Download or read book How to Live on the Planet Earth written by Nanao Sakaki and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Asian American Studies. Foreword by Gary Snyder. If you have time to chatter Read books If you have time to read Walk into mountain, desert and ocean If you have time to walk Sing songs and dance If you have time to dance Sit quietly, you Happy Lucky Idiot
Download or read book Planet Earth written by Cesare Emiliani and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-08-28 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains why we have such a vast array of environments across the cosmos and on our own planet, and also a stunning diversity of plant and animal life on earth.
Download or read book Tipping Point for Planet Earth written by Anthony D. Barnosky and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four people are born every second of every day. Conservative estimates suggest that there will be 10 billion people on Earth by 2050. That is billions more than the natural resources of our planet can sustain without big changes in how we use and manage them. So what happens when vast population growth endangers the world’s food supplies? Or our water? Our energy needs, climate, or environment? Or the planet’s biodiversity? What happens if some or all of these become critical at once? Just what is our future? In Tipping Point for Planet Earth, world-renowned scientists Anthony Barnosky and Elizabeth Hadly explain the growing threats to humanity as the planet edges toward resource wars for remaining space, food, oil, and water. And as they show, these wars are not the nightmares of a dystopian future, but are already happening today. Finally, they ask: at what point will inaction lead to the break-up of the intricate workings of the global society? The planet is in danger now, but the solutions, as Barnosky and Hadly show, are still available. We still have the chance to avoid the tipping point and to make the future better. But this window of opportunity will shut within ten to twenty years. Tipping Point for Planet Earth is the wake-up call we need.
Download or read book Here We Are written by Oliver Jeffers and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestseller A TIME Magazine Best Book of the Year A NPR Best Book of 2017 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2017 "Moments of human intimacy jostle with scenes that inspire cosmic awe, and the broad diversity of Jeffers's candy-colored humans...underscores the twin messages that 'You're never alone on Earth' and that we're all in this together."--Publisher's Weekly (starred review) "A true work of art."--BuzzFeed Oliver Jeffers, arguably the most influential creator of picture books today, offers a rare personal look inside his own hopes and wishes for his child--and in doing so gifts children and parents everywhere with a gently sweet and humorous missive about our world and those who call it home. Insightfully sweet, with a gentle humor and poignancy, here is Oliver Jeffers' user's guide to life on Earth. He created it specially for his son, yet with a universality that embraces all children and their parents. Be it a complex view of our planet's terrain (bumpy, sharp, wet), a deep look at our place in space (it’s big), or a guide to all of humanity (don’t be fooled, we are all people), Oliver's signature wit and humor combine with a value system of kindness and tolerance to create a must-have book for parents. Praise for Here We Are: -"A sweet and tender distillation of what every Earthling needs to know and might well spend a lifetime striving to achieve. A must-purchase for new parent shelves"--School Library Journal -"From the skies to the animal kingdom to the people of the world and lots of other beautifully rendered examples of life on Earth, Here We Are carries a simple message: Be kind." --NPR -"[An] enchanting gem of a children's book"--NBC's Today Show -"A must-have book for parents."--Gambit -"A celebration of people all shapes and sizes, and of the beauty and mystery of our Earth."--Booklist -"...a beautifully illustrated guide to living on Earth and being a good person."--Brightly -[Here We Are] is a tour through the land, the sea, the sky, our bodies; dioramas of our wild diversity....[Jeffers] is the master of capturing the joy in our differences."--New York Times Book Review
Download or read book A World to Live In written by G. M. Woodwell and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scientist makes a powerful case that preservation of the integrity of the biosphere is a necessity and an inviolable human right. A century of industrial development is the briefest of moments in the half billion years of the earth's evolution. And yet our current era has brought greater changes to the earth than any period in human history. The biosphere, the globe's life-giving envelope of air and climate, has been changed irreparably. In A World to Live In, the distinguished ecologist George Woodwell shows that the biosphere is now a global human protectorate and that its integrity of structure and function are tied closely to the human future. The earth is a living system, Woodwell explains, and its stability is threatened by human disruption. Industry dumps its waste globally and makes a profit from it, invading the global commons; corporate interests overpower weak or nonexistent governmental protection to plunder the planet. The fossil fuels industry offers the most dramatic example of environmental destruction, disseminating the heat-trapping gases that are now warming the earth and changing the climate forever. The assumption that we can continue to use fossil fuels and “adapt” to climate disruption, Woodwell argues, is a ticket to catastrophe. But Woodwell points the way toward a solution. We must respect the full range of life on earth—not species alone, but their natural communities of plant and animal life that have built, and still maintain, the biosphere. We must recognize that the earth's living systems are our heritage and that the preservation of the integrity of a finite biosphere is a necessity and an inviolable human right.
Download or read book To Planet Earth written by Gina Bellisario and published by Millbrook Press ™. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth is truly amazing! It has giant glaciers, gorgeous canyons, and it's the only planet we know of with intelligent life. Ian is exploring Earth with his tour guide, Dr. Sally. Join them as they study ocean animals, the African savanna, and the chilly South Pole. Find out more about the planet we call home.
Download or read book I Am Earth written by James McDonald and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Am Earth introduces kids to the basic concepts of earth science while also encouraging the importance of taking care of our special planet through environmental awareness and sustainability. Keeping Earth a happy healthy place to live is important for everyone big and small. In this Earth science book for beginners, kids learn what makes our planet so uniquely special and how people can work together to keep it a healthy home.
Download or read book Back to Earth written by NICOLE. STOTT and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by insights gained in spaceflight, a NASA astronaut offers key lessons to empower Earthbound readers to fight climate change When Nicole Stott first saw Earth from space, she realized how interconnected we are and knew she had to help protect our planetary home. In Back to Earth, Stott imparts essential lessons in problem-solving, survival, and crisis response that each of us can practice to make change. She knows we can overcome differences to address global issues, because she saw this every day on the International Space Station. Stott shares stories from her spaceflight and insights from scientists, activists, and changemakers working to solve our greatest environmental challenges. She learns about the complexities of Earth's biodiversity from NASA engineers working to enable life in space and from scientists protecting life on Earth for future generations. Ultimately, Stott reveals how we each have the power to respect our planetary home and one another by living our lives like crewmates, not passengers, on an inspiring shared mission
Download or read book Planet Earth Is Blue written by Nicole Panteleakos and published by Wendy Lamb Books. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tender and illuminating. A beautiful debut." --Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me A heartrending and hopeful debut novel about a nonverbal girl and her passion for space exploration, for fans of See You in the Cosmos, Mockingbird, and The Thing About Jellyfish. Twelve-year-old Nova is eagerly awaiting the launch of the space shuttle Challenger--it's the first time a teacher is going into space, and kids across America will watch the event on live TV in their classrooms. Nova and her big sister, Bridget, share a love of astronomy and the space program. They planned to watch the launch together. But Bridget has disappeared, and Nova is in a new foster home. While foster families and teachers dismiss Nova as severely autistic and nonverbal, Bridget understands how intelligent and special Nova is, and all that she can't express. As the liftoff draws closer, Nova's new foster family and teachers begin to see her potential, and for the first time, she is making friends without Bridget. But every day, she's counting down to the launch, and to the moment when she'll see Bridget again. Because Bridget said, "No matter what, I'll be there. I promise."
Download or read book How to Survive on Planet Earth A Handbook for the Starseeds written by The Abbotts and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Survive on Planet Earth A Handbook for the Starseeds By The Abbotts This handbook is the ultimate survival manual for Starseeds incarnating to Earth for the first time. Written by The Abbotts but channelled by the wise and often humorous Elders from several distant constellations, it explains why human men and women act so irrationally, at times and how to 'fit in' and succeed on this highly unusual and dangerous third dimensional planet! Subjects covered include - sex, religion, work, family, friendships, psychic abilities and fantasy life. A must read for every person under 50 years of age! In 14pt print for easy reading and illustrated.
Download or read book Please Help Planet Earth written by Ladybird and published by Ladybird. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to protecting our planet, with tips and ideas to show children that even small changes can make a big difference to our world.
Download or read book You Can Change the World written by Ervin Laszlo and published by SelectBooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Can Change the World: The Global Citizen's Handbook for Living on Planet Earth should be required reading for anyone who cares about the future of the planet. Written by renowned scientist, futurist and Club of Budapest founder Ervin Laszlo, You Can Change the World answers two pertinent questions-first, what is at the root of all the conflict and crisis in today's world? And second, what can actually be done to move toward a world where we can live in peace, without marginalizing and killing each other and destroying the environment?A handbook that urges readers to become global citizens who aspire to live responsibly on this precious but highly exploited and crisis-prone planet, You Can Change the World provides a simple and basic message: in today's world it is neither wealth nor power, nor the control of territory and technology that make the crucial difference. How we think and act shapes our present and decides our future.
Download or read book The Unofficial Guide for Living Successfully on Planet Earth written by Barbra Gilman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-06-07 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planet Earth written by Jonathan Weiner and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1986 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, the companion book to the National Geographic TV series that will re-air in December 1986, revealing astonishing insights into the mysteries of the ocean depths, shifting continents, disastrous climate changes, new energy sources, and more. Illustrated in color and black-and-white throughout.
Download or read book Living Planet written by Frans Lanting and published by Crown. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of photographs and short essays highlighting the plants and animals of the Earth's various ecosystems.
Download or read book Planet Earth written by Christine Taylor-Butler and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth stands out as the only planet in the solar system that is known to support life. A True Book: Space series dives into the many components that make each planet distinctive and exceptional, as well as explore many of the other components that make up Space. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust resource section that encourages independent study. Even though this remarkable planet is our home, we still have plenty to learn about it. Readers will discover why Earth is so perfectly suited for hosting a variety of life forms. They will also learn how ancient philosophers used their observations to learn about Earth's role in the solar system and how modern scientists are studying the planet today.
Download or read book Terravision written by Page Bryant and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
