية · تحولت لعدة أفلام سينمائية · «قنبلة، وليس كتابًا» الجارديان · «نقطة تحول مهمة في التاريخ» الأوبزرفر · «لم يكتب أحد قَطُّ أفضل من لورانس عن صراع الجنس والحب» دوريس لسينج (جائزة نوبل في الآداب) لهذه الرواية قصة مثيرة وطويلة، تتجدَّد ضجتها في كل مرَّة تُنشَر فيها بأيٍّ من لغات العالم، وكل مرَّة تُصوَّر سينمائيًّا، وكل مرَّة تُرفَع دعوى من أجل منع تداولها. والأكيد أنها بقيت واحدة من أهم روايات القرن العشرين، وأكثرها تأثيرًا، منذ نُشرت لأول مرَّة في طبعة خاصة عام 1928. قصة العلاقة الجسدية (والعاطفية) التي ربطت بين «الليدي تشاترلي» - وهي امرأة من الطبقة العليا وزوجة «السير تشاترلي» - ورجل من الطبقة العاملة، حكاها «لورانس» في ثلاث نسخ مختلفة، واتفق معظم النقاد على أن الصياغة الأولى لها هي الأفضل، عند نشرها لأول مرة عام 1944. وإننا إذ نقدِّم للقارئ هذه النسخة الأصلية من الرواية، فإننا نقدِّم ما أجمع النقاد على أنه قمة في الإبداع، وخلاصة فكر «لورانس» حول العلاقة بين العقل والجسد، وصراع الطبقات، والتحديث والطبيعة، فنتعرف من خلال هذه القراءة على واحد من أروع من صاغوا الكلمة فنًّا.

Author: Don Colbert
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1616387076
Size: 39.15 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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We live in a toxic world. And with disasters like the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010 and the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan that has resulted in nuclear fallout, it is only getting more toxic by the day. But there is hope! In Toxic Relief, Dr. Colbert shows you how to deep-cleanse you body right down to the cellular level to renew your vitality, restore your energy, reclaim your health, shed toxic fat, lengthen your life, and give you a healthy glow you haven’t had in years.

Author: Vanessa Farquharson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470736925
Size: 57.73 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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No one likes listening to smug hippies bragging about how they don't use toilet paper, or worse yet, lecturing about the evils of plastic bags and SUVs. But most of us do want to lessen our ecological footprint. With this in mind, Farquharson takes on the intense personal challenge of making one green change to her lifestyle every single day for a year to ultimately figure out what's doable and what's too hardcore. Vanessa goes to the extremes of selling her car, unplugging the fridge, and washing her hair with vinegar, but she also does easy things like switching to an all-natural lip balm. All the while, she is forced to reflect on what it truly means to be green. Whether confronting her environmental hypocrisy or figuring out the best place in her living room for a compost bin full of worms and rotting cabbage, Vanessa writes about her foray into the green world with self-deprecating, humorous, and accessible insight. This isn't a how-to book of tips, it's not about being eco-chic; it's an honest look at what happens when an average girl throws herself into the murkiest depths of the green movement. Reviews “A humorous, self-deprecating tale of the crazy things that happen to normal people when they take the green plunge. Vanessa Farquharson will have you wanting to try your own experiments, too, because she shows how easy some of these planet-saving changes can be.” —Alisa Smith, co-author of The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating “By spending a year putting the planet’s needs as a top priority, Vanessa Farquharson’s search for love and connection leads her to happiness she never thought she could know. An entertaining approach to ‘greenlightenment,’ Sleeping Naked Is Green will surely inspire other skeptics to find their inner environmentalist.” —Gillian Deacon, author of Green for Life “One step a day doesn't seem like much, but over the course of a whole year it adds up to a world of difference. This isn't just a well-written and fun book about going green, it is about watching a personal transformation. Being inspired was never so entertaining.” —Lloyd Alter, TreeHugger.com