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Our stewardship of this country's natural assets over the past two hundred years has been appalling, and on the current trajectory of careless environmental pillaging, further massive decline would be a certainty . The future of the environment is being decided on our watch . Australia faces unique conservation challenges that most Australians do not know enough about. On Our Watch is an attempt to remedy this situation. Respected conservationist Nicola Markus believes that it is time people realised that our environmental issues are not being solved by those tasked with their solution, and that the support and involvement of the public is essential if we are to make a difference in environmental conservation. In this thoroughly researched and passionately written book, Markus explains the very real and immediate threats to Australia's natural environment and cuts through the spin to show how you can become involved in conserving our environmental heritage.

"This publication contributes to our understanding of these issues, by undertaking input-output based life cycle assessment and environmental footprinting of 32 sectors in the New Zealand economy. This covers utilisation of natural resources (energy, land, freshwater, ecosystem services) and the pollutants (nitrogen, phosphorus, greenhouse gases, wastewater, landfill wastes). In total, 335 life-cycle assessment diagrams that quantify the direct and indirect natural resources or pollutants emitted from each sector. As well as being of practical use to life-cycle assessment and footprinting practitioners, these LCA diagrams should help better visualise the indirect impacts on the environment of sectors in New Zealand economy"--Executive Summary.

A comprehensive, illustrated dictionary of midwifery terms and abbreviations. Includes relevant medical and nursing terminology to provide a comprehensive resource for midwifery students and practitioners Evidence-based information provided where appropriate Illustrated throughout Useful appendices provide quick-reference material

Understand modern sociology in context Sociology: Global and Southern African Perspectives, 1st edition, is based on Macionis' Sociology 17th edition and provides you with a comprehensive introduction to the discipline and its distinctive way of looking at the social world. The book considers the context in which it emerges, discussing classical sociological theories as well as decolonial theories with a focus on the Global South and southern African applications. by so doing, theories that are relevant for teaching and learning in South African higher education institutions and beyond are underlined to provide a balanced and comprehensive approach to sociology in this context. With the wide range of learning features this book has to offer, it is ideal for university students of sociology.

A new, ′one-stop-shop′ textbook with everything needed for first year skills modules taken by tourism, events and hospitality students.

From a brilliant investigative journalist - formerly a Home Office insider - comes a searing, nuanced, powerful exposé of Britain's broken asylum system.

Proceedings of the 26th annual conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, held in Auckland in December 2009. 180 presentations were made by 440 authors. The conference theme reflects the changing nature of the student learning and teaching environment and the fact that the internet and digital tools are influencing the way educators and students interact, learn and teach, and the locations in which this occurs.

"How to Make a Pot in 14 Easy Lessons" is a novel of fire; fire in the kiln and fire in the heart. Joe is the potter and he lives in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. He's fallen in love with an actress from England called Lucy and he wants her to marry him. Lucy has other ideas though. She wants to keep chasing the stage, not get stuck in some pottery shop in the middle of nowhere. However, the beauty of the setting, the cast of quirky characters that come in and out of the shop and the strength of Joe's love eventually change her mind. Which is when Joe, himself, starts having second thoughts. Firing his pots in a wood-firing kiln has taught Joe to expect the unexpected no matter how much love he puts into each piece. But when the unexpected is Lucy going missing on a hike into a wilderness lake, Joe finds his emotions spinning like a pot on a wheel.