Author: Lester R. Brow
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: substantially, revised, civilization, save, mobilizing, plan
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-10-05
ISBN-10: 0393337197
ISBN-13: 9780393337198
“[Brown’s] ability to make a complicated subject accessible to the general reader is remarkable.”—Katherine Salant, Washington Post As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even a year ago. For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, we have begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. Plan B 4.0 explores bo
Authors:Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, Peter Fortna,
Publisher: University of Washington Pre
Keywords: region, imagined, perspectives, new, west
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 2010-04-15
ISBN-10: 1897425805
ISBN-13: 9781897425800
The central aim of "The West and Beyond" is to evaluate and appraise the state of Western Canadian history, to acknowledge and assess the contributions of historians of the past and present, to showcase the research interests of a new generation of scholars, to chart new directions for the future, and stimulate further interrogations of our past.-- The book is broken into five sections and contains articles from both established and new scholars that broadly reflect findings of the conference "The West and Beyond:-- Historians Past, Present and Future" held in Edmonton, Alberta in the summer o
Authors:Renette du Toit, Joan Roodt,
Publisher: Human Sciences Research Council
Keywords: education, south, africa, professions, professional, professionals, engineering, developing, country, profession, engineers
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 2010-04-01
ISBN-10: 0796922624
ISBN-13: 9780796922625
Offering valuable quantitative and qualitative information about all engineering disciplines in South Africa, this study provides an analysis of employment trends and investigates the demand for engineers, technologists, and technicians in the workforce. Women in engineering is a particular focus of this research, which examines the factors that influence their career focus and the barriers they experience in the marketplace. A comprehensive analysis of professionals and students, this guide focuses on enrollment, graduation, employment opportunities, and other demographics of engine
Author: Dirk Hoerder
Publisher: UBC Pre
Keywords: space, time, across, changing, selves
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2010-08-01
ISBN-10: 1897425724
ISBN-13: 9781897425725
To Know Our Many Selves profiles the history of Canadian studies, which began as early as the 1840s with the Study of Canada. Dirk Hoerder discusses this comprehensive examination of culture by highlighting its unique interdisciplinary approach, which included both sociological and political angles. In later years, as the study of other ethnicities was added to the cultural story of Canada, a solid foundaton was formed for the nation’s master narrative. Against this background Hoerder focuses on why Canadian studies may be used as a sound model for the study of other societies in a fram
Author: David Bordwell
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Keywords: cinema, poetics, ozu
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1988-08-01
ISBN-10: 0691008221
ISBN-13: 9780691008226
The Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu is not as well known as Akira Kurosawa, but his films are as extraordinary and original as those of his more famous counterpart. David Bordwell has divided this thorough introduction to Ozu’s life and work into two sections. The first offers a theory of themes, ideas, and obsessions that run through Ozu’s large body of films. The second treats each of Ozu’s movies in turn, closely examining their individual particularities. Ozu’s films are quiet and methodically paced, but richly rewarding and deeply moving. Rent any one or two of the
Author: eBookDB.org
Publisher: Nordic Council of Minister
Keywords: learning, perspective, lifelong, education, prison, nordic
Number of Pages: 218
Published: 2005-05-03
ISBN-10: 9289311479
ISBN-13: 9789289311472
In 1999, the nordic council adopted a recommendation on prison education in a Nordic perspective. In September 2001, a Nordic project group was appointed to carry out a study, with representatives from the Prison and Probation Service and the educational authorities. The project was directed by the County Governor of Hordaland, Norway. The purpose of the project Education, Training and Prison and Probation Service in a Lifelong Learning Perspective a Nordic Study of Structures and Models, was to provide a concise, overall and updated comparative view of education and trainin
Author: David L. Hudson Jr.
Publisher: First Amendment Center
Keywords: speech, america, schools, free, preserving, student, voices, silencing
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2003-12-01
ISBN-10: 0965686353
ISBN-13: 9780965686358
America’s public schools face a litany of problems ? school violence, drugs, sexual abuse and others ? as they attempt to educate the nation’s youth. But some school officials’ responses to these problems, while well-intentioned, may go too far. Schools are clamping down on many kinds of student expression deemed different or unusual. New "zero-tolerance" policies impose harsh penalties on first-time offenders. Officials have controlled language, censored students’ personal Web sites, established strict dress codes, banned symbols and tossed out books. "The Silencing
