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Book Recycled Realities

Download or read book Recycled Realities written by John Willis and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Near the homes of photographers John Willis and Tom Young is a paper mill that sits in the otherwise pristine and picturesque climes of western Massachusetts. For Willis and Young, this site is one of both aesthetic and philosophical contradictions: despite its verdant locale, the mill with its ominous smoke stacks and countless bales of discarded paper brings to mind the dreariness of industrialization and the impermanence of life itself. But the factory is actually one where such litter is reborn as reusable paper. Willis and Young s stunning black-and-white images, collected in this unforgettable volume, transform this mill and the innumerable mounds of recyclable waste it processes daily into an indelible and evocative landscape. "Recycled Realities" is not a jeremiad foretelling the consequences of excessive waste, rampant pollution, or unbridled consumption, but rather a profound meditation on the hidden meanings and connections that linger beneath the debris and detritus of everyday life. These astonishing and often surreal photos of discarded paper from the printed world trace the processes of emergence, revelation, and redemption that make the cycle of life possible. In their photographs, Willis and Young take that which we have discarded and create new forms of being in and of themselves: vibrant and ultimately life-affirming portraits of who we are as people and the realities that we constantly build and rebuild all around us."

Book One Plastic Bag

Download or read book One Plastic Bag written by Miranda Paul and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Njau, Gambia, discarded plastic bags littered the roads. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. But Isatou Ceesay found a way to recycle the bags and transform her community. An inspirational true story.

Book The Realities of Recycling

Download or read book The Realities of Recycling written by Jacquelyn M. Burke and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Real Thing

Download or read book The Real Thing written by Mady Schutzman and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative investigation of the links between contemporary advertising images and 19th-century medical discourse.

Book Energy and the New Reality 1

Download or read book Energy and the New Reality 1 written by Danny Harvey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 1347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reducing and managing humanity's demand for energy is a fundamental part of the effort to mitigate climate change. In this, the most comprehensive textbook ever written on the subject, L.D. Danny Harvey lays out the theory and practice of how things must change if we are to meet our energy needs sustainably. The book begins with a succinct summary of the scientific basis for concern over global warming, then outlines energy basics and current patterns and trends in energy use. This is followed by a discussion of current and advanced technologies for the generation of electricity from fossil fuels. The book then considers in detail how energy is used, and how this use can be dramatically reduced, in the following end-use sectors: - buildings - transportation - industry - food and agriculture - municipal services The findings from these sector-by-sector assessments are then applied to generate scenarios of how global energy demand could evolve over the coming decades with full implementation of the identified and economically-feasible energy-saving potential. The book ends with a brief discussion of policies that can be used to reduce energy demand, but also addresses the limits of technologically-based improvements in efficiency in moderating demand and of the need to re-think some of our underlying assumptions concern ends with a brief discusing what we really need. Along with its companion volume on C-free energy supply, and accompanied by extensive supplementary online material, this is an essential resource for students and practitioners in engineering, architecture, environment and energy related fields. Online material includes: Excel-based computational exercises, teaching slides for each chapter, links to free software tools.

Book Recycled Realities

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Willis
  • Publisher : George F Thompson Publishing
  • Release : 2015-09
  • ISBN : 9781938086311
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Recycled Realities written by John Willis and published by George F Thompson Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Near the homes of photographers John Willis and Tom Young is a paper mill that sits in the otherwise pristine and picturesque climes of western Massachusetts. For Willis and Young, this site is one of both aesthetic and philosophical contradictions: despite its verdant locale, the mill--with its smokestacks and countless bales of discarded paper--brings to mind the dreariness of industrialization and the impermanence of life itself. But the factory is actually one where such litter is reborn as reusable paper. Willis and Young's quadtone photographs transform this mill and the innumerable mounds of recyclable waste it processes daily into an indelible and evocative landscape. Recycled Realities is not a jeremiad foretelling the consequences of excessive waste, rampant pollution, or unbridled consumption but rather a profound meditation on the hidden connections and meanings that linger beneath the debris and detritus of everyday life. These unforgettable images of discarded paper from the printed world trace the processes of emergence, revelation, and redemption that make the cycle of life possible.

Book Folklore Recycled

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frank de Caro
  • Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • Release : 2013-05-30
  • ISBN : 1496806336
  • Pages : 253 pages

Download or read book Folklore Recycled written by Frank de Caro and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folklore Recycled: Old Traditions in New Contexts starts from the proposition that folklore—usually thought of in its historical social context as “oral tradition”—is easily appropriated and recycled into other contexts. That is, writers may use folklore in their fiction or poetry, taking plots, as an example, from a folktale. Visual artists may concentrate on depicting folk figures or events, like a ritual or a ceremony. Tourism officials may promote a place through advertising its traditional ways. Folklore may play a role in intellectual conceptualizations, as when nationalists use folklore to promote symbolic unity. Folklore Recycled discusses the larger issue of folklore being recycled into nonfolk contexts and proceeds to look at a number of instances of repurposing. Colson Whitehead’s novel John Henry Days is a literary text that recycles folklore but does so in a manner that examines a number of other uses of the American folk figure John Henry. The nineteenth-century members of the Louisiana branch of the American Folklore Society and the author Lyle Saxon in the twentieth century used African American folklore to establish personal connections to the world of the southern plantation and buttress their own social status. The writer Lafcadio Hearn wrote about folklore to strengthen his insider credentials wherever he lived. Photographers in Louisiana leaned on folklife to solidify local identity and to promote government programs and industry. Promoters of “unorthodox” theories about history have used folklore as historical document. Americans in Mexico took an interest in folklore for acculturation, for tourism promotion, for interior decoration, and for political ends. All of the examples throughout the book demonstrate the durability and continued relevance of folklore in every context it appears.

Book Reality Check

    Book Details:
  • Author : The World Bank
  • Publisher : World Bank Publications
  • Release : 2023-10-17
  • ISBN : 1464819971
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book Reality Check written by The World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To address the myriad challenges posed by global climate change, countries at all income levels have put in place a diverse set of policies over the past three decades. Many governments have already made significant progress in their efforts to decarbonize, creating a rich history of implementation experiences that provides important lessons for how to successfully advance climate policy goals in a variety of different economic, cultural, and political contexts. Despite this progress, the transition to a net zero future continues to face significant barriers, including the need for large investment, a lack of institutional capacity, and challenging political economy issues. Reality Check: Lessons from 25 Policies Advancing a Low-Carbon Future identifies key policy approaches that countries are taking to decarbonize their economies. The report classifies policies into five categories: • Planning for a future with zero net emissions • Getting the pricing and taxes right • Facilitating and triggering transitions in key systems, such as energy and food • Getting the finance flowing, particularly by incentivizing private sector investment • Ensuring a just transition that protects the poor. Reality Check: Lessons from 25 Policies Advancing a Low-Carbon Future fills a critical research gap by documenting low-carbon policy trends and providing a series of case studies across sectors and geographies. The 25 case studies furnish country contexts and policy details, examine results and impacts, and outline key takeaways and lessons learned for enabling further ambition in achieving emissions reductions. The report contributes to an evolving analytical agenda on how to reduce carbon emissions while achieving economic development and the strategic transition to a greener, more resilient, and more inclusive future.

Book The Recycled Bible

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fiona C. Black
  • Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 1589831462
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book The Recycled Bible written by Fiona C. Black and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Based on a True Story

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  • Author : Norm Macdonald
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2016-09-20
  • ISBN : 0812993632
  • Pages : 245 pages

Download or read book Based on a True Story written by Norm Macdonald and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Driving, wild and hilarious” (The Washington Post), here is the incredible “memoir” of the legendary actor, gambler, raconteur, and Saturday Night Live veteran. When Norm Macdonald, one of the greatest stand-up comics of all time, was approached to write a celebrity memoir, he flatly refused, calling the genre “one step below instruction manuals.” Norm then promptly took a two-year hiatus from stand-up comedy to live on a farm in northern Canada. When he emerged he had under his arm a manuscript, a genre-smashing book about comedy, tragedy, love, loss, war, and redemption. When asked if this was the celebrity memoir, Norm replied, “Call it anything you damn like.”

Book The Soda Bottle School

Download or read book The Soda Bottle School written by Laura Kutner and published by Tilbury House Publishers. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2016 EUREKA SILVER 2016 LIVING NOW AWARD, Books for Better LIving CBC Recommended Skipping Stones Honor Book In a Guatemalan village, students squished into their tiny schoolhouse, two grades to a classroom.

Book Resource Conservation and Recycling

Download or read book Resource Conservation and Recycling written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Recycling Markets

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  • Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book National Recycling Markets written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Realities and Futures of Work

Download or read book The Realities and Futures of Work written by David Peetz and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do we know about the current realities of work and its likely futures? What choices must we make and how will they affect those futures? Many books about the future of work start by talking about the latest technology, and focus on how technology is going to change the way we work. And there is no doubt that technology will have huge impacts. However, to really understand the direction in which work is going, and the impact that technology and other forces will have, we need to first understand where we are. This book covers topics ranging from the ‘mega-drivers of change’ at work, power, globalisation and financialisation, to management, workers, digitalisation, the gig economy, gender, climate change, regulation and deregulation. In doing this, it refers to some of the great works of science fiction. It demolishes several myths, such as that the employment relationship is doomed, that we are all heading to becoming ‘freelancers’ or ‘gig workers’ one day, that most jobs will be destroyed by technological change, that the growth in jobs will mainly be in STEM fields, that we will no longer value collectivism as we will all be ‘individuals’, or that the death of unionism is inevitable. The Realities and Futures of Work also rejects the idea of technological determinism—that whatever will be, will be, thanks to technological change—and so it refuses to accept that we simply need to prepare to adapt ourselves to the future by judicious training since there is nothing else we can do about it. Instead, this book provides a realistic basis for thinking about both the present and the future. It emphasises the choices we make, and the implications of those choices for the future of work.

Book Summary of Gregory Koukl   Nancy Pearcey s The Story of Reality

Download or read book Summary of Gregory Koukl Nancy Pearcey s The Story of Reality written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-03-27T22:59:00Z with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Christian Story starts with a person because the Story is about him. It does not start with gods, like some other stories, or with physical objects like the sun or the moon. It starts with one individual, infinite, perfect Person. #2 The Christian story is different from the Muslim story. God is not the supreme sovereign in the Christian story, but he is the tender subject of our love. We belong to God because he made us, but we are not simply objects that are owned. We are human beings who are precious to God. #3 The main point of the Story is that God owns everything and has proper authority to rule over everything he has made. The universe is not abandoned to the fates or the blind and brutal forces of the natural world, but is carefully managed by a King who is there for us. #4 The Kingdom of God is the main theme of the Story. It is the place where we find our deepest satisfaction and our greatest fulfillment. It is the only place where we can find true rest.

Book Resource Conservation and Recycling  Bearings Before the Subcommittee on Environment of

Download or read book Resource Conservation and Recycling Bearings Before the Subcommittee on Environment of written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Resource Conservation and Recycling  Bearings Before the Subcommittee on Environment of

Download or read book Resource Conservation and Recycling Bearings Before the Subcommittee on Environment of written by United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce Committee and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: