Paul Hanley

Man of the Trees: Richard St. Barbe Baker, the First Global Conservationist

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Richard St. Barbe Baker was an inspirational visionary and pioneering environmentalist who is credited with saving and planting billions of trees. He saved lives, too, through his ceaseless global campaign to raise the alarm about deforestation and desertification and by finding effective, culturally sensitive ways for people to contribute to a more peaceful and greener world. He was also an Edwardian eccentric whose obsession with trees caused him to neglect his family; the devout son of an evangelical preacher who became a New Age hero; an unapologetic colonial officer fired for defending indigenous Africans; a forester who rarely had a ste… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Wales, H. R. H. The Prince of (Solist) / Goodall, Jane (Solist)

ISBN: 978-0-88977-566-4
EAN: 9780889775664
Produktnummer: 30113050
Verlag: Univ Of Regina Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 304 S.
Masse: H22.6 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.2 cm 472 g
Gewicht: 472

Über den Autor

Paul Hanley is a writer with a special interest in the natural environment, agriculture, and the future of civilization. He is the author of ELEVEN and the co-author and editor of The Spirit of Agriculture, and Earthcare: Ecological Agriculture in Saskatchewan. He lives in Saskatoon.