A Wild Idea: How the Environmental Movement Tamed the Adirondacks 2020050823, 2020050824, 9781501759017, 9781501759024, 9781501759031

A Wild Idea shares the complete story of the difficult birth of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The Adirondack region

232 46 48MB

English Pages 298 Year 2021

Report DMCA / Copyright

DOWNLOAD FILE

A Wild Idea: How the Environmental Movement Tamed the Adirondacks 2020050823, 2020050824, 9781501759017, 9781501759024, 9781501759031

Polecaj historie
A Wild Idea: How the Environmental Movement Tamed the Adirondacks 9781501759024
A Wild Idea: How the Environmental Movement Tamed the Adirondacks 9781501759024

It shows how the Adirondacks were "saved,and why that campaign sparked a passionate rebellion.

149 105 110MB Read more

A Wild Idea 0062964127, 9780062964120
A Wild Idea 0062964127, 9780062964120

In 1991, Doug Tompkins abandoned his comfortable life in San Francisco and flew 6,500 miles south to a shack in Patagoni

299 9 41MB Read more

Driven wild: how the fight against automobiles launched the modern wilderness movement 0295982195, 9780295982199, 9780295982205, 0295982209
Driven wild: how the fight against automobiles launched the modern wilderness movement 0295982195, 9780295982199, 9780295982205, 0295982209

In its infancy, the movement to protect wilderness areas in the United States was motivated less by perceived threats fr

471 101 3MB Read more

Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South 9781469676951, 2023017145, 9781469676944
Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South 9781469676951, 2023017145, 9781469676944

For anyone who's ever picked an apple fresh from the tree or enjoyed a glass of cider, writer and orchardist Diane

121 59 Read more

Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed:15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora 9781250763419, 9781250763426
Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed:15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora 9781250763419, 9781250763426

Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild T

176 82 3MB Read more

Climate Change from the Streets: How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement 9780300249378
Climate Change from the Streets: How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement 9780300249378

An urgent and timely story of the contentious politics of incorporating environmental justice into global climate change

283 112 4MB Read more

Talk on the Wild Side: Why Language Can't Be Tamed 1610398335, 9781610398336
Talk on the Wild Side: Why Language Can't Be Tamed 1610398335, 9781610398336

Language is the most human invention. Spontaneous, unruly, passionate, and erratic it resists every attempt to disciplin

266 40 850KB Read more

From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement 9780814772294
From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement 9780814772294

A critical look at the movement for environmental justice When Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental

192 54 1MB Read more

David Brower: The Making of the Environmental Movement 9780520962453
David Brower: The Making of the Environmental Movement 9780520962453

In this first comprehensive authorized biography of David Brower, a dynamic leader in the environmental movement over th

221 33 11MB Read more

A Storm of Songs: India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement 0674187466, 9780674187467
A Storm of Songs: India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement 0674187466, 9780674187467

India celebrates itself as a nation of unity in diversity, but where does that sense of unity come from? One important s

2,195 275 8MB Read more

Unsere Partner sammeln Daten und verwenden Cookies zur Personalisierung und Messung von Anzeigen. Erfahren Sie, wie wir und unser Anzeigenpartner Google Daten sammeln und verwenden. Cookies zulassen