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aI hate Christmas, a said Shelly to herself as she sat staring out the window. At age thirty-seven, Shelly Carter had all but given up on life. She had lost everything she had ever loved. First her parents and then this past Christmas, she had lost her husband, Joe, and her baby. Just as she was about to give up on being happy and having a family of her own, she met Lora and her two kids in the park and they became fast friends. Lora offered Shelly a job as their nanny at their home in Florida, and Shelly gratefully accepted the offer. There was nothing left for her in Austin. This was her chance to start her life over and be part of a family since she couldnat have children of her own. But when she stepped off the plane two weeks later in Florida, she had no idea the cruel fate that was about to be bestowed on her as she came face to face with Joe, her lost love.
Rapid growth of the global economy has accelerated the degradation of the Earth’s most important asset: the environment. Increasing poverty and challenges arising from climate change further threaten the planet’s natural systems. With a rising global population, the demand on natural resources to cover even basic human needs is intensifying – supporting businesses that promote the sustainable use of natural resources and help ensure their long-term viability is imperative. As part of a pioneering movement to harness business towards effecting environmental change, The Nature Conservancy launched EcoEnterprises Fund in 2000 to provide investment capital to grow small "eco"-businesses in...
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Although food-production systems for the world's rural poor typically have had devastating effects on the planet's wealth of genes, species, and ecosystems, that need not be the case in the future. In Ecoagriculture, two of the world's leading experts on conservation and development examine the idea that agricultural landscapes can be designed more creatively to take the needs of human populations into account while also protecting, or even enhancing, biodiversity. They present a thorough overview of the innovative concept of "ecoagriculture" - the management of landscapes for both the production of food and the conservation of wild biodiversity. The book: examines the global impact of agric...
This book explores the history of green entrepreneurship since the nineteenth century, and its spread globally in industries including renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, ecotourism, recycling, architecture, and finance.
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