Download or read book Seeds of a Different Eden written by Yu Liu and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeds of a Different Eden is a pathbreaking multidisciplinary study of the influence of Chinese gardening concepts on the English landscaping revolution of the early eighteenth century and the resulting germination of new theories of beauty and art, which took form in the works of Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, and Lord Shaftesbury and culminated in the aesthetic revolution of Immanuel Kant.
Download or read book Seeds of Eden written by A. P. Watson and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visions of decapitated corpses, pools of blood, and a masked executioner have haunted Evey for as long as she can remember. Torn between a life in the waking world and dreams of the dead, she realizes her normal existence is nothing more than an illusion. As the veil between reality and her subconscious dissipates, she begins to question her own sanity. Each night as she closes her eyes, she wonders what wrongs she committed to warrant such a curse.When a handsome stranger suddenly appears in Evey's life, he is able to provide her with the answers she seeks. However, the only thing more mystifying than Conrad's appearance in one of her nightmares is the undeniable attraction she feels for him. It is only when he confesses their fates and souls have been intertwined for centuries that an ancient secret is revealed. Now, the two of them must outrun a great darkness or it will claim their lives again.
Download or read book Seeds of Hope written by Jane Goodall and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a fascinating examination of the critical role that trees and plants play in our world. From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a fascinating examination of the critical role that trees and plants play in our world. Seeds of Hope takes us from Goodall's home in England to her home-away-from-home in Africa, deep inside the Gombe forest, where she and the chimpanzees are enchanted by the fig and plum trees they encounter. She introduces us to botanists around the world, as well as places where hope for plants can be found, such as The Millennium Seed Bank. She shows us the secret world of plants with all their mysteries and potential for healing our bodies as well as Planet Earth. Looking at the world as an adventurer, scientist, and devotee of sustainable foods and gardening--and setting forth simple goals we can all take to protect the plants around us--Goodall delivers an enlightening story of the wonders we can find in our own backyards.
Download or read book Archiving Eden written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spurred Spurred by the impending completion of the Svarlbard Global Seed Vault, Archiving Eden explores the role of seed banks and their preservation efforts in the face of climate c hange, the extinction of natural species, and decreased agricultural diversity. Serving as a global botanical backup system, these privately and publicly funded institutions assure the opportunity for the reintroduction of species should a catastrophic event or civil strife affect a key ecosystem somewhere in the world. Since 2008, Dornith Doherty has worked in collaboration with renowned biologists at the most comprehensive international seed banks in the world: the United States D epartment of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service's National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in Colorado, USA, the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the UK.; and PlantBank, Threatened Flora Centre, and Kings Park Botanic G ardens in Australia. Utilising the archives' on - site X - ray equipment that is routinely used for viability assessments of accessioned seeds, Doherty documents and subsequently collages the seeds and tissue samples stored in these crucial collections. The am azing visual power of magnified X - ray images, which springs from the technology's ability to record what is invisible to the human eye, illuminates her considerations not only of the complex philosophical, anthropological, and ecological issues surrounding the role of science and human agency in relation to gene banking, but also of the poetic questions about life and time on a macro and micro scale. Doherty is struck by the power of these tiny plantlets and seeds (many are the size of a grain of sand) to g enerate life and to endure the time span central to the process of seed banking, which seeks to make these sparks last for two hundred years or more. Use of the colour delft/indigo blue evokes references not only to the process of cryogenic preservation, c entral to the methodology of saving seeds, but also to the intersection of East and West, trade, cultural exchange, and migration. This tension between stillness and change reflects her focus on the elusive goal of stopping time in relation to living mater ials, which at some moment, we may all want to do.
Download or read book Uncertain Peril written by Claire Hope Cummings and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life on earth is facing unprecedented challenges from global warming, war, and mass extinctions. The plight of seeds is a less visible but no less fundamental threat to our survival. Seeds are at the heart of the planet's life-support systems. Their power to regenerate and adapt are essential to maintaining our food supply and our ability to cope with a changing climate. In Uncertain Peril, environmental journalist Claire Hope Cummings exposes the stories behind the rise of industrial agriculture and plant biotechnology, the fall of public interest science, and the folly of patenting seeds. She examines how farming communities are coping with declining water, soil, and fossil fuels, as well as with new commercial technologies. Will genetically engineered and "terminator" seeds lead to certain promise, as some have hoped, or are we embarking on a path of uncertain peril? Will the "doomsday vault" under construction in the Arctic, designed to store millions of seeds, save the genetic diversity of the world's agriculture? To answer these questions and others, Cummings takes readers from the Fertile Crescent in Iraq to the island of Kaua'i in Hawai'i; from Oaxaca, Mexico, to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. She examines the plight of farmers who have planted transgenic seeds and scientists who have been persecuted for revealing the dangers of modified genes. At each turn, Cummings looks deeply into the relationship between people and plants. She examines the possibilities for both scarcity and abundance and tells the stories of local communities that are producing food and fuel sustainably and providing for the future. The choices we make about how we feed ourselves now will determine whether or not seeds will continue as a generous source of sustenance and remain the common heritage of all humanity. It comes down to this: whoever controls the future of seeds controls the future of life on earth. Uncertain Peril is a powerful reminder that what's at stake right now is nothing less than the nature of the future.
Download or read book The Seeds of Eden written by Harper Woods and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-02 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Privileged Secrets is a fictional trilogy based on real-life truths, beginning with Book One, Seeds of Eden. It begins with Erica, a humble cleaning woman who gains entry into a secret room inside the headquarters of a large religious cult - a room only three privileged cult elders have access to. In it, she discovers thousands of files of covered-up sexual abuse cases within the church, mostly children, and also finds ancient seeds dating all the way back to the Garden of Eden. These seeds contain the power to either restore humanity's dying condition or be humanity's demise, depending on who uses and controls them. The book keeps the reader on the edge of their seat through murders, romance and espionage as Erica journeys from New York to the Himalayas, repeatedly putting her own life on the line, as the truth about these ancient seeds unfold more and more shocking secrets. If disclosed, these secrets will uncover how sexual abuse - and all abuse of power - originated in the first place and the corrupt agenda behind its continuation. Evocative of the Da Vinci Code©, this suspense-filled conflict between good and evil, love and fear and life and death takes you back to the Garden of Eden and shatters everything you thought you knew about the origin of humankind.
Download or read book Underwater Eden written by Gregory S. Stone and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It was the first time I’d seen what the ocean may have looked like thousands of years ago.” That’s conservation scientist Gregory S. Stone talking about his initial dive among the corals and sea life surrounding the Phoenix Islands in the South Pacific. Worldwide, the oceans are suffering. Corals are dying off at an alarming rate, victims of ocean warming and acidification—and their loss threatens more than 25 percent of all fish species, who depend on the food and shelter found in coral habitats. Yet in the waters off the Phoenix Islands, the corals were healthy, the fish populations pristine and abundant—and Stone and his companion on the dive, coral expert David Obura, determined that they were going to try their best to keep it that way. Underwater Eden tells the story of how they succeeded, against great odds, in making that dream come true, with the establishment in 2008 of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA). It’s a story of cutting-edge science, fierce commitment, and innovative partnerships rooted in a determination to find common ground among conservationists, business interests, and governments—all backed up by hard-headed economic analysis. Creating the world’s largest (and deepest) UNESCO World Heritage Site was by no means easy or straightforward. Underwater Eden takes us from the initial dive, through four major scientific expeditions and planning meetings over the course of a decade, to high-level negotiations with the government of Kiribati—a small island nation dependent on the revenue from the surrounding fisheries. How could the people of Kiribati, and the fishing industry its waters supported, be compensated for the substantial income they would be giving up in favor of posterity? And how could this previously little-known wilderness be transformed into one of the highest-profile international conservation priorities? Step by step, conservation and its priorities won over the doubters, and Underwater Eden is the stunningly illustrated record of what was saved. Each chapter reveals—with eye-popping photographs—a different aspect of the science and conservation of the underwater and terrestrial life found in and around the Phoenix Islands’ coral reefs. Written by scientists, politicians, and journalists who have been involved in the conservation efforts since the beginning, the chapters brim with excitement, wonder, and confidence—tempered with realism and full of lessons that the success of PIPA offers for other ambitious conservation projects worldwide. Simultaneously a valentine to the diversity, resilience, and importance of the oceans and a riveting account of how conservation really can succeed against the toughest obstacles, Underwater Eden is sure to enchant any ocean lover, whether ecotourist or armchair scuba diver.
Download or read book Discovering the Word of Wisdom written by Jane Birch and published by Fresh Awakenings. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a lively exploration of the amazing revelation known to Mormons as the “Word of Wisdom.” It counsels us how and what we should eat to reach our highest potential, both physically and spiritually. New and surprising insights are presented through the perspective of what has been proven to be the healthiest human diet, a way of eating supported both by history and by science: a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet. WFPB vegetarian diets have been scientifically proven to both prevent and cure chronic disease, help you achieve your maximum physical potential, and make it easy to reach and maintain your ideal weight. In this book, you’ll find the stories of dozens of people who are enjoying the blessings of following a Word of Wisdom diet, and you’ll get concrete advice on how to get started! You will discover: What we should and should not eat to enjoy maximum physical health. How food is intimately connected to our spiritual well being. Why Latter-day Saints are succumbing to the same chronic diseases as the rest of the population, despite not smoking, drinking, or doing drugs. How the Word of Wisdom was designed specifically for our day. How you can receive the “hidden treasures” and other blessings promised in the Word of Wisdom. Why eating the foods God has ordained for our use is better not just for our bodies, but for the animals and for the earth. You may think you know what the Word of Wisdom says, but you’ll be amazed at what you have missed. Learn why Mormons all over the world are “waking up” to the Word of Wisdom!
Download or read book Eden Revisited written by Umberto Pasti and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lovingly photographed tour of internationally renowned writer Umberto Pasti's famous hillside garden in Morocco. Italian writer and horticulturist Umberto Pasti's passion for the wild flora of Tangier and its surrounding region led him to create his world-famous garden, Rohuna, where he has transplanted thousands of plants rescued from construction sites with the aid of men from the village. Planted between two small houses is the Garden of Consolation: a series of rooms and terraces with lush vegetation, some rendering homage to the paintings of Henri Rousseau, others inspired by invented characters. Surrounding the Garden of Consolation are the Wild Garden and a hillside devoted to the wild flowering bulbs of northern Morocco, where indigenous species of narcissus, iris, crocus, scilla, gladiolus, and others bloom. With its stunning vistas and verdant fields, Rohuna is a garden of incomparable beauty with the mission to preserve the botanical richness of the region. Captured here in detail by celebrated photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo, the poetic beauty of this special and unique place is lovingly rendered for all the world to see and share.
Download or read book Seeds of Eden written by Robert Osborn and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathew. A young man formerly of Earth. Part of the original team tasked to stop the abuse of Earth's resources that would lead to the planets destruction. Now Mathew is on the planet Bara. Sent there from Earth to save the royal family and a Princess he is destined to marry from the Pache war machine. His mission successful, he has joined with the android warrior Lord Logan to find the source of a killer virus now infecting his new family and the people there. They must find the source and secure a vaccine before all those infected, including his princess bride and the Queen perish. As their search begins, centuries old prophecies come into play that require all of Mathew's skills and abilities. Each one a fulfillment of a peoples hopes and prayers and only something that Mathew himself can solve. As new adventures and battles begin and as more prophecies unfold. Mathew faces changes and challenges he has no control over. All too soon he discovers his life and the lives of those he loves are being changed forever and he has no way of stopping the changes.
Download or read book Seeds of Eden written by Robert Osborn and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SEEDS OF EDEN First Born Eden. Once the home and Mother Planet for the Edenites. A planet rich in everything imaginable. But, they took from it until it had no more to give. And only when the planet began to die, did they realize what they had done. By then it was too late. Now uninhabitable. Their population dispersed among the sister planets and throughout the star system. It took them hundreds of years to find suitable life sustaining planets for all of their people. Some were chosen as seed planets. Earth was one of them Earth. Once alive with all kinds of life forms. Early Man. Dinosaurs and so much plant life. All destroyed when Meteors slammed into the planet. After Thousands of years, slowly coming back to life. A thriving ecosystem, with abundant plant and sea life. Found by the Edenites in their search for suitable life sustaining planets. Chosen as a seed planet. Its new population transplanted onto the planet. Waking one day to their new world, only to them it was just another day. Left alone for hundreds of years until the Edenites could return to check on them. When the Edenites returned, they found that Earths inhabitants were doing to their planet what they had done to Eden. Something had to be done to prevent them from destroying her. And so, they chose to place some of their own on the planet Earth in hopes that they could turn around the destructive path taken by those already there. And now, the clock was ticking. They could and would only tolerate so much before they would take action. Action that could mean the end of the humans on Earth in order to save the planet. Mathew. A child placed on Earth to an Edenite family already there and waiting on him. They have prepared well for him. He grew up as an earthling. Taught in their ways and in the ways of the Edenites. Finally of age. A young man. Now it is time for his parents to leave Earth. He will be on his own now, except for his android teachers and a master computer called Trainer. Will they be enough to make the difference? Can he overcome the tremendous odds against him? Will they listen? Will he survive long enough to convince them? The adventure begins.
Download or read book A Patch of Eden written by H. Patricia Hynes and published by Chelsea Green Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a place in the inner city where flowers and vegetables grow, and trees flourish. H. Patricia Hynes tells the stories of America's urban gardeners, who are transforming rubble-strewn lots in more than 200 cities across the nation into wonderful neighborhood sanctuaries. By describing in detail successful community garden projects in Harlem, North Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco, Hynes celebrates an innovative form of urban renewal that is undertaken with seeds, soil, and sweat. These gardens cool and cleanse the air, soften the noise from traffic and factories, collect rainwater that would otherwise drain away into storm sewers, and provide habitat for songbirds and butterflies. A Patch of Eden brings you an ecological story of heroic dimensions. In what might seem to be the most unlikely of places, expert gardeners like Bernadette Cozart, Cathrine Sneed, Rachel Bagby, and Dan Underwood are working with children, elders, immigrants, inmates, low-income people, and no-income people to create gardens that are overflowing with flowers and food. Here is a glimpse of the cities of the future.
Download or read book Seeds of Eden written by R. Osborn and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eden. Once the home and Mother Planet for the Edenites. A planet rich in everything imaginable. But, they took from it until it had no more to give. And only when the planet began to die, did they realize what they had done. By then it was too late. Their planet now uninhabitable. Their population dispersed among the sister planets and throughout the star system. It took them hundreds of years to find suitable life sustaining planets for all of their people. Earth. Once alive with all kinds of life forms. Early Man. Dinosaurs and so much plant life. All destroyed when Meteors slammed into the planet. After Thousands of years, slowly coming back to life. Found by the Edenites in their search for suitable life sustaining planets. Chosen as a seed planet. It's new population transplanted onto the planet. Waking one day to their new world. Only to them it was just another day. When the Edenites returned, they found that the inhabitants were doing to Earth, what they had done to Eden. Something had to be done to prevent this. They made their decision. Now, the clock was ticking. Mathew. A child placed on Earth to an Edenite family already there and waiting on him. They have prepared well for him. Will he be enough. Finally of age. A young man. His parents leave Earth. He will be on his own now, except for his android teachers and a master computer called Trainer. Can he overcome the tremendous odds against him. Will they listen. Will he survive long enough to convince them. The adventure begins.
Download or read book Eden s Endemics written by Elizabeth Callaway and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past thirty years biodiversity has become one of the central organizing principles through which we understand the nonhuman environment. Its deceptively simple definition as the variation among living organisms masks its status as a hotly contested term both within the sciences and more broadly. In Eden’s Endemics, Elizabeth Callaway looks to cultural objects—novels, memoirs, databases, visualizations, and poetry— that depict many species at once to consider the question of how we narrate organisms in their multiplicity. Touching on topics ranging from seed banks to science fiction to bird-watching, Callaway argues that there is no set, generally accepted way to measure biodiversity. Westerners tend to conceptualize it according to one or more of an array of tropes rooted in colonial history such as the Lost Eden, Noah’s Ark, and Tree-of-Life imagery. These conceptualizations affect what kinds of biodiversities are prioritized for protection. While using biodiversity as a way to talk about the world aims to highlight what is most valued in nature, it can produce narratives that reinforce certain power differentials—with real-life consequences for conservation projects. Thus the choices made when portraying biodiversity impact what is visible, what is visceral, and what is unquestioned common sense about the patterns of life on Earth.
Download or read book Seeds of Eden written by Liana Kangas and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: POPPING BOTTLES IN A TECHNICOLOR INTERGALACTIC COLONY. Space pioneer Elaine attempts to cultivate a colony on Jupiter with humanity's hopes for a self-sustaining, renewable future world, but ends up sowing the seeds to a false Eden instead. A dystopian tale of what happens when artificial intelligence is tested against human ingenuity, and one woman's journey discovering to find the little pieces of paradise on earth.
Download or read book Seeds of Eden written by Robert Osborn and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathew Mathew was brought to earth some years earlier as a newborn to be raised like a normal human by his Edenite parents. After a few setbacks, brought on by those who left him for dead, he has recovered and even surpassed the expectations of his trainers. After a short venture out, he soon learns how dangerous life and living on planet earth really is. His Mission His real purpose is to convince humans they cannot continue to abuse their planet and its resources without causing its eventual destruction. Just like his home planet was destroyed when his ancestors did the same. The council of planets, unknown to humans, is looking down on Earth and making decisions about its future and eventual destruction is not one of them. Finding a Way Mathew has teamed up with FBI special ops leader Brad Bowen, who is beginning to believe and accept his reasons for being there. Together, they will work to stop active terrorist attempts to kill innocents and bring down the government. All while the U.S. Military is actively trying to capture Mathew, using his new friends at the FBI to get to him. More than Human Their efforts appear to be working until they are caught up in a terrorist bomb explosion. Now Mathews trainers must try to salvage something from the explosion. Both men are severely injured and must be rebuilt by the android trainers that worked with Mathew after his first encounter with death. If the operations are successful, both men will be as much android as they are human. Area 51 With a need for reinforcements, they begin recruiting war-wounded veterans, with the intention of repairing their injuries and turning them into super warriors much like themselves. They need a work area for training and rehab and the government has just such a place. It will take some convincing to get them to agree to open up the base for them to share it and transform those they have selected into a new select fighting force.
Download or read book Seeds of Eden written by Robert Osborn and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SEEDS OF EDEN (Prince of Bara) Book three in the Seeds of Eden Series The Edenite plan to change the way humans treat the planet Earth and its resources is showing promise. Brad Bowen, former team leader of a FBI special ops team and four former military members now recovered from their enhancement surgeries are now pushing to recruit more team members to work alongside them in the fight against terrorism and extremism. Construction of an entry point for Edenite equipment at the Area 51 base in Nevada is underway along with a new training center and rehab facility for the new recruits. Technology sharing with the military has begun. Brad and his team are enlisted to assist in the battle against drug operations at sea and freeing hostages. Mathew is on his way to the planet Bara. There he will face off against those who would destroy the very ones he has been sent protect. Still yet unaware of the forces and the prophecies that will shape his arrival and his future. As the battles begin and the prophecies unfold, will he be enough on his own to win them and meet the new challenges he will face. Challenges that he has no control over. Challenges that will soon change his life and the lives of those he loves forever.
