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UNINA9910671425703321 |
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Czarnezki Jason J. |
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Everyday environmentalism : law, nature & individual behavior / / by Jason J. Czarnezki |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : ELI Press, Environmental Law Institute, , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations |
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Environmental law - United States |
Environmentalism - Social aspects - United States |
Environmental responsibility - United States - Citizen participation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Concerning consumption -- Learning from the climate change crisis -- The carbon and waste footprints -- Food -- Sprawl -- The unforeseen costs of everyday life: the destruction of small organisms -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: examples of how regulatory tools can influence the environmental effects of everday behaviors. |
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Faced with the seemingly overwhelming prospect of global climate change and its consequences, is there anything that a person can do to make a difference? "Yes, there is!" says Jason Czarnezki. Writing as a lawyer and environmentalist, he addresses the small personal choices that individuals can make in order to have a positive effect on the natural world. Czarnezki compellingly describes the historical and contemporary forces in the United States that have led to a culture of "convenience, consumerism, and consumption." He also investigates the individual decisions that have the worst environmental impacts, along with the ecological costs of our food choices and the environmental costs of sprawl. Ever aware of the importance of personal choice, Czarnezki offers a thoughtful consideration of how public policy can positively affect individual behavior.--Publisher's description. |
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UNINA9910790996203321 |
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Dudley Robert <1961-> |
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The drunken monkey : why we drink and abuse alcohol / / Robert Dudley |
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Berkeley, [California] ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (179 p.) |
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Drinking of alcoholic beverages |
Alcohol - Physiological effect |
Alcoholism |
Human evolution |
Primates - Evolution |
Human physiology |
Monkeys - Physiology |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Fruits of Fermentation -- 3. On the Inebriation of Elephants -- 4. Aping About in the Forest -- 5. A First-Rate Molecule -- 6. Alcoholics Aren't Anonymous -- 7. Winos in the Mist -- Postscript -- Sources and Recommended Reading -- Index |
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Alcoholism, as opposed to the safe consumption of alcohol, remains a major public health issue. In this accessible book, Robert Dudley presents an intriguing evolutionary interpretation to explain the persistence of alcohol-related problems. Providing a deep-time, interdisciplinary perspective on today's patterns of alcohol consumption and abuse, Dudley traces the link between the fruit-eating behavior of arboreal primates and the evolution of the sensory skills required to identify ripe and fermented fruits that contain sugar and low levels of alcohol. In addition to introducing this new theory of |
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the relationship of humans to alcohol, the book discusses the supporting research, implications of the hypothesis, and the medical and social impacts of alcoholism. The Drunken Monkey is designed for interested readers, scholars, and students in comparative and evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, medicine, and public health. |
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