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One Animal Among Many: Gaia, Goats & Garlic
One Animal Among Many: Gaia, Goats, and Garlic examines the real-life experiences of creatures great and small. Best known for his witty columns in Harrowsmith, David Waltner-Toews explores the interconnectedness of all life with insight and humour. The collection looks at everything from sheep farm... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1991 -
The Fat Lady Struck Dumb
On the day that David Waltner-Toews' young daughter Rebecca gave "Mr. Fluff, that venerable stuffed dog" to her older brother, the poet learned a lesson in community building -- to get what you really want you must give it away and then share it back. There is nothing didactic about The Fat Lady St... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2000 -
Fear of Landing
On the islands of Java and Bali in the early 1980s, Western governments are pouring millions of dollars into development schemes even as Indonesian strongman President Suharto violently stifles dissent. For Canadian veterinarian Abner Dueck, the spice islands are an exotic locale for the seemingly m... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Eat the Beetles!: An Exploration into Our Conflicted Relationship with Insects
“Provides a sturdy literary exoskeleton to the field of human insectivory . . . it entertains as it enlightens” (Daniella Martin, author of Edible). Meet the beetles: there are millions and millions of them and many fewer of the rest of us—mammals, birds, and reptiles. Since before recorded histor... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Food, Sex and Salmonella
What sex is to interpersonal relationships, eating is to the human-environment relationship: a consummation of humans' connection to the living biosphere. But while sticking one's tongue into a new and exciting environment may be an act as old as the planet, it can also lead to some nasty surprises.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
The Chickens Fight Back
Emerging diseases like mad cow, SARS, and avian flu are - for the moment, at least - far more prevalent in animals than in humans. Still, the knowledge that measles, TB, and smallpox were at one time "emerging" diseases that eventually made a permanent, and quite deadly, jump to humans gives epidemi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Independent Thinking in an Uncertain World: A Mind of One’s Own
Any effective response to an uncertain future will require independently thinking individuals working together. Human ideas and actions have led to unprecedented changes in the relationships among humans, and between humans and the Earth. Changes in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the ene... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
The Ecosystem Approach: Complexity, Uncertainty, and Managing for Sustainability (Complexity in Ecological Systems)
Is sustainable development a workable solution for today's environmental problems? Is it scientifically defensible? Best known for applying ecological theory to the engineering problems of everyday life, the late scholar James J. Kay was a leader in the study of social and ecological complexity and ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
The Ecosystem Approach: Complexity, Uncertainty, and Managing for Sustainability
Is sustainable development a workable solution for today's environmental problems? Is it scientifically defensible? Best known for applying ecological theory to the engineering problems of everyday life, the late scholar James J. Kay was a leader in the study of social and ecological complexity and ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
One Health
by David Waltner-Toews • Rea Tschopp • Vanessa Racloz • Susan Cork • Susan C Welburn • Bonnie Buntain • Bassirou Bonfoh • Simon Reid • Jakob Zinsstag • Carol Rubin • Karin Hediger • Eric Boa • David H Cumming • Mahamat Bechir • Vreni Jean-Richard • Hung Nguyen-Viet • Marcel Tanner • Solveig Danielsen • Andrea Meisser • Professor Craig Stephen • Esther Schelling • Angela Cassidy • Monique Lechenne • Martin Bunch • Maxine WhittakerThe One Health concept of combined veterinary and human health continues to gain momentum, but the supporting literature is sparse. In this book, the origins of the concept are examined and practical content on methodological tools, data gathering, monitoring techniques, study designs, and mathemati... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
One Health: The Theory and Practice of Integrated Health Approaches
by Barbara Jones • Paul Coleman • Anna Dean • David Waltner-Toews • Michael Clarke • Iain J. Gordon • Rea Tschopp • Susan Cork • Susan C Welburn • Karin Hediger • Mahamat Bechir • Hung Nguyen-Viet • Marcel Tanner • Solveig Danielsen • Professor Craig Stephen • Esther Schelling • Angela Cassidy • Martin Bunch • Maxine Whittaker • Dennis C Turner • Abigail Woods • Michael Bresalier • Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky • Wiku Adisasmito • Cécile Aenishaenslin • Seid Mohamed Ali • Ian Allen • Silvia Alonso • Vilda Amir • Maurizio Aragrande • Sara Babo Martins • Zolzaya Baljinnyam • William Bazeyo • Andrea Beetz • Jeffrey Bender • Mónica Berger-González • Benjamin Blair • Barry Blakley • Massimo Canali • Nakul Chitnis • Guéladio Cissé • Kathryn C. Conlon • Lisa Crump • Soledad Cuevas • Paula Dominguez-Salas • Colleen Duncan • Kaylee Errecaborde • Patricia Farnese • Thomas Fries • Samuel Fuhrimann • Christa A. Gallagher • Ratna B. Gurung • Felix Hafner • Barbara Häsler • Jan Hattendorf • Joldoshbek Kasymbekov • Julia S. Lankton • Huong Le Thi • Henrik Lerner • Michael Mahero • Stephanie Mauti • Céline Mbilo • Hélène Meier • Mary Elizabeth Miranda • Vi Nguyen-Viet • Brigit Obrist • Peter Odermatt • Anna Okello • Christopher A.L. Oura • Katharine Pelican • Kristina Pelikan • Phuc Pham-Duc • Sue Pollock • Sangay Rinchen • Karma Rinzin • Felix Roth • Johanne Saint-Charles • Alexandra Shaw • Jonathan M. Sleeman • Woutrina Smith • Keira Spinner • Katharina D. Stärk • Arlette C. Szelecsenyi • Tenzin Tenzin • Jimmy Tickel • Karin Tschanz-Cooke • Hoang Van Minh • Alain Vandermissen • Tu Vu-Van • Daniel P. Walsh • Sylvia Wanzala • Lenke Wettlaufer • C. LeAnn White • Andreas F. Widmer • Hind Yahyaoui • Christian ZurbrüggOne Health, the concept of combined veterinary and human health, has now expanded beyond emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses to incorporate a wider suite of health issues. Retaining its interdisciplinary focus which combines theory with practice, this new edition illustrates the contribution ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021