Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments

Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments
Martyn J. Fogg (Author)
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Ecotourism

• Rank: #2915314 in Books
• Published on: 1995-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 544 pages

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Humans call them Monument-Makers. An unknown race, they left stunning, alien statues encoded with strange inscriptions that defy translation scattered on distant planets throughout the galaxy. Searching for clues about the Monument-Makers, teams of twenty-third-century linguists, historians, engineers, and archaeologists have been excavating the enigmatic alien ruins on a number of planets, uncovering strange, massive false cities made of solid rock. But their time is running out: Earth's ravaged environment is quickly making it unlivable, and colonizers want to begin terraforming these abandoned worlds for human habitation. Only interstellar archaeologist Richard Wald and starship pilot Priscilla Hutchins are convinced that uncovering the secrets of the monuments may be the key to survival for the entire human race.

The Volunteer Traveler's Handbook

The Volunteer Traveler's Handbook
Shannon O'Donnell (Author)
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The Volunteer Traveler's Handbook guides new and veteran travelers through the challenges of finding, vetting, and choosing their ideal volunteer experience. The book's practical advice is interwoven with first-person narrative, stories from a wide range of volunteers, beautiful photography, and expert interviews to help interested volunteers find meaningful ways to give back to communities all over the world-through volunteering, but also through social enterprises and supporting sustainable tourism practices.

This handbook is filled with advice beyond merely where to volunteer, it delves deep into the industry and answers the questions you never thought to ask. The handbook covers: 

  - the psychology and ethics of volunteering.

• Rank: #32247 in Books
• Published on: 2012-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.50" h x .35" w x 5.51" l, .37 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 138 pages

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Volunteer Travelers Guide to Making a Difference Around the World will inspire and inform those who want to give back. Over 190 organisations listed and reviewed Seasoned volunteers share their experiences and top tips Tips on fundraising Full-color inspiration to plan the next short or long-term experience anywhere in the world

Exploring the Boundary Waters: A Trip Planner and Guide to the BWCAW

Exploring the Boundary Waters: A Trip Planner and Guide to the BWCAW
Daniel Pauly (Author)
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With more than 200,000 visitors annually, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is among the most alluring wilderness areas in the country, unique because it is most often explored by canoe. Comprised of more than one million acres, the BWCAW is an exceptional combination of expansive wilderness, abundant wildlife, and fascinating natural and human history. Exploring the Boundary Waters is the most comprehensive trip planner to the BWCAW, giving travelers an overview of each entry point into the wilderness area as well as detailed descriptions of more than one hundred specific routes - including a ranking of their difficulty level and maps that feature the major waterways, portages, and the designated campsites. The book is crafted so that readers can design their own route through the almost inexhaustible network of lakes and streams. Daniel Pauly, Boundary Waters expert, worked with the U.S. Forest Service, the Minnesota DNR, and local outfitters to gather information about how to obtain a permit, the rules and regulations of the park, safety tips, and how to help maintain the ecological integrity of the wilderness. As engaging as it is informative, Exploring the Boundary Waters not only contributes advice on the pros and cons of each route, but also brings the reader a natural and historical context for the journey by offering insight into the pictographs, mining sites, logging railroads, and ruins one may encounter throughout his or her expedition. With its accessible and personal style, Exploring the Boundary Waters is the perfect guide for anyone - novice or seasoned veteran - arranging a trip to the BWCAW. A companion Web site, http://www.boundarywatersguide.com, presents useful information that can be downloaded for planning a trip, including gear lists, overview maps, and route updates.

• Rank: #143779 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.00" h x .91" w x 7.09" l, 1.65 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 440 pages

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Exploring the Boundary Waters A Trip Planner And Guide To The BWCAW, ISBN-13: 9780816642168, ISBN-10: 0816642168

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Categories: Minnesota - Canoeing, kayaking and rafting - Guidebooks, Minnesota - Guidebooks. Contributors: Daniel Pauly - Author. Format: Paperback

Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth

Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth
Craig Childs (Author)
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The earth has died many times, and it always comes back looking different. In an exhilarating, surprising exploration of our planet, Craig Childs takes readers on a firsthand journey through apocalypse, touching the truth behind the speculation. Apocalyptic Planet is a combination of science and adventure that reveals the ways in which our world is constantly moving toward its end and how we can change our place within the cycles and episodes that rule it.
 
In this riveting narrative, Childs makes clear that ours is not a stable planet, that it is prone to sudden, violent natural disasters and extremes of climate. Alternate futures, many not so pretty, are constantly waiting in the wings. Childs refutes the idea of an apocalyptic end to the earth and finds clues to its more inevitable end in some of the most physically challenging places on the globe. He travels from the deserts of Chile, the driest in the world, to the genetic wasteland of central Iowa to the site of the drowned land bridge of the Bering Sea, uncovering the micro-cataclysms that predict the macro: forthcoming ice ages, super-volcanoes, and the conclusion of planetary life cycles. Childs delivers a sensual feast in his descriptions of the natural world and a bounty of unequivocal science that provides us with an unprecedented understanding of our future.

• Rank: #60693 in Books
• Published on: 2012-10-02
• Released on: 2012-10-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.52" h x 1.35" w x 6.41" l, 1.56 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 368 pages

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Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide To The Everending Earth

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Apocalyptic Planet : Field Guide to the Everending Earth, ISBN-13: 9780307379092, ISBN-10: 0307379094

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Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places

Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places
Andrew Blackwell (Author)
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For most of us, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth—Paris, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon. It’s rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canada’s oil sand strip mines, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen, legendary as the most polluted in the world. But in Visit Sunny Chernobyl, Andrew Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth.

From the hidden bars and convenience stores of a radioactive wilderness to the sacred but reeking waters of India, Visit Sunny Chernobyl fuses immersive first-person reporting with satire and analysis, making the case that it’s time to start appreciating our planet as it is—not as we wish it would be. Irreverent and reflective, the book is a love letter to our biosphere’s most tainted, most degraded ecosystems, and a measured consideration of what they mean for us. Equal parts travelogue, expose, environmental memoir, and faux guidebook, Blackwell careens through a rogue’s gallery of environmental disaster areas in search of the worst the world has to offer—and approaches a deeper understanding of what’s really happening to our planet in the process.

• Rank: #75584 in Books
• Published on: 2012-05-22
• Released on: 2012-05-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 6.40" w x 9.34" l, 1.28 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

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Categories: Staff Picks: Books We're Talking About, Pollution, This Month. Contributors: Andrew Blackwell - Author. Format: Paperback

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Environmental Studies-Pollution