Deze atlas laat op tal van fraaie kaarten zien hoe de Homo sapiens zich over de aarde verspreidde.
De melkveerevolutie
€ 22,50Terwijl de stikstofcrisis Nederland in de greep houdt en de melkveehouderij onder het vergrootglas ligt, zetten de boeren van Schiermonnikoog een rigoureuze stap. Ze geven een derde van hun melkkoeien op om de stikstofdepositie op de omringende natuur te beperken. De veehouders van Schiermonnikoog omarmen een natuurinclusieve bedrijfsvoering die de biodiversiteit moet verbeteren en zorgt voor een veerkrachtig ecologisch voedselsysteem. Om de krimp in productie te compenseren, produceren de boeren nu hun het eigen kaasmerk ‘Van Schier’, waarmee zij de eilander melk een lokaal gezicht geven.
De melkveerevolutie is een leerzaam en verhelderend voorbeeld voor de transitie naar een duurzame landbouw, voor alle boeren, ondernemers in de agrobusiness, landschapsspecialisten, bestuurders, beleidsontwikkelaars in heel Nederland.Jan Willem Erisman is hoogleraar milieu- en duurzaamheid aan de Universiteit Leiden en was directeur van het Louis Bolk Instituut. Koen van Wijk is freelance journalist, gespecialiseerd in de land- en tuinbouwsector.
Victor Horta and the Frison House in Brussels
€ 19,90In the middle of the Lebeaustraat in Brussels, sandwiched between neo-Renaissance and neo-Gothic houses, stands an Art Nouveau jewel designed by Victor Horta: the Frison House. It was
commissioned by Maurice Frison, a lawyer and friend of the architect, and was built in 1894-1895. Horta designed not only the house, but also all its furniture and decoration, right down to the smallest detail: from door handles to marble fireplaces, from mosaic floors to elegant banisters, from wall lamps to the gratings for the cellar openings. The absolute eyecatcher is the winter garden, whose elegant design allows soft yellow light to flow subtly into its perfectly proportioned space.Nupur Tron is the author of this book and owner of the house. In recent years, she has breathed new life back into Horta’s masterpiece. She pieced together bits of the old chandeliers she found in one of the cellars. She had items of furniture designed by Horta lovingly restored. With great passion, she continues to search for the funds that will allow her to restore the entire house to its former glory, one step at a time.
Horta and the Frison House in Brussels is an ode to the architect and his creation.
Nupur Tron is from India. She studied Design, Marketing & Merchandising and Fine Arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She designs jewellery, in which the different styles of east and west meet in harmony.
Humanity is not a plague
€ 15,00In Humanity is Not a Plague, Cees Buisman argues that it is possible for 10 billion people to exist together on this Earth – as predicted for the year 2100 – provided that the richer part of the world no longer merely focuses on its own health, prosperity and happiness, and instead starts working seriously on developing a higher consciousness.
In this essay, Buisman sharply analyzes some of the problems facing mankind, such as fresh water shortages, whilst overturning several clichés and offering unexpected, positive solutions. Overpopulation is not the problem; the effects of our actions on the rest of the world have a much greater impact. ‘Back to nature’ is not the solution, nor is an overreliance on science and innovation. Large-scale technologies could even increase our problems. It seems that the growth of humanity will depend on the growth of our consciousness.
Cees Buisman studied water purification engineering, in addition to business administration, communication theory and applied integral psychology. Throughout his life he has worked on new environmental technologies, which are used in industry all over the world. His scientific work is highly cited. Buisman is the Director of Wetsus – European Center for Sustainable Water Technology, and Professor at Wageningen University, in the Netherlands.
