1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460090503321

Autore

Hildebrand John

Titolo

The heart of things : a Midwestern almanac / / John Hildebrand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wisconsin : , : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-87020-673-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Disciplina

977

Soggetti

Country life

Electronic books.

Wisconsin Social life and customs Anecdotes

Wisconsin Social life and customs Calendars

Middle West Social life and customs Anecdotes

Middle West Social life and customs Calendars

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""January ""; ""Winter People""; ""Church Supper""; ""Muskrats""; ""Native Son""; ""Going Outside""; ""February ""; ""On the Edge""; ""Compost""; ""Farm Girl""; ""A Sense of Snow""; ""March""; ""The Heart of Things""; ""Small Talk""; ""Leopold�s Journal""; ""Maps""; ""Walleye""; ""April ""; ""Driving North""; ""Crane Count""; ""Camouflage""; ""Green Acres""; ""May""; ""Lilacs""; ""Night Shift""; ""Parade Season""; ""Memorial Days""; ""Advice to Graduates""; ""June ""; ""Turtles""; ""Act II""; ""Fawn""; ""The Same River""; ""Cow Shed""; ""July ""; ""Rodeo""

""Motorcycle""""Dobsonfly""; ""Pine River""; ""August ""; ""Water Park""; ""Sailing""; ""Summer Night""; ""Family Reunion""; ""September ""; ""Migrations""; ""Farm Beginnings""; ""Poultry""; ""Looking for Trouble""; ""October ""; ""Gridiron""; ""Lifeboat""; ""Library""; ""Wonderland""; ""November ""; ""Firewood""; ""The Hunter""; ""Politics""; ""Weasel""; ""December ""; ""Skating Backwards""; ""Deer at Twilight""; ""Vernacular""; ""Long Night�s Journey""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462225203321

Autore

Prag Peter A. B.

Titolo

Renewable energy in the countryside / / Peter Prag

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-70832-9

0-203-10328-9

1-136-24394-1

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Disciplina

333.79/40973

Soggetti

Renewable energy sources - Great Britain

Energy policy - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Incentives, returns, and rewards -- Wind turbines -- Solar power -- Biomass -- Biogas -- Biofuels -- Earth and water -- Emissions saving -- Future imperfect.

Sommario/riassunto

Climate change has become a major international issue and the British Government is committed to meeting ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the present decade and beyond. Much of this will rely on an increasing use of renewable energy. Within current technology this will depend almost exclusively upon the use of rural land, whether for wind turbines, for growing biomass and biofuels or for the production of biogas. Renewable energy is therefore of immediate interest to farmers and landowners and to their advisers, such as surveyors, lawyers, accountants and banke