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Presenta una metodología para medir el impacto de las empresas sobre el medio ambiente (huella ecológica), su responsabilidad en el empleo global (huella social), así como su contribución del capital humano (huella cultural). De forma practica e ilustrativa y basandose en un caso real, el autor explica como el calculo de la huella ecologica ayudara a las empresas a incrementar su ecoeficiencia, fijar objetivos claros de sostenibilidad, adoptar medidas correctoras y, por tanto, participar en la lucha contra el cambio climatico.

En esta edad de la primera sociedad humana global y telequinética somos 6.500 millones de personas, y estamos agotando las reservas de combustibles fósiles de la Tierra con pasmosa rapidez. Las cámaras en tierra y en el espacio nos permiten captar la naturaleza en el proceso de cambio, e incluso podemos predecir como se desarrollaran estos cambios en el futuro. Tierra fragil, escrito por varios de los mayores especialistas mundiales en la materia e ilustrado con impactantes fotografias, es un libro fundamental, que demuestra que los volcanes o las glaciaciones no son ya los factores mas importantes en el cambio de la faz de la Tierra. En cambio, somos nosotros, y en estas imagenes podemos ver como estamos tratando nuestro unico hogar. Estas imagenes de cambio, en gran parte dañino y resultado de nuestras acciones, son lo que nuestra especie necesita para guiarnos hacia un futuro mejor.

Austen ColwellHere is a guide to accompany the traveller who wants to get the maximum enjoyment from Spain's beautiful countryside.Few places in the world have such a diversity of wildflowers as the Iberian peninsular and few people have such a passion for them as author Austen Colwell. Compiled for the casual observer with no scientific knowledge as much as the keen botanist, and written in an anecdotal style, Common Wildflowers of Spain offers: accurate full-colour photographs for instant identification; precise descriptions of more than 300 wildflowers; a glossary of plant parts; and a list of English, Spanish, and Latin names.

Guía de naturaleza sobre el Monte de Selladores-Contadero, con numerosas fotografías a todo color de sus paisajes, su flora y su fauna. La obra recoje información detallada sobre aspectos como el relieve, los cursos de agua, el clima, poblacion, paisaje, vias pecuarias, geologia, vegetacion y fauna. Incluye un mapa topografico de la region.

El libro está estructurado en diferentes prácticas, cada una de ellas mantiene una entidad propia independiente del resto. Estas prácticas están ordenadas según las diferentes materias: Conceptos básicos, Factores ambientales, Poblaciones, y Comunidades y Ecosistemas. El libro no es un conjunto de guiones de prácticas, sino que contiene la teoría necesaria para la aprehensión del concepto y los comentarios sobre la aplicación práctica de los mismos, de esta manera una lectura puede ser de gran utilidad para poder abordar trabajos en la vida profesional de biólogos, técnicos de medio ambiente y las ingenierías relacionadas.

Written by the author of "The Skeptical Environmentalist," this groundbreaking book transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concerns. A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concerns. Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific assumptions, and may very well have little impact on the world''s temperature for hundreds of years. Rather than starting with the most radical procedures, Lomborg argues that we should first focus our resources on more immediate concerns, such as fighting malaria and HIV/AIDS and assuring and maintaining a safe, fresh water supply--which can be addressed at a fraction of the cost and save millions of lives within our lifetime. He asks why the debate over climate change has stifled rational dialogue and killed meaningful dissent. Lomborg presents us with a second generation of thinking on global warming that believes panic is neither warranted nor a constructive place from which to deal with any of humanity''s problems, not just global warming. "Cool It" promises to be one of the most talked about and influential books of our time.

The truth about the climate crisis is an inconvenient one that means we are going to have to change the way we live our lives - and this affects young people above all. Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it has become a true planetary emergency and we need to understand that we are facing a crisis. Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States, has been a passionate advocate of action to halt climate change for many years. In this young adult edition of "An Inconvenient Truth", adapted from his acclaimed book and film, he writes about the urgent need to solve the problems of climate change, presenting facts and information on all aspects of global warming in a direct, thoughtful and compelling way, using explanatory diagrams and dramatic photos to clarify and highlight key issues. For this young adult edition, the text has been edited down from 320 to 192 pages, with younger readership in mind, so sections aimed specifically at adults (e.g. insurance implications, investing in energy and political material)and the text) will be omitted in favour of clear text, appropriate photographs and easily understandable graphs.The overall aim is to gear the content to the people who will in fact be dealing with global warming for the rest of their lives.

La amenaza energética es una realidad para Chile y el mundo. Este libro de Le Monde Diplomatique analiza la Amenaza energética con artículos de Raúl Sohr y otros especialistas internacionales y se refiere tambien al desafio de las energias renovables.