Addressing participatory, transdisciplinary approaches to local stewardship of the environment, Grassroots to Global features scholars and stewards exploring the broad impacts of civic engagement with the environment.Chapters focus on questions that include: How might faith-based institutions in Chicago expand the work of church-community gardens? How do volunteer "nature cleaners" in Tehran attempt to change Iranian socia...

For readers who love The Last Jihad by Joel C. RosenbergThe stage is set for war. Highly orchestrated plans are put into motion to inflict terror across the country—plans to use America’s trucking and shipping infrastructure to destroy the fabric of our society while involving Russia to neutralize America’s nuclear threat. Israel is being attacked even as moderate Arab leaders are assassinated to create a fundamentalist Middle East.If the plan succeeds, America wou...

Two worlds—one visible, the other invisibleA shooter is on the loose in a small Midwestern suburb, chased by the FBI and local police. A credible ISIS plot brews to neutralize America on the world stage.While the forces of darkness rally a campaign to influence the hearts and minds of millions of Americans, the President of the United States works to save his country from imminent destruction. Concurrently, a mysterious figure arises, The Bookseller, to speak truth...

A battle rages for the Soul of America …In the first pages, readers are placed amid a terrorist attack in Chicago and the planning of more attacks in the Homeland on a massive scale. Congress is ready to sell-out and cave to terrorist demands. Threats from the sky are looming, and a strike on Israel is imminent. How will America deal with this new axis of evil? Will they suffer the same fate as Israel in the hands of the Romans? Are we on the brink of the apocalyps...

This second edition covers recent developments around the world with contributors from 33 different countries. It widens the handbook’s scope by including ecological design; consideration of cultural dimensions of the use and conservation of urban nature; the roles of government and civil society; and the continuing issues of equity and fairness in access to urban greenspaces.New features include an emphasis on the biophilic design of homes and workplaces, demonstrating the value o...

Global urbanization promises better services, stronger economies, and more connections; it also carries risks and unforeseeable consequences. To deepen our understanding of this complex process and its importance for global sustainability, we need to build interdisciplinary knowledge around a systems approach. Urban Planet takes an integrative look at our urban environment, bringing together scholars from a diverse range of disciplines: from sociology and political science to evolutionary ...