Challenging the dominant design paradigm that centres humanity in its practice, Designing for Interdependence puts forward an ecocentric mode of designing that privileges a harmonious relationship between all life forms that share our planet. This book is about the practice of designing and design’s capacity to relate (or not) to beings of all kinds, human and others, in ways that are life-affirming. Sensitive to power differentials and the responsibility that this entails, Martín Ávila develops the notion of alter-natives, a concept that exposes the alterity of artificial things and the potential of these things to participate in the sustainment of natural environments. Proposing a design practice that encompasses humans, artificial things and other-than-human species in a 'poetics of relating', Ávila provides practices that support the rewilding necessary to maintaining cultural and biological diversity and the stabilization of planetary dynamics. The book features real-life projec
By the world-renowned seismologist, a riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to comeEarthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--they stem from the same forces that give our planet life. Earthquakes give us natural springs; volcanoes produce fertile soil. It is only when these forces exceed our ability to withstand them that they become disasters. Together they have shaped our cities and their architecture; elevated leaders and toppled governments; influenced the way we think, feel, fight, unite, and pray. The history of natural disasters is a history of ourselves.In The Big Ones, leading seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones offers a bracing look at some of the world's greatest natural disasters, whose reverberations we continue to feel today. At Pompeii, Jones explores how a volcanic eruption in the first century AD challenged prevailing views of religion. She examines the California floods of 1862 and the limits of
Cities play a pivotal but paradoxical role in the future of our planet. As world leaders and citizens grapple with the consequences of growth, pollution, climate change, and waste, urban sustainability has become a ubiquitous catchphrase and a beacon of hope. Yet we know little about how the concept is implemented in daily life, particularly with regard to questions of social justice and equity. This volume provides a unique and vital contribution to ongoing conversations about urban sustainability by looking beyond the promises, propaganda, and policies associated with the concept in order to explore both its mythic meanings and the practical implications in a variety of everyday contexts. The authors present ethnographic studies from cities in eleven countries and six continents. Each chapter highlights the universalized assumptions underlying interpretations of sustainability while elucidating the diverse and contradictory ways in which people understand, incorporate, advocate for,
Four billion years ago, there was no freedom on our planet, because there was no life. What kinds of freedom have evolved since the origin of life? Can there be freedom and free will in a determinist
The first graphic novel adaptation of Dune, the groundbreaking science-fiction classic by Frank Herbert―now in a deluxe collector’s editionDune, Frank Herbert’s epic science-fiction masterpiece set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar society, tells the story of Paul Atreides as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism, and politics, Dune is a powerful, fantastical tale that takes an unprecedented look into our universe, and is transformed by the graphic novel format. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s adaptation retains the integrity of the original novel, and Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín’s magnificent illustrations, along with cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz, bring the book to life for a new generation of readers. A national bestseller, Dune: The Graphic Novel, is now available in a deluxe collector's edition with an increased trim size of 7 1/2" x 11 1/4", printed on high-quali
★引起《紐約時報The New York Times》熱切注目的「零碳生活實驗」★衛生紙OUT！外帶食物OUT！電視OUT！瓶裝水OUT！連包尿布的小孩和狗都在做的「永續溫柔革命」！（但不用衛生紙怎麼活啊？）（說不麻煩是騙人的！）★《時代雜誌 Time》全球１５大「環保部落客」的溫柔生活革命！★地表最強、最幽默的「減法生活實踐者」！一年不製造垃圾、不用衛生紙、不用電，真的有可能嗎？本書是柯林．貝文
Learn from home and explore the world with these fun and easy board books!The latest in the hit Hello, World! board book series teaches toddlers all about gardens—with easy-to-understand facts about how plants grow and how gardening puts food on our tables.Hello, World! is a series designed to introduce first nonfiction concepts to babies and toddlers. Told in clear and easy terms (“Roots spread into the soil below, and then a shoot pushes up out of the earth”) and featuring bright, cheerful illustrations, Hello, World! makes learning fun for young children. And each sturdy page offers helpful prompts for engaging with your child. It’s a perfect way to bring science and nature into the busy world of a toddler, where learning never stops.Look for all the books in the Hello, World! series: •Solar System•Weather•Backyard Bugs•Birds•Dinosaurs•My Body•How Do Apples Grow?•Ocean Life•Moon Landing•Pets•Arctic Animals•Construction Site•Rainforest Animals•Planet Earth •Reptiles•Cars and Trucks •
A quantitative introduction to the Solar System and planetary systems science for advanced undergraduate students, this engaging textbook explains the wide variety of physical, chemical and geological processes that govern the motions and properties of planets. The authors provide an overview of our current knowledge and discuss some of the unanswered questions at the forefront of research in planetary science and astrobiology today. This updated edition contains the latest data, new references and planetary images and an extensively rewritten chapter on current research on exoplanets. The text concludes with an introduction to the fundamental properties of living organisms and the relationship that life has to its host planet. With more than 200 exercises to help students learn how to apply the concepts covered, this textbook is ideal for a one-semester or two-quarter course for undergraduate students.
DK人氣兒童雙語圖典系列繼《兒童英漢圖解常用1000字(1000 useful WORDS)》及《兒童英漢圖解STEM 1000字(1000 STEM WORDS)》又一新作幫助孩子探索大自然概念，擴充中英自然科學詞彙量！★ 包含各種與大自然相關的名詞、動詞和形容詞，圖文並茂，幫助孩子理解有關自然科學的概念。★ 29個和大自然有關的主題，由動物、植物、天氣，以至雨林、稀樹草原、沙漠等，豐富孩子有關大自然的詞彙量，提高孩子的思維能力，從小認識保育大自然的重要性。★ 書中設有各種趣味提問，讓孩子在書頁上尋找答案，啟發他們思考和討論，有助發展語言能力和溝通能力。年幼的孩子是天生的探險家，他們喜歡觸摸、嗅聞，讓自己沉醉在周遭的環境之中。本書將讓他們掌握與大自然有關的關鍵詞彙，用以分享他們的經驗，建立與野生生物、環境與地球相關的知識。本書亦將鼓勵孩子發問，引領他們看得更遠，學得更多。在學習的過程中，最重要的就是按照孩子的喜好。家長們可以按孩子的興趣選擇不同主題去學習生字，本書的1000個詞彙共分為29個主題，包括：1. Our Planet我們的星球2. Our world’s resources地球的資源3. Humans and nature人與大自然4. Nature activities戶外活動5. Weather天氣6. Extremes極端環境7. Kingdoms of living things生物王國8. All sorts of plants各種各樣的植物9. A closer look at trees喬木放大鏡10. Plant and fungus life cycles植物與真菌的生命周期11. Animal life cycles動物的生命周期12. Animal families動物家族13. Heads, bodies, and feet頭、身體和腳14. Feeding time用餐時間15. Communicating溝通交流16. Animal comparisons動物大對碰17. Animal clues動物線索18. Gar
Challenging the dominant design paradigm that centres humanity in its practice, Designing for Interdependence puts forward an ecocentric mode of designing that privileges a harmonious relationship between all life forms that share our planet. This book is about the practice of designing and design’s capacity to relate (or not) to beings of all kinds, human and others, in ways that are life-affirming. Sensitive to power differentials and the responsibility that this entails, Martín Ávila develops the notion of alter-natives, a concept that exposes the alterity of artificial things and the potential of these things to participate in the sustainment of natural environments. Proposing a design practice that encompasses humans, artificial things and other-than-human species in a 'poetics of relating', Ávila provides practices that support the rewilding necessary to maintaining cultural and biological diversity and the stabilization of planetary dynamics. The book features real-life projec
The most important challenges humans face - identity, life, death, war, peace, the fate of our planet - are manifested and debated through language. This book provides the intellectual and practical tools we need to analyse how people talk about language, how we can participate in those conversations, and what we can learn from them about both language and our society. Along the way, we learn that knowledge about language and its connection to social life is not primarily produced and spread by linguists or sociolinguists, or even language teachers, but through everyday conversations, on-line arguments, creative insults, music, art, memes, twitter-storms - any place language grabs people's attention and foments more talk. An essential new aid to the study of the relationship between language, culture and society, this book provides a vision for language inquiry by turning our gaze to everyday forms of language expertise.
The most important challenges humans face - identity, life, death, war, peace, the fate of our planet - are manifested and debated through language. This book provides the intellectual and practical tools we need to analyse how people talk about language, how we can participate in those conversations, and what we can learn from them about both language and our society. Along the way, we learn that knowledge about language and its connection to social life is not primarily produced and spread by linguists or sociolinguists, or even language teachers, but through everyday conversations, on-line arguments, creative insults, music, art, memes, twitter-storms - any place language grabs people's attention and foments more talk. An essential new aid to the study of the relationship between language, culture and society, this book provides a vision for language inquiry by turning our gaze to everyday forms of language expertise.
A series of vignettes on imagination, science, mathematics, and the life of our planet...shared from the perspective of a curious bear and his furry, forest-dwelling friends!Bigby Bear lives peacefull
A collection of post-colonial visions for a more just world.What does a just world look like? This volume begins with a planet beset by accumulating crises―environmental, social, and political―and imagines how we can move beyond them. Drawing on the legacy of post-colonial struggles for liberation, Imagining Global Futures explores a range of radical visions for a world after neoliberalism and empire. Centered on movements in the Global South, the collection challenges dominant patterns of social and political life and sketches more just and sustainable futures we might build in their place. What can we learn from alternative conceptions of the good life? How can we build a world where people are both freer and more equal? An urgent resource for collective imagination, Imagining Global Futures counterposes thick visions of a better world to our dystopian present.
