Best nature & ecology books according to redditors
We found 460 Reddit comments discussing the best nature & ecology books. We ranked the 253 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 460 Reddit comments discussing the best nature & ecology books. We ranked the 253 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
When it comes to the abolitionist vs. reductionist "debate", there are a massive number of misconceptions on both sides. The thing is both "sides" want the same thing: minimizing harm done to animals. Everyone agrees that a world in which fewer nonhumans were harmed would be better than a one in which more nonhumans were harmed. So then where does the divide come from?
Well, as it turns out, there are multiple stages of behavioral change.
>Stage 1: Pre-contemplation: The individual does not recognize that their behavior needs changing. In the context of animal advocacy, the individual may proudly consume animal "products" and state that they have no intention of ever changing.
>Stage 2 — Contemplation: The person first begins to consider the merits of changing the behavior. They may ask for information about vegan nutrition or recipes, or ask about videos that show the cruelty of the animal agriculture industry.
>Stage 3 — Preparation: The individual perceives a need to change and is getting ready to do so. They may indicate that it's time for them to go vegan and that they are ready to take that final step.
>Stage 4 — Action: The individual is actively working on changing the behavior. Here, the individual is in the early stages of their transition to veganism and is changing their routines.
>Stage 5 — Maintenance: The behavioral change has been made and the individual is working to prevent relapsing to their old ways. This phase is critical because a relapse is a very real concern, though the more one resonates with ethical arguments of veganism related to minimizing our harm to animals, the less likely they are to revert to non-veganism.
Misconception #1: Abolitionism condemns people who take baby steps.
So this is where a lot of the confusion arises. Abolitionism isn't against encouraging baby steps, it's against advocating for baby steps as an end goal. One can still be assertive with the idea that animals "are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way" (i.e., Stage 1) while encouraging those who are making changes (Stage 4), and in fact this sweet spot leads to the best activism possible: it means animal rights advocates never advocate for any kind of animal abuse yet still encourage change along the way to the end goal of veganism.
Misconception #2: Abolitionism is about being morally pure in our advocacy, reductionism is about being effective.
This is a common way to sterotype abolitionists and reductionists, but in fact abolitionism is precisely about valuing what is the most effective form of activism over what what merely feels good. This leads to the next misconception:
Misconception #3: Advocating for less-than-veganism is the most effective way to get people to start making changes in the right direction. (Alternatively, advocating for veganism scares people away from making small changes.)
To some, this seems intuitive; if people are angry at us for advocating such "extreme" ideals, won't that make them more likely to ignore us or even harm more animals? Well, the core of clinical behavioral change science does not agree.
To quote Casey Taft, one of the vegan community's leading experts on this topic:
>Our goal should be to work on motivating people to go vegan; then, once they have made the commitment to do so, we can help them take the steps necessary to get there. That is a true behavioral change strategy.
>Many individual animal advocates and organizations fear promoting veganism as an end goal because they feel that if they're too "pushy" they will lose people altogether. This is likely a leading factor in why a larger cultural shift towards veganism has not occurred. It is in fact possible—and optimal—to clearly state a goal of ending violence towards animals and work with non- vegans in a productive, non-aggressive manner to produce behavioral change.
>Many of us (myself included) took many years to go vegan, and progressed from reducing animal consumption to transitioning to a plant-based diet and then veganism. Some argue that since they took a gradual approach, this is what we should be advocating for others. What they are missing, though, is that if they received clear vegan messaging to end all animal use, they may have gone vegan much sooner and prevented the deaths of many more animals. When we advocate for veganism as an end goal, people will naturally reduce their animal consumption, but will likely do so at a faster pace and will ultimately go vegan. Some will literally go vegan overnight.
>Some animal advocates may also argue that it is simply more effective to ask people to cut down on animal use rather than asking them to go vegan. It is important to keep in mind that there is absolutely no scientific evidence for such claims, [...] and this perspective is not based on any sound theoretical rationale for long-term behavioral change. In fact, such notions disregard a wealth of data showing that it is important to set clear long-term goals that involve a true discrepancy between that goal and current behavior. In other words, it is counterproductive to "settle" for an easy-to-attain goal that the individual is likely to change without our intervention when we could be helping to set more challenging long-term goals to strive for, and that would represent truly internal behavioral change.
>You might still be asking yourself, "That all sounds good, but what if the person I'm communicating with refuses to commit to going vegan?" My response is that I would expect the other person not to make that commitment when you first begin discussing veganism with them in particular. However, their resistance to committing to veganism does not mean that they are a lost cause by any means. Your communication with them may have helped stimulate some thoughts on the issue, and perhaps it will open the door to them having a follow-up discussion or conducting some research on their own. Few people go vegan after any one particular interaction, and we must not place too much pressure on ourselves to make others go vegan after any interaction. Making such a commitment is best thought of as a process. [...] All that we can do is to help move them closer to choosing veganism, but we cannot force them to change, and we should not engage in desperate tactics such as asking them to reduce their animal use rather than promoting veganism because it is less conducive to long-term change.
>We should also be mindful of our larger end goal at the societal level in our advocacy efforts. If our goal is to ultimately convince the world population that we must end all animal use, we should be treating veganism as an issue of social justice and should not encourage others to continue to think of animals as "products" for which we can continue to consume in moderation. We must be careful that our animal advocacy does not perpetuate oppressive views of nonhuman animals, which would ultimately be to their detriment.
Misconception #4: It is permissible for abolitionists to be agressive in their advocacy.
Often times online you will encounter vegans who, in an "argument" against a nonvegan, will degrade themselves to name calling, personal attacks, and bad form. Remember, abolitionism is about what is most effective, not what feels right, and such behaviours are clearly detrimental to the movement.
Such behaviours are often pinned on abilitionism, however, because of a confusion between aggressiveness and assertiveness. The thing is, both aggressiveness and assertiveness may lead to anger, but these are very different types of anger. One leads to increased hatred, while the other leads to true social change, as clearly demonstrated by the civil rights movement and every other social justice movement before and afterwards.
>“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Further reading and listening:
Arkansas Waterfalls Guidebook by Tim Ernst
-1. Rock hammer
or a chisel type, if you want soft rocks and fossil beds.
-2. Hand lens
-3. Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks & Minerals Nuff said.
-4. Got some cash to burn? A handheld GPS is pretty nifty.
-5. Small bottle of hydrocloric acid. Can be handy for quick IDing of carbonates, but often not worth the hassle. Alternative: learn your mineralogy, bring a pocket knife.
-6. Sharpies, pens, masking tape, and a field book. Keep notes! Label rocks so you can track your finds.
-7. Camera!
-8. Sample bags - anything tough but soft should do. Pros often use canvas.
If you're feeling ambitious, raid your garden shed for anything good at moving earth. I've had a lot of luck recently with Estwing's prybars, chisels, and crack hammers with popping sediment beds out, but there's no need to go for name brands for these items. It's all about what you're going after...
Happy hunting!
Killing on a massive scale justified by differences between us and them. The comparison is valid. It's not meant to be thrown into people's faces as a one liner, though. It should be done in a well crafted, respectful way.
I recommend reading Eternal Treblinka and The Dreaded Comparison. Those books do this well.
http://www.powerfulbook.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Dreaded-Comparison-Human-Animal-Slavery/dp/0962449334
I'm a professional mineralogist and I have that book at my desk, It's a pretty helpful guide sometimes. I also recommend Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks & Minerals and Introduction to the Rock-Forming Minerals
I use my Grandfather’s binoculars, they’re an old model but they still have modern versions of it available.
http://www.birdwatching-bliss.com/jason-binoculars.html
This is a great book for beginners
https://www.amazon.com/Kaufman-Field-Guide-Birds-America/dp/0618574239
Here's my motherload, sorted by topic. The three docus that red-pilled the f*ck out of me are "September 11- The New Pearl Harbor"/Christopher Bollyn vid, "American Moon", and the Sandy Hook vids ("We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook", "Dear Wolfgang")
9/11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq9nUPs2RAk September 11- The New Pearl Harbor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tmqs8Xtrvk Christopher Bollyn presentation
https://www.bitchute.com/video/gPtaDe027GrB/ Pentagon Whistleblower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5IH7lhmgUk Evidence v Israel for 9/11
SH
https://www.bitchute.com/video/ZWYXPZw21VCg/ We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook
https://www.bitchute.com/video/Qa3Sisk6u84O/ Dear Wolfgang (uncut version)
https://www.bitchute.com/video/OvKM5VbsEYoZ/ Howitt, Mark. SANDY HOOK - Mark Howitt Extensive Documentary
https://www.bitchute.com/video/JTqh4gtvuCic/ Sandy Hook Line and Sinker
https://www.bitchute.com/video/cbLSIgZ473f6/ Smallstrom, Creating Reality - Sandy Hook
https://www.bitchute.com/video/6J8J49H5HC8q/ Sandy Hook Hoax Ultimate
https://www.bitchute.com/video/K61rI1xt7T0t/ Dear Wolfgang (PC version)
BB
https://www.bitchute.com/video/kY0Av4s4OicT/ Boston Unbombing
https://www.bitchute.com/video/1v4TMzLP7aaf/ Boston Bombing False Flag
https://www.bitchute.com/video/hp1fYFrHXNKm/ High Treason
Parkland
https://www.bitchute.com/video/XuTTSzriQdto/ Welcome to Parkland
http://blackpilled.com/2018/02/expert-asks-questions-about-florida-shooting/ Expert Asks Questions About Florida Shooting
OKC Bombing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dAcuJiwWkc A Noble Lie
Bali Bombing
https://www.bitchute.com/video/0gd8LEdFCFSl/ Bali Bombing Part I
History
https://www.bitchute.com/video/s1nPYDj7KBEQ/ Europa (WW2)
https://www.bitchute.com/video/mZpeJkSNjcA3/ The Greatest Story Never Told
JQ
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-myth-of-american-meritocracy/ College Admissions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljMPafQpfDU History
https://www.bitchute.com/video/UNN7GgqTHvSj/ Culture of Critique
https://www.bitchute.com/video/wv2wdDPiU2e5/ Al-Jazeera on Zionists in US Gvt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PsGZz19cHk Israel buying US elections
$Money$
https://www.corbettreport.com/mark-skidmore-on-the-pentagons-missing-trillions/ Missing Trillions
Book The Creature from Jekkyl Island
Book Bitcoin Standard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U56Om36jXik Money Distribution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpG-r9FnnXY&t=5 The Money Masters, 1996
Fake Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHDDQVZ-A98 SCRIPT- Top 10 Staged Media Events, by ThoughtCrime7
Clinton Body Count
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5LmNsoxC4 Clintoncided
https://truepundit.com/graphic-warning-fbi-interviews-alleged-boy-rape-victim-of-bill-clinton-chilling-details-of-sex-assaults-satanic-rituals-on-yacht-video/ Bill Clinton boy accusation
Moon Landing Hoax
https://www.bitchute.com/video/eZramDBFkXRU/ Massimo Mazzucco's "American Moon"
https://www.bitchute.com/video/ZXA41ZQGYwMB/ Ted Aranda Moon Hoax
https://www.bitchute.com/video/bP6hDD8-FFI/ Sibrel Interview
https://www.bitchute.com/video/7m8rlf5PfUjo/ A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the moon
https://www.bitchute.com/video/1nPDWWmK5ybr/ The Apollo Detectives 2019
Climate Change
http://www.globalclimatescam.com/the-global-warming-swindle/ Climate Scam Overview
http://www.petitionproject.org/qualifications_of_signers.php GW Petition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYhCQv5tNsQ Great Global Warming Swindle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u81qXOYfKg GW or Global Governance?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=69&v=Y1FnWFlDvxE Nobel Kary Mullis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=94&v=SXxHfb66ZgM Nobel Giaever
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/Monckton-Caught%20Green-Handed%20Climategate%20Scandal.pdf Climategate
https://principia-scientific.org/top-us-scientist-resigns-admitting-global-warming-a-big-scam/ Resignation
https://www.amazon.com/Delinquent-Teenager-Mistaken-Worlds-Climate-ebook/dp/B005UEVB8Q Book on IPCC fraud
https://www.amazon.com/Hockey-Stick-Illusion-Andrew-Montford-ebook/dp/B0182I73BA/ Book on data fraud
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2011/11/23/climategate-2-0-new-e-mails-rock-the-global-warming-debate/#7177c5b427ba Climategate 2.0
http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showthread.php/247910-Did-30-000-scientists-say-climate-change-a-hoax Signer's account
http://www.mitosyfraudes.org/Ingles/Crista.html Ozone fraud
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/04/02/the-big-list-of-failed-climate-predictions/ Climate Fraud Predictions
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/price-tag-global-warming-just-went-60-trillion/312892/ GW Price
Geoengineering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=870&v=jHm0XhtDyZA Geoengineering Whistleblower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=608&v=lZaD-H_j3pU Secret Chemtrail Pilot
Vaccines
https://www.bitchute.com/video/AAULTRRHpDJf/ VAXXED
Diet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_CXwa-_5Uk The NWO DIEt
Pedo/Pizzagate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQFebh7NVVc About the Ninth Circle
https://www.bitchute.com/video/XhCH3cQM4wpc/ Hillary Clinton and Pedogate
https://truepundit.com/graphic-warning-fbi-interviews-alleged-boy-rape-victim-of-bill-clinton-chilling-details-of-sex-assaults-satanic-rituals-on-yacht-video/ Bill Clinton boy accusation
https://www.bitchute.com/video/ajlfq0KWXlmR/ James Alefantis bio
http://www.unz.com/article/pizzagate/ Unz Pizzagate report
That one should be required reading for winter hikers (hikers in general). Not everyone dies but some do (tragically and needlessly), others escape with a few missing extremities, and yet others unscathed only due to pure luck.
Another good one, that's focused on the Adirondacks, is Peter Bronski's At the Mercy of the Mountains. If you found 'Not Without Peril' engrossing, you'll like 'At the Mercy' as well.
FWIW, check out chapter 8 about Steven Thomas. That one strikes a chord because I still recall seeing his "Lost" posters. They were nailed to trail-registers back when I started hiking in the High Peaks (in the Paleozoic Era). Talk about a sobering sight for a budding new hiker!
Unlike the recent Whiteface skier, who showed up in Sacramento, Steven Thomas was never found (not even a trace). However, I recall some people theorizing that he "disappeared himself" to start anew elsewhere. However, that theory is unproven and certainly doesn't give his family any comfort.
I love the Sibley guides, and also make heavy use of the iBird app
> Understanding what people listen to is crucial in effective communication.
Why do you assume I've done no research into effective activism? That's why I'm criticizing this video in the first place. It compromises its own message through apologetics which reinforce the perceived validity of the carnist norm instead of communicating an anti-speciesist message. In fact, there's plenty of evidence that door-in-the-face activism is effective at making new vegans, and that people who go vegan for the animals are less likely to renege and go back to eating meat.
Promoting a clear vegan end goal is the best way to bring about both reduction and cessation of animal use and we should be careful not to promote the very thing (speciesism) that is the biggest contributor to our animal use in the first place.
Further, advocating for mere reduction doesn’t change society’s view of non-human animals. Instead it reinforces the belief that animals are here for our use but that we just treasure it more when using and killing them. Reduction may work if we want people to take some minor and inconsequential action. But it doesn’t translate to what we are asking them to do in regard to their views and treatment of non-human animals.
If we truly want to change society’s attitude about other animals, we need to show that we, as animal advocates, don’t endorse using them in any way. We need to educate the public about speciesism and actively work to abolish the speciesist lies that other animals are inferior to humans and are here for our use. In order to create a non-speciesist world, we need to call for a rejection of speciesist views and behaviors.
Young and Freedman is one of the more popular intro physics textbooks, but I think Knight's textbook is a little better for a first-timer, although it's not as complete.
He and Justin Julander quite literally wrote the book on morelia keeping, The Complete Carpet Python. Beyond that his reputation is stellar in the business. If you get a chance listen to some of his interviews on Morelia Python Radio. Hell just listen to MPR regardless who the guest is. Lots of good info to be gleaned for anyone interested in snake keeping in general.
Size is going to be more or less the same between the two, adult size is going to be highly dependent on how much you feed them. I slow grow my animals and my male Jungle is a little over 2 years old and 4ft, 398g. If you do the whole feed it large meals once a week thing you can easily end up with a 400-700g animal in the space of a year. To give you an idea I fed him every 10 days up until he was a year old just about, then every 2 weeks, and once he hit 2 he's been getting a weaned rat every 3 weeks. I've never pushed large meals. I don't expect him to get any larger than 600-800g.
IJs go for $150-250 usually, real Jungles go for $250-500 depending on the line and quality of the parents. Cheap undocumented Jungles that may or may not turn yellow go for $100-150.
In terms of temperament I think IJs tend to be a little nicer as babies but you can get a shit head of either species so just go with what you like better. 99% of them will all tame down with patience and age. Buy a hook.
As for breeders, Nick Mutton (Inland Reptile) is always who I recommend first. He's the largest Carpet Python breeder in the US and works with everything pretty much. All of his animals come with lineage charts and they're all what he says they are. He wrote The Complete Carpet Python which is a coveted book in the Morelia community. My Jungle is from him and he's great to work with.
I have always really liked the thoroughness of the Knight textbook. It's very expensive though.
... eyes shift back and forth
Hey OP! I think you dropped a textbook. I see it there in your inbox.
Recirculating Aquaculture 3^rd Edition by Timmons & Ebeling.
It's hardly a picture-book (900+ pages), and it's not extremely in-depth in any one subject, but it's an authority in aquaculture and should give you a firm grasp of optimal system design
Finished up 5 non-fiction books this week!
The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives Are No Substitute for Good Citizens
by Samuel Bowles. 3/5 stars.
The Psychology of Pro-Environmental Communication: Beyond Standard Information Strategies
by Christian Klöckner. 3/5 stars.
How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach by Tobias Leenaert. 5/5 stars.
Motivational Methods for Vegan Advocacy: A Clinical Psychology Perspective
by Casey T. Taft. 4/5 stars.
The Extinction Market: Wildlife Trafficking and How to Counter It
by Vanda Felbab Brown. 3/5 stars.
Still reading/started:
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
I carry a Kaufman personally.
I think Mr Ranters misandry is ubiqutious, not racial ... It's from John Gray's book, Straw Dogs I think :) and is a reference to sapiens and monkeys evolving from the same linege. The irony of course being the teaching of Evolution being phased out in the great state of Texas :)
I prefer Kaufman's field guide for carrying with me while I'm birding. It's well organized and has a lot of great info/illustrations:
http://www.amazon.com/Kaufman-Field-Guide-Birds-America/dp/0618574239/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382709486&sr=8-1&keywords=kaufman
At home, I like to use Sibley's book (which is far too large to carry with as a field guide). It has even more illustrations and is a bit more in depth than Kaufman's field guide due to its size:
http://www.amazon.com/Sibley-Guide-Birds-David-Allen/dp/0679451226/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382709539&sr=8-1&keywords=sibley+guide+to+birds
I like to use Sibley's Eastern or Western in the field - the smaller size makes it more manageable.
I'd recommend getting Kenn Kaufman's guide, it isn't huge and is good for comparing birds. There are some good apps out there too, if you'd rather bring a phone or tablet. I usually just use the Sibley app on my phone.
Binoculars are pretty important. I started with a pair of $50 ones from a sports store and they were junk. and then I got a pair of big Nikons for around a $100, and they were better, but too big. I finally have a pair of Eagle Optics Rangers, they are $300 and I really like them. But I've looked through a pair of $1000+ Swarovskis and wow, those are great, but not much better than mine. I have 10x42s, which I would recommend. But get these Atlas binoculars for $100. They are really nice, I bought my dad a pair for Christmas and they felt as good as my other pair, for a third of the price. They would treat you really good for a long time. Plus they are water and fog proof, important for Florida.
Crap, I just saw that those Atlas binoculars are out of stock, sorry.
I would always reccommend an actual field guide over an app, they are just more useful, but apps can be a good complement. For field guides, Sibley just came out with his new guide, which is probably the best one you can get.
You could also try National Geographic or Peterson's Guides, they are good. Kaufman has a really good guide that is geared more towards beginners, but has as much info as a full-sized guide.
As for Apps, there is Sibley, National Geographic, Peterson's, and iBird PRO, all of which are decent and have bird songs on them, which is probably the best feature. Its mostly personal preference between these.
Learn to make simple bows. There are plenty of books on it.
Clubs and throwing sticks are more powerful than most people think.
Blowgun and needle darts. Rub hot pepper paste on them to make someone wish they were dead. More exotic poisons can be made but are very dependent on what grows/lives near you.
this book is a must have for any would be survivalist.
At my old school, we used this but after a quick Google search I found this other one. I don't know if these are exactly what you are looking for, though.
I would guess the biggest difference comes from the type and content of feed rather than the metabolism of the species. If anything, the species might be more efficient or not at converting the feed to biomass, which decides if there is more or less solid waste required to be removed from the recirculating flow
If you can find the following book in a library or borrow it then it's worth a shot to search your specific question: https://www.amazon.com/Recirculating-Aquaculture-3rd-Michael-Timmons/dp/0971264651
For planning, I recommend this book. It's pricey, but worth it. It's not too helpful on the survival side of planning, but it'll help you pick out which trails to do and what to expect.
Learned some basic rocks/minerals as a kid - Quartz, Calcite, Tigereye, Agate, Pyrite, Malachite, Azurite, Labradorite, Granite, Conglomerate, Sandstone, Obsidian, Pumice, Fluorite, etc. I'd find some in my yard and collect them and look them up in some books I had or see them for sale in gift shops and got to know them this way.
Learned some more when I took Mineralogy and Petrology courses throughout my degree.
Learned even more by lurking this sub, seeing examples, and googling more info about ones I don't know about.
Some good resources include Simon and Schusters Guide, NPS, Mindat, etc. and if you're really serious about learning more, MIT offers free open courseware on Intro Geology and Petrology.
Check out this book. https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/dont-waste-your-time-in/9781927462027-item.html Or https://www.amazon.ca/Dont-Waste-Your-Canadian-Rockies/dp/0968941974 for the regular book
Lol, you'd like to avoid crowds in Banff, that's like saying I don't really want to see people when visiting New York City.
Where are you staying? Here's the thing about Banff, it's super close to Kananaskis and Kootenay National Park.
Other good options are to google blogs about hiking in Banff, you'll get really good info and current info as well, wildfires have done some serious damage here the last 3 out of 4 years.
Of course there's Mt. Temple, Sunshine, Bourgeau Lake, etc...
Here's a dude with a passionate blog about hiking: http://hikingwithbarry.com/category/banff-national-park
http://www.amazon.com/Simon-Schusters-Guide-Rocks-Minerals/dp/0671244175/ref=zg_bs_290105_7
My favorite handbook. Some essential rockhound tools would be a rock hammer, chisel, hand loupe, etc.
This is so thoughtful! I think if you search for farmers' markets in Conway and Little Rock you should find a ton of resources. You can actually buy local online at Arkansas Local Food Network. You might want to check out Little Rock Urban Farming too.
As far as locally sourced meats go, the only place I can personally vouch for is Hillcrest Artisan Meats. Their FB page is really informative too. I've also heard great things about Falling Sky Farm. EatWild could be really useful to you as well.
Ok, on to the bit I know something about: Hiking!
Some of the best times of my 7 year relationship were spent waterfall hiking in the winter with my boyfriend. No snakes and, if you're lucky, frozen solid waterfalls. Arkansas Waterfall Guidebook and Arkansas Hiking Trails are my favorite books on the subject. The best trails/waterfalls (IMO) are near Jasper, so if you guys have a free weekend it would be really fun to rent a cabin and hike around. Jasper has lots of cool local shops and restaurants too.
They are minerals Marie!
Ce vrei tu e un ghid pentru identificarea de minerale nu de pietre. Rocile sunt agregate de minerale, simplist vorbind.
Asta arata decent. Sunt multe carti cu multe poze colorate prin comert, dar sunt pline de info vagi sau pur si simplu gresite. Stai departe de cele in Romana, sunt traduse prost.
Daca te pasioneaza, si vrei sa stii mai mult de atat, recomand orice manual de mineralogie.
i picked up At The Mercy of the Mountains at the excellent ithaca book sale a few months ago. it covers the stories of a variety of misadventures, accidents, and deaths which have taken place in the adirondacks over the years. it was a pretty good read and absolutely worth the $.50 or so i payed for it.
http://www.amazon.com/Delinquent-Teenager-Mistaken-Climate-ebook/product-reviews/B005UEVB8Q
http://www.coldsun.net/
The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism: Mankind and Climate Change Mania
You've completely lost touch with reality. Must come from having too many arguments with yourself. To wit:
>Try basic literacy ... the question obviously refers to the point made above it .... DUH
Since you're only 12 I'm going to advise a course of medication starting with heavy doses of Ritalin.
Nice of you to include a link to the reviews. You probably didn't see the link at the top of that page to the rest of the reviews. Other than those of the usual bunch of professional AGW advocates, the reviews are mostly positive.
Philosopher-turned-crumudgeon John Gray has entered the point of his career where he sees the flaws in just about to everything, and writes a book about it. His attack on humanism is called [Straw Dogs] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0374270937?qid=1425697191&sr=8-1&vs=1) .
People being critical of our ideas is never fun, but it can be valuable. He's not everyone's cup of tea, but it fits the bill of what you're asking for.
You should check out Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray
>A radical work of philosophy, which sets out to challenge our most cherished assumptions about what it means to be human. From the Enlightenment to Nietzsche and Marx, the Western tradition has been based on arrogant and erroneous beliefs about human beings and their place in the world.
>Philosophies such as liberalism and Marxism think of humankind as a species whose destiny is to transcend natural limits and conquer the Earth. Even in the present day, despite Darwin's discoveries, nearly all schools of thought take as their starting point the belief that humans are radically different from other animals.
> Recirculating Aquaculture: 3rd Edition
Who did you murder to get that? http://www.amazon.com/Recirculating-Aquaculture-Edition-Michael-Timmons/dp/0971264651
Both of these books have strongly influenced my techniques with regards to risk management in the backcountry.
In the same vein as Not Without Peril is At the Mercy of the Mountains, by Peter Bronski, a similar book that focuses on misadventure in the Adirondacks iin NY (Howe's book focuses on the White Mountains of NH).
I wrote my thesis on this. Here are a few of my sources and some new works:
The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery
Eternal Treblinka
The Sexual Politics of Meat
Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters
Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation
These are the two favorites of the ones I have.
http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Minerals-Gemstones-Walter-Schumann/dp/0395511372
http://www.amazon.com/Simon-Schusters-Guide-Rocks-Minerals/dp/0671244175
For me, Banff & area are all about hiking. But there's still tons of stuff do do & see without plodding along a trail all day. Thats just what I like to do all day. In fact, just driving the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93 North, to Jasper) is amazing, with lots of sightseeing opportunities, including the Columbia Icefields.
Get yourself a copy of Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies. It's a phenomenal hiking resource for the National Parks. My personal favourite is Helen Lake.
Could check out what the CORA meetup group has done in past summers: http://www.meetup.com/Calgary-Outdoor-Recreation-Association-CORA/
I use the book Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies. Peak-wise, I've done Cirque Peak and Fairview Mountain and both were great. Not sure if they're aggressive enough for you, though. :)
http://www.herkimerdiamond.com is the only western-ish NY fee dig I'm aware of. This book has a list of rockhounding sites with appropriate maps/directions: https://www.amazon.com/Rockhounding-New-York-Guide-States/dp/0762779004?ie=UTF8&adid=02XDNXCXNHT0QN810XCY
here's another link that might help? http://albanykid.com/2010/05/24/rockhounding-new-york/
A couple of books to get if you live in the area: Ozark Highlands Trail guide and the Arkansas Waterfall Guidebook, both by Tim Ernst. He also has one specific to the Buffalo River area.
The other great resource is the Forest Service site. Either use the interactive map or go direct with the Find A Forest tool. Recreation | Camping menu will lead you too a bunch of places as will the Maps & Publications choice.
The Buffalo River area is a National Park so a bit more restrictive. There is backcountry camping or you can go to some of the established campgrounds and just move up or down stream a bit. Kyles Landing and Steel Creek are popular places to jump off from.
I've spent more time south in the Ozark Highland area. White Mountain is a favorite. White mountain / shores lake loop. Not dispersed but in the middle of nowhere. Camp host last time out made a mean batch of cider.
Anywhere along the Ozark Highland Trail is nice.
From Little Rock you should head west in to the Ouachita area. Ouachita Trail very similar to Ozark Highland.
Check out Ouachita Maps for good hiking and backpacking ideas for much of Arkansas.
I would imagine there are books like this one...https://www.amazon.com/Rockhounding-New-York-Guide-States/dp/0762779004
I own the one for Oregon and it has given me some great info to start with. Also, take a look at local rock clubs.
There are quite a few hiking trails in the Ouachitas suitable for overnight and multi-day backpacking trips. Tim Ernst's "Arkansas Hiking Trails" and "Ouachita Trail Guide" are good planning resources.
The Eagle Rock Loop is one I'd personally recommend. There is parking available at several trailheads.
If you are interested in the outdoors in Arkansas, then you'll want to look in to the works of Tim Ernst, a wildlife photographer and local authority on all things outdoors. His Arkansas Hiking Trails is a must have for a start, and he has many other books on different facets of being outdoors in the state. You will be living in the beautiful Ozark Mountains, and within about an hour to an hour-and-a-half driving you will have access to almost all outdoor activities that Arkansas has to offer, from trout fishing to rock climbing to canoeing/kayaking, to mountain biking. I could go on, but you get the picture.
Welcome! and enjoy!
https://www.amazon.com/Rockhounding-New-York-Guide-States/dp/0762779004/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=fossil+guide+new+york&qid=1569523747&s=gateway&sr=8-3 Each state has its own guide...might want to try this
Here's my recommendations for a new birder starter kit:
If you have the extra dough, the Vortex are a great step up from there.
Hope that helps and happy birding!!
> Timmons
This one?
http://www.amazon.com/Recirculating-Aquaculture-Edition-Michael-Timmons/dp/0971264651/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
Can you narrow the location down a bit? Canada is huge and there are great hikes all over.
For the National Parks in the Rockies, this is a great start: https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Waste-Your-Canadian-Rockies/dp/0968941974
Some of the better day hikes I've done in the parks. Check conditions before heading out. Some trails can still be snow covered or impassable in June.
Other things:
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>What's off season for the Ozarks? Where were you. It's on my 5 year plan to get down there from North Iowa.
Well, it's hot as hell in most of the summer, and in the winter it varies weekend by weekend, but it's mild enough for someone with gear, only really sucks when it's wet, but the trails are empty nontheless.
Even though you lose the greenery, I tend to like winter hiking I've hiked the sylamore creek trail across the winter solstice last year and it was completely empty, didn't see another person in three days. (hiked 26 miles in two, stayed a third at one of the trailheads).
About three years ago I did about ~50 miles on the Ozark Highlands Trail (Hurricane Creek to Woolum) in the winter and other than seeing a car during one of the road crossings, I didn't see anyone in almost a week. Had I hiked more of the trail I probably wouldn't have seen anyone.
There's some fairly remote trails in the Mark Twain National Forest in SE Missouri as well.
If you're interested in hiking in the Arkansas part of the Ozarks, pick up one of Tim Ernst's books I linked the OHT one, but there's 3-4 about different sets of trails statewide.
Try one of the bird field guides for your area. The guide usually has one or two pics or drawings of the bird, a map of where it is often found and when (summer, winter, migration etc.) and a description of the bird, it's habits and call. Here is an example
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
The Ouachita (pronounced Wash-it-aww) and Ozarks are national forests and very, very large. Lots of good places within them though.
My suggestion would be to go to the Buffalo River and hike Hemmed-in-hollow and Goat Trail on the same day or to hike Indian Creek. Hemmed-in-Hollow is a waterfall and Goat trail takes you onto the side of a quite tall bluff. Indian creek is a creek you can hike/wade to see some excellent waterfalls. At the end there's a cave you used to be able to climb through to get to what's called the Eye of the Needle but it's been closed for several years to protect the bats. Just getting to that point is a lot of fun though. Great photographs too. Renting a canoe and floating the Buffalo river is fun. Not a lot of white-water just a few rapids and a fun day on the river. If you're in this area at night stop by to see the Elk. They were reintroduced several years ago and come out to graze in a farm nearby. There will probably be a dozen cars parked on the side of the road watching them.
Drive down to Petit Jean state park. The Boy Scout trail there is ~10 miles long and there's plenty of other short ones you can loop together. Cedar Falls is only a short hike and a great view.
Hot Springs is nice but not top of the list. The trails there are pleasent but the downtown is pretty touristy. Still, it's a National Park and I always like to cross those off my list.
After that go southwest to Eagle Rock Loop. It's been mentioned before for a reason. It's great.
Other ideas are the Richland Creek wilderness area, the Hurrican Creek wilderness area, Forked Mountain, and Sylamore creek. The books below have a pretty extensive list of trails. The three long trails are the Ozark Highlands Trail (165 miles), the Ouachita Trail (222 miles), and the Buffalo River Trail (~40 miles).
https://www.amazon.com/Ouachita-Trail-Guide-Tim-Ernst/dp/1882906438/ref=sr_1_19?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505103125&sr=1-19&keywords=Tim+Ernst
https://www.amazon.com/Arkansas-Hiking-Trails-Selected-Natural/dp/1882906128/ref=sr_1_1/136-4949382-1411237?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505103098&sr=1-1&keywords=Tim+Ernst
https://www.amazon.com/Arkansas-waterfalls-guidebook-Tim-Ernst/dp/1882906489/ref=sr_1_3/136-4949382-1411237?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505103098&sr=1-3&keywords=Tim+Ernst
https://www.amazon.com/Ozark-Highlands-Trail-Guide-Ernst/dp/188290639X/ref=sr_1_4/136-4949382-1411237?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505103098&sr=1-4&keywords=Tim+Ernst
https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-River-Hiking-Trails-Ernst/dp/1882906403/ref=sr_1_5/136-4949382-1411237?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505103098&sr=1-5&keywords=Tim+Ernst
Get the book "Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies" You'll get to see the best and avoid the crowds. http://www.amazon.ca/Dont-Waste-Your-Canadian-Rockies/dp/0968941974
Non-mobile: Straw Dogs
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This is my favorite place to go. So beautiful and secluded.
The 2 best spots in the area are the hangover and Stratton bald. Do not plan on camping at naked ground as tempting as it may be.
Get Tim Homan's book on the area, and design your own loop that includes the hangover, Stratton bald, and the slick rock creek. There are so many intersecting trails that planning a hike there is as easy as can be. http://www.amazon.com/Hiking-Trails-Kilmer-Slickrock-Citico-Wildernesses/dp/156145415X
I always park at big fat gap, there is a campsite that continues straight into the woods where the road would go if it kept going, so if you wanted to head up there, on Friday and start hiking early Saturday you could do that.
A few things to remember about slickrock though.
It is a wilderness area, the trails aren't really maintained to the level you're used to in other areas, and the lesser used trails can get hard to follow, but pay attention and you'll be fine.
Also it is a common area for hunters, and is covered with them during hunting season, you usually won't see any that far from the trailhead though but you will see their dogs.
Most of the hunting dogs are beagle and Black and Tan mixes, but during hog season you'll see pit bulls. Either way don't bring a dog hiking with you to slickrock. The pit bulls will likely kill him and he might follow the deer dogs into the woods.
Be respectful of the dogs. They have a job to do, I know they're cute and friendly (especially the hounds) but avoid petting them because it throws them off their game. Sometimes they will start following you. If this happens just yell GO ON like it's one word and they will in fact go on.
Don't let any of this scare you off this awesome area.
Oh and if your car is fun to drive check out the Tail of the Dragon (us129 north of deals gap) and the chelohora skyway, two of the best driving roads in the entire country.
I would suggest renting a car while you are in the Rockies. You won't see much on the train, plus it's really expensive. And there are bus tours but they cater to the elderly and those less interested in lacing up boots. You really need to get off transport and hit some trails. If you are the hiking type, the guide book you want is this one:
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/0968941974
You don't need a car in Vancouver and you can bus it from Banff to Vancouver, so look into flying into Calgary and renting a car there for a week.
Also, make camping or hotel arrangements ASAP. They fill up fast. There are campgrounds you can drive into, they do tend to be a bit noisy, though. Smaller cabins or B and Bs are probably the nicest option. Expect up to $200 CA plus per night.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rocks-Minerals-Handbooks-Chris-Pellant/dp/1405359889/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407925317&sr=8-1&keywords=dk+rock+and+minerals
Lots of pretty pictures for him just now, and the text will be easy enough to read by age 10(ish), maybe younger if he maintains a really big interest like I did with dinosaurs at around that age.
Is this the one?
Gray is great. In philosophical terms, he's a "hedgehog" not a "fox". He has knows one big thing, not lots of little things (it seems to me that he gets a lot of the little things wrong) - so if you read one of his books, you've read them all. I'd recommend Straw Dogs - in my opinion his best.
Funny. I'm an experienced chemist. Nice ad hominem by the way. Perhaps you would care to look into this book: http://www.amazon.com/Delinquent-Teenager-Mistaken-Climate-ebook/dp/B005UEVB8Q/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1318551567&sr=8-4
But of course you won't do that. A rational person is willing to hear both sides of an argument and make an informed decision. You seem far from rational.
Well one cheap way would be an earthenware and sand chamber with charcoal and a bellows... This is very labor intensive though and you might have an easier time building a small 'box' out of fire brick and run a propane burner into it. Such a structure built into the ground is very well insulated and maintains more consistent heat.You can probably do option #2 for 30 bucks or so...
If you want to go reeeally cheap you can always pit fire them... This involves an ordinary fire pit... slowly dry out the clay on the stones of the fire ring, turning regularly. Then move the pieces closer and closer until they are in the fire. Build a big fire around the pieces and let it burn all night. The slow heating and cooling cycle will temper it and the proximity to the fuel source will give the piece a lovely patina.
One note on using ancient methods- you can make almost anything using ancient furnaces and kilns that you can make with modern ones- you just have to make more of them because your results wont be as consistent and you are much more likely to break or ruin the piece. Size is also a consideration. Try not to get too attached to ceramics you intend to pit fire.
here's a couple of great reference books with great illustrations and directions...
http://www.amazon.com/Primitive-Technology-Book-Earth-Skills/dp/0879059117
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00268EV9K/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0879059117&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1NQEHPV654RVB6RSZE4X
Is there any particular part of biology you are looking to understand? For cell biology, for example, there are probably good ones that start with the mitochondrion as the power supply and explains how proteins are assembled from DNA, and then how extra proteins are digested back into amino acids by the lysosome, etc...
At the macro level there might be something but I haven't found it. Here's how I would write it though. You'd have to start with the idea that all organisms need a ton of carbon to survive, which is why there's so little of it in the atmosphere (CO2 is ~400ppm). Then note that we need relatively little Nitrogen, but the atmosphere has a ton of that (70%), so getting rid of excess Nitrogen is gonna be a key part of the system. Next note that they all need oxygen to burn energy (just like an engine), which comes largely from either what's dissolved in water or in the atmosphere (not what's bonded to hydrogen in the water, that takes a lot of energy to unwind so it's not a good oxidizer.) Finally, they need some hyrdogen but not a ton, that comes mostly from water and gets bonded to Carbons in various ways, mostly to store energy but also to make parts. From there you get a basic living organism: seeking carbon by any means possible, burning oxygen, drinking water and pumping out excess nitrogen. Every organism does each one in different ways. Plants, for example, get their carbon from the small amount in the atmosphere, Animals on the other hand have to eat other organsims to get their carbon. Plants have a weird way of handling nitrogen called the nitrogen cycle, and that I don't fully understand. Fish on the other hand pump it out in the form of amonia right into the water, which would be harmful if there weren't a whole ocean or lake of water around them to absorb it, but Mammals have to hang onto the Nitrogen and store it in a nice water-soluble form (Urea) until they can pump a bunch out at once. But that's I think waht the diagram would look like.
Anyway, I'm a Stats grad student but my research is in DNA sequence analysis, so I've spent a lot of time looking for various explanations like this and have basically had to assemble them in my head as I read wikipedia for the zillionth time. As I look back at what I wrote now I realize that it's probably exactly the kind of oversimplification you were not looking for, but it was worth a shot. Good luck and post any good ones if you find them.
ETA: Actually one thing I just thought of that you might be interested in is some explanation of how indoor recirculating aquaculture systems operate. That's how I learned a good portion of the biology I know, but a system like that is basically a big block diagram with inputs and outputs, and mass balances are the major constraints that have to be built around. This is the book I've always used, mainly because I took Timmons' course in college: http://www.amazon.com/Recirculating-Aquaculture-3rd-Michael-Timmons/dp/0971264651 . Anyway, that's a thought. Good luck.
The end-all mineral book. Not ideal for field identification, but amazing for the information it does contain. It's the one reference book that I have kept around and used throughout my academic and professional career.
Thanks! This will be my first attempt at doing anything out in the field so I'm hugely excited about it, even if it will be slow going and clumsy. =)
Got any recommendations for field identification books? I've got the Dorling Kindersley and the Philips guides at the moment - but they seem a bit light on the details. Are there any "classic" field guides worth picking up?
Rockhounding New England: A Guide To 100 Of The Region's Best Rockhounding Sites (Rockhounding Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762783656/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_6X26wb5VVT2AP
Rockhounding New York: A Guide To The State's Best Rockhounding Sites (Rockhounding Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762779004/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_KY26wbYF584VV
Roadside Geology of New York (Roadside Geology Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0878421807/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_dZ26wbRZZCT7B
The Collector's Guide to the Minerals of New York State (Schiffer Earth Science Monograph) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0764343343/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_DZ26wbH96TSC2
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I've found rockhounding books usually have good intros and brief explanations which is good for beginners.
> the use of slavery as a rhetorical tool is not a perfect analogy, obviously.
You should try to get your hands on a copy of this book. You might think differently afterwards.
> I'm just going to ignore the equivolency you are trying to draw between ...
Ever heard of The Dreaded Comparison? (Great book by the way. I highly recommend it.)
I'm not equating racism with speciesism. I'm pointing out the close similarities between the civil rights movement and the animal rights movement to highlight how the stigmatization of an initially normal, yet harmful, ideology is a good thing.
I agree that random insults are never productive, but I never see vegans on this sub directly calling anyone a rapist. We use it as a perfect example to demonstrate how pleasure doesn't justify abuse, but never as a direct insult. I've only seen vegans call people who say they don't care about factory farming psychopaths/sociopaths, but that seems pretty justified given the horrible suffering the animals are forced to endure.
> there is a large, or at least noisy portion of the vegan movement that is violent and extreme.
Extreme is subjective. Giving women property rights was extreme 100 years ago. Anti-speciesism is extreme today. I can only wonder what will be extreme in 100 years from now...
It's not true that vegans are violent. I'm involved in multiple activist groups, and the most violent thing we do is show people slaughterhouse footage lol. Compared to carnists who demand that animals suffer and die for them 24/7, we're incredibly peaceful.
The photo of the longlost cage looked interesting. According to this book that I have been studying, these creatures often lean parallel branches -- usually stripped of bark -- on human-made objects in the wild. Something to look for.
Here's a possible reference for you. Not an endorsement or a rejection, just saying it's out there. Take it for what it's worth.
this book is a good general reference on all things rocks and minerals. the layout is simple to follow and the language is easy to understand (specialised knowledge not required).
Rocks and Minerals
it is a general guide so it probably wont cover every possible example but it is a good starting place.
Go to the Rocky Mountains. This book is pretty good about letting you know about good hiking spots, though a lot of the good ones became more popular because of the book.
Planning on going to Joyce Kilmer/Citico for the first time in October.
If you don't already have it, you should get this guide book.
Since it will be my first time backpacking there, I look forward to any replies you might get from someone who has experience with the area too.
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Without dropping the big bucks on an SLR and telephoto lens, the "superzoom" point-and-shoot cameras by Nikon, Canon and Panasonic are now quite good. The Sibley guide to western birds will be your best bet.
Also ask over at /r/birding as this sub is not very active.
This one. I thought it was really good actually, I remember it making the concepts pretty clear. But yeah the end is definitely where it got much more difficult without the right math background. But, my schools 4 year plan I have been following isn't very good, as my friends and I had figured out the hard way.
On the bright side, when I do get around to taking Calc 3 this fall, a lot of the concepts will be familiar. I've already had experience with vector calc, partial derivitives, and double/triple integrals.
I'm not really good at physics, and I took a course taught by a professor who proudly taught tough introductory physics courses (5 credits each for Physics 1 and 2 w/ labs). He was funny, but the way he did tests was that he taught the equations (but advised against just memorizing formulas), why they worked, and how they come about with aid from the text book, gave us hints, but the exercises were all pretty unique and mostly from this book. I didn't know what my grade was until the end of the class. Thought I was gonna get a 2.0, but turned out I got a 3.0. That book was also pretty easy to read, I know there are illegitimate copies available using bittorrent.
So by reading the text, doing the assigned homework, and seeking resources outside the text or professor like youtube videos or something that show a different way of looking at the problem really help. If you study, practice, and ask questions, there isn't any reasonable explanation for failure.
Basically, you have to know the calculus and algebra used in physics well and use logical and creative thinking and you can figure out the solution.
It could be lost surprisingly fast. Think of the Dark ages. If the world fell under a dark, oppressive cloud of Islam for example. Obviously Muslims are not a race but the races that hold on to Islam are breeding very fast and invading Europe at the same time. They will raise their children as Muslims who will then go on to have children themselves and raise them as Muslims. All the while white European birth rates plummet (and places like Japan). Don't think they won't literally burn down all the libraries of "infidel blasphemy", destroy technological infrastructure etc. while yelling Allahu Akbar! if they get the chance. Things could change very quickly if all the defences were dropped. As much as you want this great world where everyone is united and working together to explore space it just isn't reality not totally anyway. People are still just tribal, pack animals at heart. There are people out there that hate you and your way of life and they want to destroy it. They are training, they are armed and they are fuelled by a powerful, delusional belief.
Here's a (kind of related) interesting book suggestion I think you might like:
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
>In a work of thoroughgoing iconoclasm, British philosopher Gray attacks the belief that humans are different from and superior to animals. Invoking pure Darwinism, he savages every perspective from which humans appear as anything more than a genetic accident that has produced a highly destructive species (homo rapiens)--a species that exterminates other species at a phenomenal rate as our swelling numbers despoil the global environment. Gray explains the human refusal to confront the darker realities of our nature largely as the result of how we have consoled ourselves with the myths of Christianity and its secular offspring, humanism and utopianism. Human vanity, he complains, has even converted science (which should teach us of our insignificant place in nature) into an ideology of progress. But neither hope for progress nor confidence in human morality passes muster with Gray, who envisions a future in which the human population finally contracts as a world politics that grows ever more predatory and brutal shatters all such illusions. As a work of ruthless rigor, this provocative book will force readers to re-examine their own convictions.
It's good to talk about this stuff and I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
Pick up a copy of Canadian Rockies Trail Guide by Brian Patton and Bart Robinson http://www.amazon.ca/Canadian-Rockies-Trail-Guide-Akamina-Kishinena/dp/0919934900
or Don't Waste Your Time in the Rockies by Kathy and Craig Copeland http://www.amazon.ca/Dont-Waste-Your-Canadian-Rockies/dp/0968941974
Both list and describe day and multiple overnight hikes, what makes them interesting etc etc and give plenty of suggestions for outside of Banff and Jasper.
I think you'd like this book.
There doesn't seem to be a Dutch version of Amazon, but alas.
Straw Dogs
Complete Carpet Python :)
All of these are good suggestions, but they are very popular and likely to be busy. (By Canadian standards anyways). Visit Moraine Lake or Lake Louise for a taste of the Classics.
However, if you want out of the way, do the 3 and 4 star hikes in Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies.
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Waste-Your-Canadian-Rockies/dp/0968941974
Apologists.
And I agree. You were being assertive, not aggressive. The book Motivational Methods for Vegan Advocacy: A Clinical Psychology Perspective argues that there is no evidence that compromising your message will be helpful in advocating on behalf of animals.
http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Scientists-Engineers-Strategic-MasteringPhysics/sim/0321513339/2
I have done some day hiking here but yet to have done any recent real backpacking. I bought a decent book that can answer questions like where to camp and what to expect on the trail: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156145415X/ref=ox_ya_os_product_refresh_T1
There are other books similar to this one out there I am sure.
You can pretty much camp where ever you want in the Wilderness and there is water everywhere there. You could defiantly wing it as far as hitting the trail and finding a campsite along the way.
I recommend this book. It resembles this resource and is inexpensive and incredibly well written. www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/0879059117/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/177-8468538-1118760
> but that doesn’t give an excuse for copying
As I already pointed out elsewhere in the thread, the term predates John Plant's usage.
> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Primitive-Technology-Book-Earth-Skills/dp/0879059117 (a book titled Primitive Technology published in 1999
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> https://www.primitive-technology.co.uk/karl-lee/ (website goes back to at least 2005 according to Wayback Machine)
I'm not arguing that Plant copied it, I'm saying 'Primitive Technology' is a generalized term for the hobby itself.
Sure, i'll dig you up a Fox News link...
How about you do your own research? A quick google search should do the trick.
https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Sasquatch-Structures-American/dp/1539592138
You really are totally clueless, aren't you? Try basic literacy ... the question obviously refers to the point made above it .... DUH
Do you know what science is? do you know how it is carried out? Obviously not. Here, most of the words are fairly simple so you should be able to handle this Have you stopped debating your climate science?
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"read the f__king article moron"
I did thank you very much. OK, if you really are that clueless about the facts, do you need someone to explain how to use google so you can figure out how to fact check?
Here's some good overviews to get you started The Delinquent Teenager
Lmao, just look at yourself, terrified of altenate viewpoints, blindly appealing to authority. I'll quote what I said to you a few weeks ago..
> The IPCC have been caught LYING dozens and dozens (if not hundreds) of times over the last few years. They are horribly corrupt. It is a group made up in no small part of charlartans posing as experienced, sophisticated climate experts (grad students are commonplace). The sources they cite are often unsubstantiated claims by radical green groups, newspaper/magazine articles from activists, and flawed "scientific" studies. They censor their peer reviews, and they pick and choose only those who agree with the global warming hysteria. They then make errouneus claims based on the often truly pathetic "evidence."
> Just read this: The Delinquent Teenager Who Was Mistaken for the World's Top Climate Expert
Did you buy a copy? Did you read it? LMFAO.
Edit: And btw, I'm not saying the media are "evil," I'm saying they are negligent and ignorant, that they themselves are appealing to authority. Economics is a great example. The vast majority of the media are keynesians. Why? Because the vast majority of economists are keynesians. The media merely regurgitate what the keynesian economists say and tell them. Does that mean keynesianism should be taken seriously? FUCK NO!