human ecology

Presents a comprehensive plan for saving the environment by addressing population, technology, and education.

Teaches children the five dimensions of geography: place, location, human-environment interactions, movement, and regions.

Few sciences have been as much in the news as this one, which is concerned with the health of our planet.

Presents the dimensions of consumption, including diapers worn as a baby, bread eaten in a lifetime, and recycled cans, and explains how to create a sustainable way of living.

Anastasia, a Siberian woman, shares her thoughts with the author about living with nature, telling him her views on spirituality, creation, the world, God, sexuality, diet, health, gardening and ecology, poetry, music and more, while sending a message of love, faith, longing and a sharp mind are what is needed to shape the world.

"In the 1990s, scientists lived inside Biosphere 2 (Biosphere 1 is the Earth itself) for two years, trying to figure out if colonizing Mars would ever be possible. Now scientists don't live there but instead conduct all sorts of studies and experiments aimed to help us better understand our environment and especially understand what sort of things are happening to it due to climate change and other man-made problems. It's a unique take on the 'Scientists in the Field' mission statement - in this case, the field/lab is a replica that allows the scientists to conduct large scale experiments that would otherwise be impossible."--Provided by publisher.

Explores what life can be like for people living beside the ocean, discussing the dangers of ocean living, as well as the benefits and fun people can have living on a beach.

"Reveals that a major cyberattack on America's power grid is not only possible but likely, and that it would be devastating."--Dust jacket.