Argues that the Earth's deteriorating condition is man-made and outlines a way for the process to be reversed by rehabilitating the deserts using natural farming.

Sowing Seeds of Greatness: A Primer, is a short, five step process by which individuals can learn to sow seeds of greatness in order to maximize their potential for achieving personal happiness and success, however they define happiness and success. The book is chock full of helpful examples that differentiate the advantages of sowing seeds of greatness from sowing seeds of destruction. At the end of the book are Sowing Seeds of Greatness Worksheets which are designed to guide the reader to recognize and activate the needed action to achieve happiness, success and continual personal growth. This is an excellent resource book for all age groups, especially teens and young adults.

Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

Autobiographical/Memoir detailing techniques and philosophical tenets for productive living. Book is enlightening, inspirational, therapeutic and entertaining in its discerning of pathways to success, no matter who you are, or where you are going. Timeless Information for the ages.

“A Way to Garden prods us toward that ineffable place where we feel we belong; it’s a guide to living both in and out of the garden.” —The New York Times Book Review For Margaret Roach, gardening is more than a hobby, it’s a calling. Her unique approach, which she calls “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” is a blend of vital information you need to memorize and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender to. In A Way to Garden, Roach imparts decades of garden wisdom on seasonal gardening, ornamental plants, vegetable gardening, design, gardening for wildlife, organic practices, and much more. She also challenges gardeners to think beyond their garden borders and to consider the ways gardening can enrich the world. Brimming with beautiful photographs of Roach’s own garden, A Way to Garden is practical, inspiring, and a must-have for every passionate gardener.

Tiny Seeds takes you into the garden of your mind and shows you how to plant seeds for growth and success. It provides real-life examples of clients, along with their triumphs and failures, to illustrate how some paths succeed while others fail. In a time when so many of us are looking to connect with our roots and questioning the trajectory of our lives, Tiny Seeds invites you to mend your beautiful mind, plant the seeds for success, and reap the harvest of what you sow. If you've ever had lousy bed partners, doubt and fear, creep under your bedroom door, and slither into your warm bed at night, this book is for you. If you've ever wondered if you were making good financial choices or wished you had been taught more about money and life as a kid, this book is a must-read. For anyone that's ever wanted to grow something as big as a dream or as simple as a garden, Tiny Seeds will inspire you. It will yank you out of the ground by your roots, mend your broken pieces, and leave your soul planted in soil that's been beautifully fertilized and cultivated, where you will bloom! Tiny Seeds invites you to pull up a chair and have a chat. Let's plant the seeds of your dreams, write a map for that dream, and together, we will build those dreams. Tiny Seeds enlightens readers with the same information Sherri has been sharing with clients for over thirty-five years. The information she's collected throughout her long career has helped thousands of clients, as well as herself, find the success of their dreams. Tiny Seeds has been written in the same easy-to-connect format Sherri has used for years to build strong relationships with clients and plant the tiny seeds necessary for you to grow, fertilize, and harvest the life of your dreams. Tiny seeds are blowing your way. It's time to plant something beautiful!

A rabbi and educator shows how moral education can be crafted to address each of the three main branches of the moral life: philosophy, civics, and ethics. Sowing the Seeds of Character: The Moral Education of Adolescents in Public and Private Schools is a book for all teachers and parents. It rests on the premise that the moral education of students falls within the purview of schools, whether they assume responsibility for it or not. Regardless of the place of moral education in the formal curriculum, all teachers serve as moral exemplars to their students, for good or for ill. Teachers of science, social studies, history, and literature courses cannot help but inculcate moral sensibility and attitudes in their students by the ways in which they lead them to grapple with—or glide over—the moral implications of what they teach. Judd Kruger Levingston draws many lessons and examples from his extensive research and teaching experience in Muslim, Jewish, Roman Catholic, public, Quaker, and Chinese schools. He argues that teachers should become proficient in directing role-playing simulations of moral decision-making as morally complex topics arise within the standard curriculum.

Jekka McVicar was crowned the "queen of herbs" by Jamie Oliver and is one of Rick Stein's food heroes. Her Herb Book has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide in 12 languages. Now McVicar returns with a comprehensive book with specific growing information on over 500 varieties of plants. The book encourages organic practices and caters to both first-time and experienced growers by combining basic information and trouble-shooting with more specific advice on cultivating particular species.Beginning with an overview of the nature of seeds, including how they are pollinated and fertilised, McVicar draws on her extensive experience of farming herbs, describing when and how to harvest, sort and store each seed.With the foundation laid, the main scope of the book begins: how does one grow specific plants from seeds? With practical growing instructions and planting recipes, the book covers over 500 genera, with many more varieties and cultivars, in practical and extensive detail. The range is enormous: alpines, annuals, aquatic plants, trees, herbs and cacti are just a few of the many categories of plants discussed, with helpful cross-referencing and photography to spur the reader into action.

The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. These scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers. Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. Remarkably, the same individuals surface repeatedly-some of the same figures who have claimed that the science of global warming is "not settled" denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. "Doubt is our product," wrote one tobacco executive. These "experts" supplied it. Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, historians of science, roll back the rug on this dark corner of the American scientific community, showing how ideology and corporate interests, aided by a too-compliant media, have skewed public understanding of some of the most pressing issues of our era.