Towards A Cleaner Planet

Author : Jaime Klapp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 354071345X
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Towards a Cleaner Planet written by Jaime Klapp and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-28 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the main energy sources, production problems and energy perspectives in Germany and Mexico. It surveys the status of traditional and alternative energy sources, including fossil fuels, nuclear, hydraulic, eolic, solar, and hydrogen cells. The book emphasizes the search for answers to such questions as What are the main problems of industries based on fossil fuels, and What is the present status of hydraulic and nuclear energy?

Author : Marc Zimmer
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books ™
ISBN 13 : 1541552601
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solutions for a Cleaner, Greener Planet written by Marc Zimmer and published by Twenty-First Century Books ™. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the most toxic materials on Earth—from arsenic to plutonium—occur naturally, but manufacturers have also used them in products such as paints, plumbing, pesticides, nuclear fuel, and weaponry. Without careful management, toxins can leach into groundwater or pollute our environment. Exposure to toxins leads to various cancers, impairment of the immune and reproductive systems, as well as cognitive problems. What can be done? Solutions include a wide range of infrastructure approaches, such as better water filtration, governmental and manufacturing regulations, outright bans on certain chemicals, careful monitoring, and the use of alternative fuels. Learn more about key contaminants and their impact on health, as well as solutions on a global and individual level.

Author : Daniel C. Esty
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030024889X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Better Planet written by Daniel C. Esty and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical, bipartisan call to action from the world’s leading thinkers on the environment and sustainability Sustainability has emerged as a global priority over the past several years. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and the adoption of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals through the United Nations have highlighted the need to address critical challenges such as the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, water shortages, and air pollution. But in the United States, partisan divides, regional disputes, and deep disagreements over core principles have made it nearly impossible to chart a course toward a sustainable future. This timely new book, edited by celebrated scholar Daniel C. Esty, offers fresh thinking and forward-looking solutions from environmental thought leaders across the political spectrum. The book’s forty essays cover such subjects as ecology, environmental justice, Big Data, public health, and climate change, all with an emphasis on sustainability. The book focuses on moving toward sustainability through actionable, bipartisan approaches based on rigorous analytical research.

Author : Indur M. Goklany
Publisher : Cato Institute
ISBN 13 : 1933995416
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Improving State of the World written by Indur M. Goklany and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2007-01-19 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people believe that globalization and its key components have made matters worse for humanity and the environment. Indur M. Goklany exposes this as a complete myth and challenges people to consider how much worse the world would be without them. Goklany confronts foes of globalization and demonstrates that economic growth, technological change and free trade helped to power a “cycle of progress” that in the last two centuries enabled unprecedented improvements in every objective measurement of human well-being. His analysis is accompanied by an extensive range of charts, historical data, and statistics. The Improving State of the World represents an important contribution to the environment versus development debate and collects in one volume for the first time the long-term trends in a broad array of the most significant indicators of human and environmental well-being, and their dependence on economic development and technological change. While noting that the record is more complicated on the environmental front, the author shows how innovation, increased affluence and key institutions have combined to address environmental degradation. The author notes that the early stages of development can indeed cause environmental problems, but additional development creates greater wealth allowing societies to create and afford cleaner technologies. Development becomes the solution rather than the problem.

Author : Diane Maceachern
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 9780440294030
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Save Our Planet written by Diane Maceachern and published by Dell. This book was released on 1991-12-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though you are just one person who may have never done anything extraordinary before, you can change the world. Did you know: * Every day the Earth receives enough solar energy to heat every home in the world for one year--free. * It takes twenty trees to keep one baby in disposable diapers for two years. * Of the billion pounds of pesticides used each year in the U.S., less than one percent reaches a pest. * The average American throws out their own weight in packaging every month. * If your office recycled one ton of the paper it uses, you'd be saving seventeen trees and keeping sixty pounds of air pollution out of the sky. There are hundreds of tips in this book, but don't let the numbers throw you. Even if you follow just one or two of the suggestions provided, tangible progress will be made towards restoring vitality to the Earth.

Author : Tristan Boyer Binns
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9781403468468
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clean Planet written by Tristan Boyer Binns and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2005 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on air and water pollution and how to stop it.

Author : Tom Heap
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473532795
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 39 Ways to Save the Planet written by Tom Heap and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We got ourselves into this. Here's how we can get ourselves out. We know the problem: the amount of biodiversity loss, the scale of waste and pollution, the amount of greenhouse gas we pump into the air... it's unsustainable. We have to do something. And we are resourceful, adaptable and smart. We have already devised many ways to reduce climate change - some now proven, others encouraging and craving uptake. Each one is a solution to get behind. In 39 Ways to Save the Planet, Tom Heap reveals some of the real-world solutions to climate change that are happening around the world, right now. From tiny rice seeds and fossil fuel free steel to grazing elk and carbon-capturing seagrass meadows, each chapter reveals the energy and optimism in those tackling the fundamental problem of our age. Accompanying a major BBC Radio 4 series in collaboration with the Royal Geographical Society, 39 Ways to Save the Planet is a fascinating exploration of our attempt to build a better future, one solution at a time. A roadmap to global action on climate change, it will encourage you to add your own solutions to the list.

Author : Paul Douglas
Publisher : Beaming Books
ISBN 13 : 150646890X
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Kid's Guide to Saving the Planet written by Paul Douglas and published by Beaming Books. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Earth is warming. The climate is changing. Sea levels are on the rise, and plastic is showing up... everywhere. We have every reason to be concerned about our planet, our only home. New inventions and technologies will help, but cleaning up the planet--saving the world--will require all of us to pay attention and take action. What can you do to help? Plenty! Despite what you may hear on the news, the situation isn't hopeless, and we aren't helpless. In this inspiring, informative book, nationally recognized meteorologist Paul Douglas clearly and thoughtfully presents the daunting problems of climate change. And he offers realistic solutions (including some that are already working!) and actions that kids can participate in now. It's imperative that we all step up and become part of the solution, by engaging in new, smarter ways of living.

Author : Karen Logan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671535951
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clean House Clean Planet written by Karen Logan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-use guide for everyone who is concerned about the toxic chemicals in cleaning products includes remarkably simple recipes for natural, non-toxic household cleaners that really work--the secrets the cleaning industry doesn't want consumers to know.

Author : Artie Knapp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983135579
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Green A Turtle's Quest for a Cleaner Planet written by Artie Knapp and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: