Your survival guide to the maze that is the maze that is the high school experience With real-life stories from teens across the country - as well as high school 'survivors' - this book paints a real picture of how teens like you feel about the strugglesand triumphs of the daily grind and how they get through it. If you ever feel like you're on the sidelines or that the pressure to perform, conform or maintain appearances gets to be too much, this is the book for you! Annotation. With hints, tips, real-life anecdotes and practical strategies from teens across the country, High School's Not Forever is a down-and-dirty survival guide to the high school experience.Presents advice for high schools students on how to cope with social and academic pressures, covering such topics as friendships, dating, sexuality, body image, substance abuse, teachers, studying, and school safety.

Product Description: The philosophy of deep ecology originated in the 1970s with the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess and has since spread around the world. Its basic premises are a belief in the intrinsic value of nonhuman nature, a belief that ecological principles should dictate human actions and moral evaluations, an emphasis on noninterference into natural processes, and a critique of materialism and technological progress...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Written by one of the instrumental figures in environmental ethics, Nature as Subject traces the development of an ethical policy that is centered not on human beings, but on itself. Katz applies this idea to contemporary environmental problems, introducing themes of justice, domination, imperialism, and the Holocaust...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Environmental pragmatism is a new strategy in environmental thought. It argues that theoretical debates are hindering the ability of the environmental movement to forge agreement on basic policy imperatives. This new direction in environmental thought moves beyond theory, advocating a serious inquiry into the merits of moral pluralism...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)