A Precautionary Tale - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Precautionary Tale write by Philip Ackerman-Leist. This book was released on 2017-10-28. A Precautionary Tale available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mals, Italy, has long been known as the breadbasket of the Tyrol. But recently the tiny town became known for something else entirely. A Precautionary Tale tells us why, introducing readers to an unlikely group of activists and a forward-thinking mayor who came together to ban pesticides in Mals by a referendum vote—making it the first place on Earth to accomplish such a feat, and a model for other towns and regions to follow. For hundreds of years, the people of Mals had cherished their traditional foodways and kept their local agriculture organic. Their town had become a mecca for tourists drawn by the alpine landscape, the rural and historic character of the villages, and the fine breads, wines, cheeses, herbs, vegetables, and the other traditional foods they produced. Yet Mals is located high up in the eastern Alps, and the valley below was being steadily overtaken by big apple producers, heavily dependent on pesticides. As Big Apple crept further and further up the region’s mountainsides, their toxic spray drifted with the valley’s ever-present winds and began to fall on the farms and fields of Mals—threatening their organic certifications, as well as their health and that of their livestock. The advancing threats gradually motivated a diverse cast of characters to take action—each in their own unique way, and then in concert in an iconic display of direct democracy in action. As Ackerman-Leist recounts their uprising, we meet an organic dairy farmer who decides to speak up when his hay is poisoned by drift; a pediatrician who engaged other medical professionals to protect the soil, water, and air that the health of her patients depends upon; a hairdresser whose salon conversations mobilized the town’s women in an extraordinarily conceived campaign; and others who together orchestrated one of the rare revolutionary successes of our time and inspired a movement now snaking its way through Europe and the United States. A foreword by Vandana Shiva calls upon others to follow in Mals’s footsteps.
A Precautionary Tale
A Precautionary Tale - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Precautionary Tale write by Philip Ackerman-Leist. This book was released on 2017. A Precautionary Tale available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Key quotations from the characters in this book have been translated by the author and others from German into English"--Title page verso.
Cautionary Tales for Children, Designed for the Admonition of Children Between the Ages of Eight and Fourteen Years
Cautionary Tales for Children, Designed for the Admonition of Children Between the Ages of Eight and Fourteen Years - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cautionary Tales for Children, Designed for the Admonition of Children Between the Ages of Eight and Fourteen Years write by Hilaire Belloc. This book was released on 2018-10-12. Cautionary Tales for Children, Designed for the Admonition of Children Between the Ages of Eight and Fourteen Years available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Precautionary Tales for Grandparents
Precautionary Tales for Grandparents - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Precautionary Tales for Grandparents write by James Muirden. This book was released on 2008-10-01. Precautionary Tales for Grandparents available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Inspired by Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children, whimsical and well-observed precautionary tales to amuse grandparents and impart moral guidance Many readers remember with pleasure Hilaire Belloc's humorous and piquant Cautionary Tales. Ever popular since publication in 1940, the moral poems were supposedly for children—but, with their satirical reflections on the state of the nation and the human condition, were also enjoyed by adults. Likewise, these poems for grandparents will also delight their grandchildren. Read about Matilda, who was too truthful to be successful in business, and John, who lost at conkers and gained his father some useful publicity. Whether you grew up reading Belloc or not, this compilation of wit in verse is guaranteed to leave you smiling—and may even teach you a valuable lesson or two.
Provisional Cities
Provisional Cities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Provisional Cities write by Renata Tyszczuk. This book was released on 2017-11-02. Provisional Cities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book considers the provisional nature of cities in relation to the Anthropocene – the proposed geological epoch of human-induced changes to the Earth system. It charts an environmental history of curfews, admonitions and alarms about dwelling on Earth. ‘Provisional cities’ are explored as exemplary sites for thinking about living in this unsettled time. Each chapter focuses on cities, settlements or proxy urbanisations, including past disaster zones, remote outposts in the present and future urban fossils. The book explores the dynamic, changing and contradictory relationship between architecture and the global environmental crisis and looks at how to re-position architectural and urban practice in relation to wider intellectual, environmental, political and cultural shifts. The book argues that these rounder and richer accounts can better equip humanity to think through questions of vulnerability, responsibility and opportunity that are presented by immense processes of planetary change. These are cautionary tales for the Anthropocene. Central to this project is the proposition that living with uncertainty requires that architecture is reframed as a provisional practice. This book would be beneficial to students and academics working in architecture, geography, planning and environmental humanities as well as professionals working to shape the future of cities.
