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J. Russell Smith is a member of the Northern Nut Growers' Association. More than a hundred members of the Association contributed detailed reports of their own experiments.
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Robert W. Knecht is professor and co-director of the Center for the Study of Marine Policy, Graduate College of Marine Studies at the University of Delaware, and co-author of Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management (Island Press, 1998).
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Karen Baehler is an Adjunct Professor in Public Policy at Victoria University and Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the Australia New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG). She joined Victoria University of Wellington in 1999 after ten years working in the...
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Gunnar Hansen was born on an island (Iceland) and lives on one now (in Maine). He has always been interested in the natural sciences and literature, and he has published numerous articles, books, and screenplays.
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“Insightful tour de force… Farrell’s writing is as informative as it is intoxicating” -- Publishers Weekly Shanna Farrell loves a good drink.
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Much of what you’ve heard about plastic pollution may be wrong. Instead of a great island of trash, the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of manmade debris spread over hundreds of miles of sea—more like a soup than a floating garbage dump.
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For decades, American cities have experimented with ways to remake themselves in response to climate change. These efforts, often driven by grassroots activism, offer valuable lessons for transforming the places we live.
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Approximately 80% of the U.S. population now lives in urban metropolitan areas, and this number is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. At the same time, the built infrastructure sustaining these populations has become increasingly...
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“Gets right to the point: put [transit] where the people are...The author combines detailed knowledge and a refreshing frankness...Keep this book within easy reach.” -Planning In some US and Canadian cities, transit has quietly been expanding and...
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As environmental problems grow larger and more pressing, conservationists have had to adapt. With a shrinking window of time to act, they are turning to broad approaches to combat continental- and global-scale crises of biodiversity loss, invasive...