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Los números son escalofriantes. En una sola generación hemos investigado las partículas elementales, reinterpretado el universo, explorado el sistema solar, cuatriplicado la población y destruido más superficie del mundo que en toda la historia humana. ¿Como hemos podido llegar en tan poco tiempo a agotar todos los recursos naturales de la Tierra y a convertir su clima en una amenaza para nuestra propia supervivencia? Una pregunta incomoda para la mayoria de nosotros que considera el dominio sobre el planeta una consecuencia logica y natural de nuestra inteligencia, cuando no un derecho divino otorga-do en nuestra creacion. El autor nos invita a inaugurar una nueva forma de ver el mundo y a nosotros mismos para responder a esta pregunta. Un viaje tan apasionante como imprescindible para estar a la altura del momento historico en el que vivimos y encontrar alternativas a nuestra actual forma de vida.

No es un libro más sobre el cambio climático, es un libro que revela lo que hay en los márgenes de las cumbres del clima, aquello que impide que se avance en la lucha contra el cambio climático. Los jovenes invitados y acallados son el ejemplo de las cortinas de humo que se crean en la informacion del desastre, por ejemplo con el fenomeno Greta Thunberg. Libro escrito por un joven de 19 años que ha asistido a las cumbres climaticas representando a España. Marina Garces lo prologa desde esta perspectiva: ?Alejandro Quecedo del Val apunta a la necesidad de una reforma del ser y del sentir que nos conecte de nuevo con la naturaleza?.Es un libro que interesa a jovenes y mayores porque encontraran datos que desconocen y se daran cuenta de la urgencia de un cambio social profundo porque ya no estamos en una crisis climatica, sino en una crisis ecosocial.

Collective volume that brings together 42 contributions dedicated to Maria Rosa Miracle, who passed away on May 28, 2017 in Valencia, at the age of 72, when she was still active as professor emeritus at the Universitat de Valencia. During her nearly five decades of research and teaching, she became a globally influential limnologist, as her lines of research paved the way for new interdisciplinary topics, some of which are discussed in this tribute book. Shortly after her death, the Iberian Association of Limnology dedicated a special issue of its journal 'Limnetica' to her, to which she was always linked as author, reviewer or editor. Former students, colleagues and collaborators sign the texts of this volume, most of which had already been published in the journal. They seek answers to some of the puzzling limnological questions posed by Maria Rosa and take up some of the unfinished studies of her last months of research activity, in which she left a wealth of research data that may be published in the near future following her ideas and guidelines.

There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil' Bill Gates__________We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check - because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts.In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn't inevitable - the perils of allowing 70 per cent of the world's rubber gloves to be made in just one factory became glaringly obvious in 2020 - and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, making their complete and rapid elimination unlikely. For example, each greenhouse-grown supermarket-bought tomato requires the equivalent of five tablespoons of diesel oil for its production; and we still lack any commercially viable ways of making steel, ammonia, cement or plastics on the scale required globally without fossil fuels.Vaclav Smil is neither a pessimist nor an optimist, he is a scientist; he is the world-leading expert on energy and an astonishing polymath. This is his magnum opus and a continuation of his quest to make facts matter. Drawing on the latest science, including his own fascinating research, and tackling sources of misinformation head on - from Yuval Noah Harari to Noam Chomsky - ultimately Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead? Compelling, data-rich and revisionist, this wonderfully broad, interdisciplinary masterpiece finds faults with both extremes. Looking at the world through this quantitative lens reveals hidden truths that change the way we see our past, present and uncertain future.__________'Very informative and eye-opening in many ways' Ha-Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism'If you are anxious about the future, and infuriated that we aren't doing enough about it, please read this book' Paul Collier, author of The Future of Capitalism

Interested to learn more of the global glass industrys story and what glass has given Society? Want to know about its environmental impact? Need to discover how glassy products can improve everyones living conditions? You can uncover more in these pages: they target those with a non-specialist interest, they are richly illustrated and they focus on the UN 2030 goals. The books thirteen chapters cover such diverse topics as: the role of glass in health; energy conservation and generation; sustainability and communications, the transmission and accessing of information. Essays on Museums, Education, Art and Architecture examine trends in design and use, and how glassy artefacts help to tackle welfare issues. Of course, a little more than 200 pages cannot say it all. We particularly hope that you the reader will be encouraged to dream your own dreams and join the action yourselves.

"Reverendo: necesitamos su colaboración. La Creación -la naturaleza viviente- está en riesgo. Los hombres de ciencia estiman que si la transformación del hábitat natural y otras actividades humanas destructivas continuan con el ritmo actual, la mitad de las especies animales y vegetales de la tierra se habran extinguido o estaran en peligro de extincion al terminar este siglo." Escrita bajo la forma de una apasionada carta a un pastor bautista, ''La creacion'', obra urgente y oportuna, alerta sobre las consecuencias de la contaminacion, el calentamiento global y la rapida declinacion de la diversidad biologica en la tierra, y sugiere que la ciencia y la religion deben actuar conjuntamente para resolver algunos de los problemas mas graves del siglo que se inicia.

Ésta es una selección de artículos que publiqué en diversos medios durante varios años. Están basados en mi experiencia docente, en mis charlas por un montón de países, en los resúmenes de mis trabajos cientificos, y sobre todo en lo que me enseñaron personas realmente importantes por sus ideas que no por su posicion social. Con estos articulos informo, instruyo, educo, prevengo, recomiendo, propongo soluciones, motivo, divierto y provoco. Son reflexiones sobre la ecologia y sobre conceptos cientificos basicos que ayudaran al lector a comprender el mundo de usar y tirar en que vivimos. En unos casos utilizo la ironia, pero otros han sido escritos con dolor. Sugieren mas de lo que dicen, y espero que, en general, tu, querido lector, disfrutes leyendolos, y quizas te ayuden a vivir y a hacer mas sostenible y equitativo este pequeño planeta unico en el Universo.

En el silenci de la tardor, hem sentit la veu de les muntanyes i ens hem preguntat què tenen perquè —bé sigui als cims, bé a les valls— ens facin sentir tan a prop del món que torna. El quart número

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Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN examines the current state of governance of non-traditional security challenges confronting the ASEAN region. The book takes an issue-specific approach to investigating how ASEAN states and societies govern many of the pressing non-traditional security issues, such as climate change, food security, environmental protection, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, health security, nuclear security, and human trafficking and forced displacement.With non-traditional security as an established concept in the policy and scholarly communities in ASEAN, this book moves beyond securitization and focuses on capacity-building, regional cooperation and institutions for dealing with non-traditional security challenges in the region. Through the development of a comprehensive analytical framework that examines the processes of governing non-traditional security problems, the editors put together chapters that identify some of the major gaps and challenges in managing many of the pressing security issues in Southeast Asia.Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN provides a systemic assessment of the state of governance of the most pressing challenges in the region. The authors analyse the ways in which particular issues are addressed at national and regional levels and by different stakeholders. In spite of the differences among various non-traditional security issues, the analysis of the chapters converge on three core themes for enhancing governance, which include engagement of multiple actors, effective enforcement of national and regional laws and regulations, and better coordination between different actors. As such, Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN contributes to policy making by highlighting the key agendas that call for national action and promoting and deepening regional cooperation in governing non-traditional security."A timely publication. Climate change, food security, health security, disaster response are key issues affecting the shared vulnerability of ASEAN and its people. This book shows why these and similar non-traditional threats are urgent agendas for Southeast Asia and best addressed through regional cooperation." Dr Noeleen Heyzer, United Nations Under-Secretary-General (200715)

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Halley's Comet to Penguins of Madagascar - on a five-star scale.Complex and rich with detail, the Anthropocene's reviews have been praised as 'observations that double as exercises in memoiristic empathy', with over 10 million lifetime downloads. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully curated collection about the shared human experience; it includes beloved essays along with six all-new pieces exclusive to the book.

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