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Encyclopedia of Sustainability This expansive encyclopedia breaks new ground, giving definition and focus to an urgent and much-talked-about topic that is extraordinarily wide ranging and all too often misunderstood. As the first major reference work in its field, the three comprehensive volumes span the entire scope of sustainability from ecological concepts to financial concerns to public policy and community action, giving readers a solid foundation from which to think critically about efforts to make a more sustainable world.The Encyclopedia of Sustainability comprises three volumes, each dedicated to one of three equally important contexts in which the term is used: environment and ecology, business and economics, and equity and fairness. Each volume provides authoritative but accessible coverage of basic concepts and terms, as well as policy initiatives, controversies, and future trends. Volumes also include biographical sketches of important contributors to sustainability…. Click here to Read More

Question by Christine: Offsetting carbon footprints! Are the companies who ‘offer a service to offset your footprint’ taking? advantage of gullable people, surely the dept of agriculture/forestry etc will have put aside how many trees they plan to plant in a given year anyway! Best answer: Answer by joewhite22Many of these companies are non-profit or donation based organizations that can only purchase land and plant trees based on donations. For these groups, then, the more donation, the more trees they can plan, and the more CO2 they can offset. Give your answer to this question…. Click here to Read More

Blazer GB2001 Self-Igniting Butane Micro-Torch Rubber, diamond-shaped, grid-designed body, for safe gripGas-flow adjustment lever, to control flame length and widthAttachable tabletop stand, for hands-free usePiezoelectric ignition system, requires no electrical connection2,500-degree F, blue-torch flame, for more precise flame tip The GB2001, Blazer’s original butane refillable micro torch, is a time-tested, gas torch that creates a precise flame emitting from a nozzle head, allowing direct heat application to an object. It is commonly used for detailed purposes such as brazing, plumbing, soldering, jewelry making, culinary, automotive and dental and lab applications. The GB2001 has a rubber, diamond-shaped, outer body finish, for safe grip and ease of use. It features a gas flow adjustment lever to allow for ease of flame heat and precision change. Its torch flame is adjustable from yellow to more precise and hot blue flame. The torch comes with an attachable, tabletop stand…. Click here to Read More

Biostatistics for Animal Science Designed to cover techniques for analysis of data in the animal sciences, this textbook provides an overview of the basic principles of statistics enabling the subsequent applications to be carried out with familiarity and understanding, followed by more complex applications and detailed procedures commonly used in animal sciences. Each chapter begins by introducing a problem with practical questions, followed by a brief theoretical background, and is supplemented with an abundance of examples in SAS from animal sciences and related fields.Key features:- New larger format and updated throughout- Covers both basic techniques and more complex procedures – Contains exercises for readers to work through Reviews of first edition’This book is an excellent text and should be on every animal scientist’s bookshelf. It is easy to read and well formatted throughout with numerous easy to follow examples from various disciplines in animal science.’ Terry A…. Click here to Read More

Question by CJ: Someone I know left her horses with no food or hay/dirty stalls. Left for business trip for 3 days no return.? I board my horse along with 2 other ladies they each have 2 horse I have one. One of the ladies went out of town for 3 days ask me to take care of her 2 horses not a problem, she left just enough hay and grain for the days he was to be gone, she has not returned , she does not answer her phone, no one has heard from her in days, I do not know where she lives, we just board at the same place, have contacted the owner of barn he has heard nothing, my problem is I have to use now for days my horses hay and grain and I have no money to buy more, I had enough for my horse for several weeks, but feeding 2 nore has now just really dipped into my supply with no $ $ comming from her cause we can’t locate her, she could be ill but a phone call is not to much to ask for. I live on Social Security in my sixty’s she is 26, I don;t have tons of money to feed someone…. Click here to Read More

Fiskars 7860 Brush Axe A multi-purpose tool for all kinds of cutting tasks9-inch cutting blade made of high quality drop-forged steel for maximum durability and sharpnessNon-stick coating on blade for smooth cuts and rust resistanceTough, Nyglass handleIncludes a plastic sheath for safe, easy storage A machete with the power of an ax. The Brush Axe’s thick drop-forged blade rips through underbrush-even small trees-like no flimsy stamped steel machete blades can. Even better, the long 21″ FiberComp fiberglass handle lets you swing this monster baseball bat style for serious wind-up power. Also a must-have for hacking trails through the willow-infested creeks. Sheath included.Drop-forged steel blade for greater strength and durabilityHardened steel blade with non-stick coating cuts with less effortInsert-molded design prevents blade from loosening or separating from the handleFiberComp construction-reinforced fiberglass composite handle provides strength, durability and lighter…. Click here to Read More

Industrializing the Corn Belt: Agriculture, Technology, and Environment, 1945-1972 From the late 1940s to the early 1970s, farmers in the Corn Belt transformed their region into a new, industrial powerhouse of large-scale production, mechanization, specialization, and efficiency. Many farm experts and implement manufacturers had urged farmers in this direction for decades, but it was the persistent labor shortage and cost-price squeeze following WWII that prompted farmers to pave the way to industrializing agriculture. Anderson examines the changes in Iowa, a representative state of the Corn Belt, in order to explore why farmers adopted particular technologies and how, over time, they integrated new tools and techniques. In addition to the impressive field machinery, grain storage facilities, and automated feeding systems were the less visible, but no less potent, chemical technologies antibiotics and growth hormones administered to livestock, as well as insecticide, herbicide,…. Click here to Read More

The Diversity and Evolution of Plants This exciting new textbook examines the concepts of evolution as the underlying cause of the rich diversity of life on earth-and our danger of losing that rich diversity. Written as a college textbook, The Diversity and Evolution of Plants introduces the great variety of life during past ages, manifested by the fossil record, using a new natural classification system. It begins in the Proterozoic Era, when bacteria and bluegreen algae first appeared, and continues through the explosions of new marine forms in the Helikian and Hadrynian Periods, land plants in the Devonian, and flowering plants in the Cretaceous. Following an introduction, the three subkingdoms of plants are discussed. Each chapter covers one of the eleven divisions of plants and begins with an interesting vignette of a plant typical of that division. A section on each of the classes within the division follows. Each section describes where the groups of plants are found and…. Click here to Read More

The Diversity and Evolution of Plants This exciting new textbook examines the concepts of evolution as the underlying cause of the rich diversity of life on earth-and our danger of losing that rich diversity. Written as a college textbook, The Diversity and Evolution of Plants introduces the great variety of life during past ages, manifested by the fossil record, using a new natural classification system. It begins in the Proterozoic Era, when bacteria and bluegreen algae first appeared, and continues through the explosions of new marine forms in the Helikian and Hadrynian Periods, land plants in the Devonian, and flowering plants in the Cretaceous. Following an introduction, the three subkingdoms of plants are discussed. Each chapter covers one of the eleven divisions of plants and begins with an interesting vignette of a plant typical of that division. A section on each of the classes within the division follows. Each section describes where the groups of plants are found and…. Click here to Read More