By George Monbiot
ISBN-10: 1784783633
ISBN-13: 9781784783631
Leading political and environmental commentator on the place we've long past fallacious, and what to do approximately it
“Without countervailing voices, naming and difficult energy, political freedom withers and dies. with out countervailing voices, a greater international can by no means materialise. with no countervailing voices, wells will nonetheless be dug and bridges will nonetheless be equipped, yet just for the few. nutrients will nonetheless be grown, however it won't achieve the mouths of the terrible. New drugs could be constructed, yet they are going to be inaccessible to a lot of these in need.”
George Monbiot is without doubt one of the so much vocal, and eloquent, critics of the present consensus. How Did We Get into this Mess?, in accordance with his robust journalism, assesses the nation we're now in: the devastation of the flora and fauna, the challenge of inequality, the company takeover of nature, our obsessions with development and revenue and the decline of the political debate over what to do.
whereas his prognosis of the issues in entrance people is clear-sighted and average, he additionally develops recommendations to problem the politics of worry. How will we face up to the robust after they appear to have the entire guns? What will we do to organize our youngsters for an doubtful destiny? arguable, transparent yet continuously carefully argued, How Did We Get into this Mess? makes a persuasive case for switch in our daily lives, our politics and economics, the methods we deal with one another and the flora and fauna.
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Pluteus romellii, p. 320 22) Cap gray to brown; stem not yellow...................................................................................... 23 23) Cap gray to brownish gray, small (1–3 cm), prominently lined with cracks and fissures extending from the margin nearly to the center................................................ Pluteus longistriatus, p. 318 23) Cap brown, size varying, not lined........................................................................................ 24 25 26 Identification Keys 24) Cap small (1–4 cm), often with a striking veined pattern over the center...................................
Weber. 1979. How to know the gilled mushrooms. Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown. ———. 1981. How to know the non-gilled mushrooms. Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown. 21 4 Identification Keys A Key to Major Groups of Mushrooms 1) Mushroom with gills or false gills............................................................................................ 2 1) Mushroom without gills.......................................................................................................... 6 2) Growing shelf-like on wood; mushroom tough and leathery, corky, or woody (try tearing it in half ); gills tough and hard (sometimes slot-like or maze-like)....................................................
7 6) Mushroom without pores........................................................................................................ 8 Identification Keys 7) Mushroom growing on the ground; cap and stem clearly defined; cap usually more or less round in outline................................................................. Key J, Terrestrial Pored Mushrooms, p. Key K, Pored Mushrooms on Wood, p. 62 8) Mushroom with spines or “teeth” either on the underside of a cap, or hanging from a branched structure, or clumped together in an indistinct mass..................................................................
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