Kategoria BISAC: Technology & Engineering >> Environmental - General

'It is not a case of governments and companies putting royalties and profits before people; instead it is as though people don't matter at all ...'

In Mine-Field, Paul Cleary counts the true cost of Australia's mineral addiction.

Whether it be coal-seam gas, LNG or coal mega-mines, a resources rush is happening in just about every productive corner of our country. Yet at the same time oversight and regulation have been hollowed out. High-risk projects are being approved without proper assessment of the long-term consequences. Water resources, farmland and national...

Hybrid cars, fast trains, compact florescent light bulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets: Everything you've been told about living green is wrong. The quest for a breakthrough battery or a 100 mpg car are dangerous fantasies. We are consumers, and we like to consume green and efficiently. But David Owen argues that our best intentions are still at cross purposes to our true goal -...

This book offers a series of interviews with Canadian ranchers that highlight the innovative and effective ways that they manage vast swaths of grassland for two complementary goals: commercial viability and sustainable habitats. The book’s author is an academic who grew up among ranchers in the grasslands of Canada, and the expertise and viewpoints she has distilled from these interviews complement the academic literature in accessible and surprising ways . As these productive landscapes face increasingly perilous threats such as development, economic pressures, and extreme weather...

Die Integration der haustechnischen Anlagen ist ein wichtiger Aspekt bei der Planung des Architekten. Die Konzeptionierung von Versorgungsstrangen und Kreislaufen im Gebaude erfordert ein Verstandnis fur die Zusammenhange der Ver- und Entsorgung mit dem Element Wasser.
Hierbei geht es vor allem um die Zusammenhange der einzelnen Kreislaufelemente von der Versorgung mit Trinkwasser, den Verbrauchern im Haus und der Entsorgung von Abwasser bis hin zur Wiedernutzbarmachung von Abwassern. Das Thema der Wassereinsparung bildet dabei einen ubergeordneten Rahmen.

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