Showing results for "The Change" in Environmentalists & Naturalists

Madhav Gadgil was born in Pune in 1942, just as Salim Ali's superbly illustrated Book of Indian Birds was published. Influenced by his birdwatcher father, he learnt to recognize birds from their pictures even before he could read. He is an unusual combination of a person fascinated by the...

Laura was in her early twenties and directionless when she quit her job to backpack in Bolivia. Fate landed her at a wildlife sanctuary on the edge of the Amazon jungle where she was assigned to a beautiful and complex puma named Wayra. Wide-eyed, inexperienced, and comically terrified, Laura made the scrappy, make-do camp her home. And in Wayra, she made a friend for life.

In Voices of Change, a group of Canada’s most accomplished young environmentalists outline bold visions for how we can fight climate change and create a sustainable way of living. The twelve essays in Voices of Change, by fifteen inspiring youth leading the climate change movement in Canada...

Greta Thunberg bringt die Jugend auf die Straße. Szenen aus dem Herzen erzählt aus dem Inneren der Familie: Wie die Eltern Malena und Svante mit Gretas Asperger-Syndrom umgehen. Wie Greta erstmals vom Klimawandel hörte und seitdem nicht mehr aufhören konnte, darüber nachzudenken. Wie sie ihre kleine Schwester Beata und ihre Eltern davon überzeugt, für das Klima zu kämpfen. Wie die Eltern beschließen, nicht mehr zu fliegen und überhaupt ihre Lebensgewohnheiten grundlegend zu ändern – für das Klima und für die Zukunft.