Natur

The ground-breaking science behind ambitious new schemes for restoring lost natural systems

With this spectacularly illustrated gift edition, a new generation of readers can walk beside one of America's most respected naturalists as he conveys the beauty of a marsh before sunrise or the wealth of history to be found in an ancient oak.

Join Max La Manna on his journey to living more sustainably, celebrating the incredible power of aplant-based diet creating as minimal waste as possible. Max will show us how it easy it can be to think outside the box when it comes to a more conscious, simple lifestyle.

"e;Offering clear and comprehensive instructions for low-tech growing for a range of budgets, interests, and scales, this book offers practical inspiration and a sense that "e;hey, I can do this!"e; -- DANIELLE STEVENSON, owner, DIY FungiDIY Mushroom Cultivation is full of proven, reliable, low-cost techniques for home-scale cultivation that eliminate the need for a clean-air lab space to grow various mushrooms and their mycelium.Beautiful full-color photos and step-by-step instructions accompany a foundation of mushroom biology and ecology to support a holistic understanding of the practice. Growing techniques are applicable year-round, for any space from house to apartment, and for any climate, budget, or goal. Techniques include:Setting up a home growing spaceInexpensive, simple DIY equipmentCulture creation from mushroom tissue or sporesGrowing and using liquid cultures and grain spawnGrowing mushrooms on waste streams Indoor fruitingOutdoor mushroom gardens and logsHarvesting, processing, tinctures, and cooking.Whether you hunt mushrooms or dream about growing and working with them but feel constrained by a small living space, DIY Mushroom Cultivation is the ideal guide for getting started in the fascinating and delicious world of fungiculture.

Before there were Homo sapiens there were the dinosaurs. A thrilling re-evaluation of the creatures that ruled the earth for 150 million years by one of the world's leading paleontologists.

Tredje bind i rækken af Carsten Jensens storsælgende debatbøger. De færreste fødes som flygtninge. Ingen ønsker at dø som flygtning. Alligevel taler vi om flygtninge, som om det var en identitet på linje med dansk, svensk eller tysk. Flygtninge er mennesker, der er blevet tvunget til at bryde med alt, og alligevel har de en bagage med, håb og drømme, ideer om, hvem de er, og hvem de gerne vil være. De er hovedspringere på timetervippen, der håber på vand i bassinet. Tyngdeloven kan man dø af. Derfor må faldet blive en kunstart. Dette er ikke en bog om flygtninge, men om hovedspringere og mennesker på vej.

Få omfattende viden om Rødovre Kommunes natur, historie, kultur og samfundsforhold. I alt har 150 forskere og eksperter bidraget til denne rigt illustrerede bog med viden om det væsentligste fra IrmaByen til Damhuskroen og fra Islev til Hendriksholm.Læs om Kagsmose og Vestvoldens klokkemorkler. Få historien om kommunens eneste bevarede gravhøj, Valhøj, Irmas kafferisteri og kollektivbebyggelsen Carlsro. Få viden om Rødovre Mighty Bulls, Henry Heerup, Danmarks første butikscenter og meget mere. Trap Danmark har det væsentligste med. Fra det mest almindelige til det mest specielle.Bogen er baseret på indholdet om Rødovre Kommune i Trap Danmark 6. udgave, bind 30: Høje-Taastrup, Albertslund, Glostrup, Rødovre, Ishøj, Vallensbæk og er suppleret med et kort over København og omegn, herunder Rødovre Kommune, i målforholdet 1:75.000 samt et forord af borgmester Erik Nielsen.Opdag Danmark – med Trap.

"Zoo" er ikke blot en historisk bog, der følger Zoologisk Have, dets mennesker og dets dyr igennem 125 år. Det er lige så meget en invitation inden for hos et af Danmarks kulturelle højborge, Københavns Zoologiske Have, men som det altid er tilfældet hos Bent Jørgensen, er der en ting, der er det vigtigste: dyrene.I "Zoo" er det derfor Zoologisk Haves mest berømte og elskede dyr, der er i centrum - og det giver stof til masser af gode historier.idden /title /head body center h1 403 Forbidden /h1 /center /body /htmlBent Jørgensen (f. 1933), dansk zoolog og forfatter. Jørgensen blev uddannet zoolog i 1965 og har siden arbejdet for både Zoologisk Museum og Zoologisk Have, hvor han var direktør i perioden 1979-1994. Bent Jørgensen er blev folkeligt kendt for sit store engagement inden for formidling af dyr og dyreliv til både børn og voksne, hvilket gav udslag i både bøger og radio- og tv-programmer.

Den svenske urtegartner og aromaterapeut Eva Olsson skriver om lavendlens historie, dyrkning, indholdsstoffer og anvendelse. Krydderurtegartner Inger Vaaben har oversat og bearbejdet til dansk. Her er opskrifter på lavendel i kager og mad, på lavendelposer med duftende frø, til fodbadesalt, afslappende badesalt og meget andet.Lavendlen hører til favoritterne i haven. Den forbindes den med ro, harmoni og renhed. Har man én gang set en lavendel-mark i blomst, glemmer man det aldrig. Blomsternes intensive blå farve, den stærke duft og lyden af de mange summende humlebier over marken påvirker alle vores sanser.Og så er der få planter, som kan bruges til så meget som lavendlen. Den har i århundreder været anvendt flittigt både i hudplejen, som lægeplante og som en dejlig krydrettilsætning til maden.En lille bog med et stort indhold og smukke illustrationer, bl.a. af Kirsten Tind.

An inspirational story of adventure and bravery, of how one woman learned to dig deep and push the boundaries in order to discover what really matters in life.

No dig experts, Charles Dowding and Stephanie Hafferty, explain how to set up a no dig garden. They describe how to: Make compost, enrich soil, harvest and prepare food and make natural beauty and cleaning products and garden preparations.

"The world's greatest naturalist" (Jeffrey Sachs) proposes a plan to save Earth's imperiled biosphere.

'I can safely say that if I hadn't picked up this book some twenty years ago I wouldn't have eaten as well, or even lived as well, as I have. It inspired me then and it inspires me now' Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstalWild food is all around us, growing in our hedgerows and fields, along river banks and seashores, even on inhospitable moorland. In Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix's Wild Food, hundreds of these plants are clearly identified, with colour photography and a detailed description. This definitive guide also gives us fascinating information on how our ancestors would have used the plant as well as including over 100 more modern recipes for delicious food and drinks. From berries, herbs and mushrooms to wild vegetables, salad leaves, seaweed and even bark, this book will inspire you to start cooking with nature's free bounty.

Happy City is the story of how the solutions to this century's problems - from climate change to overpopulation - lie in unlocking the secrets to great city living This is going to be the century of the city. But what actually makes a good city? Why, really, are some cities a joy to live in? As writer and journalist Charles Montgomery reveals, it's not how much money your neighbours earn, or how spectacular the views from your windows are, or even how pleasant the climate is that makes the most difference. Journeying to dozens of cities - from Atlanta to Bogot to Vancouver - he talks to the new champions of the happy city to discover the progressive movements already transforming people's lives. He meets the visionary Colombian mayor who turned some of the world's most dangerous roads into an urban cycling haven; the Danish architect who brought the lessons of medieval Tuscan towns to modern-day Copenhagen; the New York City transport commissioner who made out of the gridlock of Times Square a place where people could lounge in the sun; and the Californian mother with the super-commute who completely rethought her idea of the suburban dream for the sake of her son's health. These urban trailblazers, as well as the many other planners, engineers, grass-roots campaigners and ordinary citizens, offer a wealth of surprising lessons for the rest of us. From how saying hello to your neighbours is just as important to your sense of trust as contact with close friends and family, and how living close to parks makes us smarter, kinder and reduces local crime rates, to the importance of the 'magic triangle' rule, Happy City shows thatsimple changes can make all the difference.Charles Montgomery is a journalist and urban experimentalist from Vancouver, Canada. His writings on urban planning, psychology, culture, and history have appeared in magazines and journals on three continents. He is the author of two previous books, and is a member of the BMW Guggenheim Lab team.

Argues that various forms of life are connected in a vast, entangling mesh and this interconnectedness penetrates different dimensions of life. This title investigates the profound philosophical, political, and aesthetic implications of the fact that these life forms are interconnected.

Takes you on a journey across the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures - animals that they may never get another chance to see. This book describes the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia, the helpless but lovable Kakapo of New Zealand, the blind river dolphins of China, and the rare birds of Mauritius island in the Indian Ocean.

In this visionary book, chemist Michael Braungart and architect William McDonough challenge this status quo and put forward a manifesto for an intriguing and radically different philosophy of environmentalism. "Reduce, reuse, recycle".

The classic foraging guide to over 200 types of food that can be gathered and picked in the wild, Food for Free returns in its 40th year as a sumptuous, beautifully illustrated and fully updated anniversary edition.Originally published in 1972, Richard Mabey's classic foraging guide has never been out of print since. Food for Free is a complete guide to help you safely identify edible species that grow around us, together with detailed artwork, field identification notes and recipes.In this stunning 40th anniversary edition, Richard Mabey's fully-revised text is accompanied by photographs, new recipes and a wealth of practical information on identifying, collecting, cooking and preparing, history and folklore. Informatively written, beautifully illustrated and produced in a new, larger format, Food for Free will inspire us to be more self-sufficient and make use of the natural resources around us to enhance our lives.

Beslutningen om at realisere en gennemfotografering af Grønland fra luften var oprindeligt motiveret af et ønske om over for omverdenen at sikre Danmarks position som suverænitetsbærende nation i Arktis.Den enorme samling af luftfotografier, der blev resultatet af disse bestræbelser, udgjorde en hjørnesten i den teknologiske transformation, som i mellemkrigstiden revolutionerede kortlægningsarbejdet, sikrede Grønland for Danmark og gav os et unikt grundlag for i dag at studere effekten af klimaændringer på Grønlands indlandsis gennem de seneste 80 år.

Plantenavne - dyrkede og vilde planter indeholder ajourførte videnskabelige navne på 14.700 land-, have- og skovbrugsplanter, grønsager, frugttræer og frugtbuske, læge- og giftplanter, ukrudtsarter og vilde planter. Mange af disse planter er forsynet med et anbefalet dansk navn. Ved opslag i bogens danske register er det således muligt at finde hvilke planter, der gemmer sig bag folkelige navne som ’brændende kærlighed’, ’husfred’, ’hvidkål med asparges’, ’østrigsk kotrin’ og at finde navne, hvori der indgår karakteristiske beskrivelser som ’sølv’ og ’guld’, fx sølvblad og guldblomme. Bogen henvender sig til gartnere, landmænd, planteskoler, blomsterhandlere, importører og eksportører af planter samt alle, der beskæftiger sig med formidling af viden om have, landbrug, natur, farmakologi og naturmedicin. Plantenavne vil ligeledes være et nyttigt hjælpemiddel for oversættere, offentlige myndigheder, botanikere, biologer, samt alle med interesse for planter og deres fascinerende navne.

There is no green energy. Nor pink, nor black. Nor clean nor dirty, for that matter. In this intelligent, eye-opening and witty bestseller, an eminent climate scientist takes a graphic novelist on a journey to understand the profound changes that our planet is experiencing. The scientist, Jean-Marc Jancovici, explains the workings of superpowers and history; oil and climate; ecology, economics and energy flows. He describes, in short, the world we live in today-a world whose future is deeply uncertain. The artist, Christophe Blain, intently listens and draws.As the pair come face to face with global warming, they - along with Mother Nature, Iron Man and Popeye, among others - create a picture of what the solution to our predicament actually looks like. It's not just about switching to renewable energy sources, they show. It's about rethinking everything: our energy supply, our economies and our whole world. We're left with a vision of the future in which nuclear power, food, education, housing, transport and communities - in other words all of us - work together to create a world without end.

Orkidéernes verden er en fascinerende bog skrevet af den talentfulde forfatter Henrik Ærenlund Pedersen. Udgivet i 2023, denne bog tager læseren på en utrolig rejse gennem den farverige og mystiske verden af orkidéer. Denne bog tilhører genren af naturvidenskab og er perfekt for dem, der er nysgerrige efter at lære mere om disse smukke planter. Henrik Ærenlund Pedersen's dygtige skrivning gør læsningen både informativ og underholdende. Udgivet af Gyldendal, en af de mest respekterede udgivere i Danmark, er Orkidéernes verden et must-read for enhver natur elsker.

Ukrudt er planter, som med deres utrolige egenskaber og sammenspil med vores insekt- og dyreliv er en kilde til glæde, oplevelser, biodiversitet og liv i haven. Ukrudt er også traditionelt planter, der er uønskede, og som igennem mange år er blevet bekæmpet og luget væk. Men hver en ukrudtsplante har sin egen historie, og vores syn på, hvilke planter der er uønskede er så småt ved at ændre sig. I denne bog har forfatteren samlet 50 af de mest interessante ukrudtsarter og fortæller planternes historie. Alle fortællingerne er smukt illustreret med de klassiske og unikke Flora Danica-tegninger.

A dazzling illustrated edition of a 'hugely useful and fascinating resume of rewilding' (Isabella Tree, author of Wilding).

"For decades it has been nearly universal dogma among environmentalists that many forms of livestock-goats, sheep, and others, but especially cattle-are Public Enemy Number One. They erode soils, pollute air and water, damage riparian areas, and decimate wildlife populations. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations bolstered the credibility of this notion with its 2007 report that declared livestock to be the single largest contributor to human-generated greenhouse-gas emissions. But is the matter really so clear-cut? Hardly. In Defending Beef, Second Edition, environmental lawyer turned rancher Nicolette Hahn Niman argues that cattle are not inherently bad for the earth. The impact of grazing can be either negative or positive, depending on how livestock are managed. In fact, with proper oversight, livestock can play an essential role in maintaining grassland ecosystems by performing the same functions as the natural herbivores that once roamed and grazed there. The ideas and information covered in the first edition of Defending Beef are even more timely than when the book was originally published in 2014. In public discussions and media, more attention than ever is being paid to connections between health and diet, food and climate, and climate and farming-especially cattle farming. A wealth of new resources, studies, and analyses-along with a great deal of mainstream media coverage-is now devoted to these important topics. But it's not all good news, because the vast majority of such media coverage is devoid of essential details, holistic thinking, or even the slightest hint of nuance. It is reductionist and simplistic, with facile descriptions of problems and overly simplified solutions. As H. L. Mencken said so well, "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." For instance, Niman exposes the widespread fallacy that changing your diet and eating far less meat is in fact the best thing an individual can do to combat climate change. After thirty-plus years as a vegetarian, she has recently become an omnivore for nutritional and health reasons. In this newly revised and updated edition, the author addresses the explosion in popularity of "fake meat" (both highly processed "plant-based foods" and meat grown from cells in a lab, rather than on the hoof). Defending Beef, Second Edition is simultaneously a book about big issues and ideas and the personal tale of the author, who continues to fight for animal welfare and good science. She shows how dispersed, grass-based, smaller-scale farms can and should become the basis of American food production"--

Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell.