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Bringing Up Bébé meets Last Child in the Woods in this lively, insightful memoir about a mother who sets out to discover if the nature-centric parenting philosophy of her native Scandinavia holds the key to healthier, happier lives for her American children.

When the birds first called, Susan Fox Rogers was in a slack season of her life. The woods and rivers that enthralled her younger self had lost some of their luster. It was the song of a thrush that reawakened Rogers, sparking a long-held desire to know the birds that accompanied her as she rock climbed and paddled, to know the world around her with greater depth. Energized by her curiosity, she followed the birds as they drew her deeper into her authentic self, and ultimately into love.

In Earth in Mind, David W. Orr argues that much of what has gone wrong with the world, is the result of inadequate and misdirected education that: Alienates us from life in the name of human domination; causes students to worry about how to make a living before they know who they are; overemphasizes success and careers; separates feeling from intellect and the practical from the theoretical; deadens the sense of wonder for the created world.

In the 2012 edition of its flagship report, Worldwatch celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit with a far-reaching analysis of progress toward building sustainable economies. Written and read in clear language, State of the World 2012 offers a new perspective on what changes and policies will be necessary to make sustainability a permanent feature of the world's economies.

We share Earth with millions of other species, many of whom have been around much longer than us. Biomimicry is the promising practice of learning from nature’s forms, processes, and systems to create life-friendly designs that benefit both people and the planet. Lily Urmann – a biomimic, educator, and nature communicator – will explore this exciting field and showcase how biomimicry is applied and practiced around the world; from architecture and engineering to material science, manufacturing, business, design and everything in-between. Join Lily as she dives into the brilliant and ...

This interactive learning experience empowers you with current approaches and preferred techniques presented by experts from The Hip Society and The Knee Society. Improve your operative performance and learn new pathways to patient outcomes for complex primary and revision total knee and total hip arthroplasty. Hear conversations with leading hip and knee surgeons through case-based intimate roundtables, dynamic keynotes, symposia, and lively debates on decision-making with vignettes and accounts from their own practice.

The Biology Nomads

This is the story of Karen Silkwood. It begins with her death. Why does her story begin where it should end? Certain people wanted her death to be an ending. Why? What were they afraid of? Karen Silkwood had something to tell us, and she believed that it was important. Why didn’t she live to tell us? Will we ever know what really happened? The questions go on and on, but there are no answers.This is a true story. It happened in Oklahoma, USA, where Karen Silkwood lived and worked... and died.

Bringing you FOAMed straight from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine with links to the curriculum. Covering anything and everything EM. Find us at www.RCEMLearning.co.uk Keep up to date by following us @RCEMLearning. Get involved…

Thirst Gap is a six-part podcast series about how the Southwest is adapting to water shortages as climate change causes the region to warm up and dry out. The series zooms in on people and places grappling with limited water supplies in the Colorado River watershed, and examines the tradeoffs that come with learning to live with less water.

Die Lernmethoden der Gedächtnisweltmeister wenden wir auf deine Lernprojekte und Merkprobleme an und verhelfen dir so in Windeseile zu enormen Merkleistungen. Immer praxisnah und alltagsrelevant beantworten wir deine persönlichen Fragen hier im Podcast für dich. Steigere deine kognitive Merkfähigkeit um 200, 300 % oder mehr mit Rethinking Memory. Ob eine neue Sprache lernen, Namen merken, Vokabeln lernen oder für das Medizinstudium Allergieausweise merken, was auch immer du dir merken möchtest, für all das brauchst du ab nun nur mehr kurze Zeit. Möglich machen das antike Lernmethoden, ...

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