Brilliant Green
Title | Brilliant Green PDF eBook |
Author | Stefano Mancuso |
Publisher | Island Press |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2015-03-12 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1610916034 |
In this book, a leading plant scientist offers a new understanding of the botanical world and a passionate argument for intelligent plant life. Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? For centuries, philosophers and scientists have argued that plants are unthinking and inert, yet discoveries over the past fifty years have challenged this idea, shedding new light on the complex interior lives of plants. In Brilliant Green, leading scientist Stefano Mancuso presents a new paradigm in our understanding of the vegetal world. He argues that plants process information, sleep, remember, and signal to one another-showing that, far from passive machines, plants are intelligent and aware. Part botany lesson, part manifesto, Brilliant Green is an engaging and passionate examination of the inner workings of the plant kingdom.--
The Toxic Substances List
Title | The Toxic Substances List PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 998 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Hazardous substances |
ISBN |
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
Title | Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1402 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Industrial toxicology |
ISBN |
Bright Green Lies
Title | Bright Green Lies PDF eBook |
Author | Derrick Jensen |
Publisher | Monkfish Book Publishing |
Pages | 419 |
Release | 2021-03-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1948626403 |
“This disturbing but very important book makes clear we must dig deeper than the normal solutions we are offered.”—Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia Works "Bright Green Lies exposes the hypocrisy and bankruptcy of leading environmental groups and their most prominent cheerleaders. The best-known environmentalists are not in the business of speaking truth, or even holding up rational solutions to blunt the impending ecocide, but instead indulge in a mendacious and self-serving delusion that provides comfort at the expense of reality. They fail to state the obvious: We cannot continue to wallow in hedonistic consumption and industrial expansion and survive as a species. The environmental debate, Derrick Jensen and his coauthors argue, has been distorted by hubris and the childish desire by those in industrialized nations to sustain the unsustainable. All debates about environmental policy need to begin with honoring and protecting, not the desires of the human species, but with the sanctity of the Earth itself. We refuse to ask the right questions because these questions expose a stark truth—we cannot continue to live as we are living. To do so is suicidal folly. ‘Tell me how you seek, and I will tell you what you are seeking,’ the German philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein said. This is the power of Bright Green Lies: It asks the questions most refuse to ask, and in that questioning, that seeking, uncovers profound truths we ignore at our peril.”—Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of America: The Farewell Tour
Toxic Substances
Title | Toxic Substances PDF eBook |
Author | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1004 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Hazardous substances |
ISBN |
The Brilliant Ideas of Lily Green
Title | The Brilliant Ideas of Lily Green PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Siberry |
Publisher | Hardie Grant Publishing |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 2019-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1743586345 |
A dash of Judy Blume, a spoonful of secrets and a whole lot of fun get mixed up in this big-hearted debut by Ampersand Prize-winning author Lisa Siberry. Twelve-year-old Lily Green’s life is falling apart. Her best friend, Violet, is more interested in the latest shade of lip gloss than hanging out. Her enemy, Zoe, is determined to beat Lily in the school science competition – and win Violet’s friendship, too. Worst of all, Lily's precious family beauty salon – the last connection she has to her dad – has hit hard times, and her mum has decided to sell it. When Lily accidentally mixes up a string of wild and wonderful beauty products from the mysterious plants in her neighbour’s garden, she thinks she’s found the perfect way to save the salon – and get her best friend back. But are her inventions as beautiful as she thinks? And when things start turning … ugly … can Lily find the real ‘secret ingredient’ that will save the salon, seal her friendships, and win the school science competition? Beautifully written and full of warmth, this captivating middle-grade novel explores family, friendship and the true meaning of beauty. Shortlisted for the 2020 ABDA Best Designed Children's Fiction and the 2020 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
Title | Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances PDF eBook |
Author | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1026 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Industrial toxicology |
ISBN |
"This compilation will provide ready reference for potential toxicity of chemicals found in the workplace, and should be useful to occupational health physicians, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, and researchers." Alphabetical arrangement by substances. Entries include such details as molecular weight, Wiswesser Line Notation, synonyms, and reference from which data about toxicity derived. Miscellaneous appendixes, including one titled Aquatic toxicity. Bibliographic references.