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The Watering of California's Central Valley
The agricultural landscape of California was based on a complex system of aqueducts that created the illusion of “normal” climatic variation.
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Global Environments Summer Academy
The Global Environments Summer Academy (GESA) is designed to broaden and deepen the knowledge, networking, and communication skills of postgraduate students, professionals, and activists who are concerned about human dimensions of environmental challenges.
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Manoomin: The Taming of Wild Rice in the Great Lakes Region
Wild rice was “tamed” when domesticated in the 1950s, yet both cultivated and foraged wild rice face shared contemporary challenges.
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The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability
The Ecology of Commerce outlines the environmentally destructive aspects of many current business practices, and offers the vision of businesses adopting new practices to promote environmental restoration.
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Steady-State Economics
First published in 1977, Steady-State Economics caused a sensation because of Herman E. Daly’s radical view that “enough is best.”
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The Population Bomb
The Population Bomb criticizes overpopulation and advocates instant action to limit population growth. The author justifies his arguments with huge starvation threats and other trouble spots.
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Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?
Our Stolen Future examines the ways that certain synthetic chemicals interfere with hormones in humans and wildlife, especially in the development of the fetus in the womb.
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Walden; or Life in the Woods
First published in 1854, Walden details Thoreau’s experiences over the course of two years in a cabin amidst woodland near Walden Pond.
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Small Is Beautiful. A Study of Economics As If People Mattered
Small Is Beautiful was first published in 1973 and still offers a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance economic growth with the human costs of globalization.