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Cash for Your Trash
Scrap Recycling in America
Häftad, 2005
382 kr
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Over the past two decades, concern about the environment has brought with it a tremendous increase in recycling in the United States and around the world. For many, it has become not only a civic, but also a moral obligation. Long before our growing levels of waste became an environmental concern, …
Coastal Metropolis
Environmental Histories of Modern New York City
Av Carl A. Zimring, Steven H. Corey
Inbunden, 2021
716 kr
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Built on an estuary, New York City is rich in population and economic activity but poor in available land to manage the needs of a modern city. Since consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898, New York has faced innumerable challenges, from complex water and waste management issues, to housing and …
Aluminum Upcycled
Sustainable Design in Historical Perspective
Inbunden, 2017
478 kr
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Besides being the right thing to do for Mother Earth, recycling can also make money-particularly when it comes to upcycling, a zero waste practice where discarded materials are fashioned into goods of greater economic or cultural value. In Upcycling Aluminum, Carl A. Zimring explores how the …
Clean and White
A History of Environmental Racism in the United States
Inbunden, 2016
1129 kr
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Clean and White offers a history of environmental racism in the United States focusing on constructions of race and hygieneWhen Joe Biden attempted to compliment Barack Obama by calling him "clean and articulate," he unwittingly tapped into one of the most destructive racial stereotypes in American …
Clean and White
A History of Environmental Racism in the United States
Häftad, 2017
359 kr
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Clean and White offers a history of environmental racism in the United States focusing on constructions of race and hygieneWhen Joe Biden attempted to compliment Barack Obama by calling him "clean and articulate," he unwittingly tapped into one of the most destructive racial stereotypes in American …
Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste
Encyc Consumption and Waste
Av Carl A. Zimring, William L. Rathje
Inbunden, 2012
4773 kr
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Archaeologists and anthropologists have long studied artifacts of refuse from the distant past as a portal into ancient civilizations, but examining what we throw away today tells a story in real time and becomes an important and useful tool for academic study. Trash is studied by behavioral …
Technology and the Environment in History
Av Sara B. Pritchard, Carl A. Zimring
Häftad, 2020
335 kr
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New perspectives on how envirotech can help us engage with the surrounding world in ways that are more sustainable for humanity—and the planet.Today's scientists, policymakers, and citizens are all confronted by numerous dilemmas at the nexus of technology and the environment. Every day seems to …
