Recursos de información para la asignatura de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad y los talleres de Calidad de Vida.
Documentos e información relevante sobre el desarrollo ambientalmente sostenible en la República Dominicana.
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A circular economy handbook : how to build a more resilient, competitive and sustainable business / Autores:
Introduction | Part one. An overview of the circular economy | 1. The circular economy : what is it? | 2.The design and supply chain | 3.Circular economy business models | 4. Circular economy enablers and accelerators | Part two. How are businesses adopting circular economy models? | 5. Drivers for change | 6. Food and agriculture | 7. Fashion and textiles | 8. Consumer electricals and electronics | 9. Industrial manufacturing | 10. Packaging and plastics | Part three. What does this mean for supply chains? | 11. Supply chain strategy and planning | 12. Supply chain operations sourcing and procurement, manufacturing, distribution and reverse logistics | Part four. Implementation | 13. Making the business case and starting the journey
Atlas de biodiversidad y recursos naturales de la República Dominicana
Ciencia ambiental / Autores: 
Ciencias de la tierra (10ma. ed.) / Autores:
La tierra es una parte muy pequeña de un vasto universo, pero es nuestro hogar. Proporciona los recursos que sostienen nuestra sociedad moderna y los ingredientes necesarios para mantener la vida el conocimiento de nuestro entorno físico es crucial para nuestro bienestar y vital para nuestra supervivencia un curso de geología básica puede ayudar a una persona a adquirir dicho conocimiento puede aprovechar a su vez el interés y la curiosidad que muchos de nosotros tenemos sobre nuestro planeta, sus paisajes y los procesos que los crean y los alteran.
Climate Change: The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future (2nd. ed.) Autores:
This second edition of Climate Change is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the science behind global warming. Exquisitely illustrated, the text is geared toward students at a variety of levels.
Entender el cambio climático : información y recursos para el profesorado / Autores:
Tema 1. ¿Qué has oido sobre el cambio climático? | Tema 2. Las fuentes del CO2 en la atmósfera | Tema 3. el efecto invernadero | Tema. 4. ¿Hechos o suposiciones? Evaluar los datos científicamente | Tema 5. Investigar los temas actuales sobre el cambio climático | Tema. 6. Conferencia sobre el cambio climático | Tema 7. Retos del cambio climático | Tema 8. Soluciones al cambio climático | Tema 9. Proponer acciones para un futuro mejor |
Environmental Science / Autores:
Contenidos:
PART I. HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW | PART II. ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY | PART III. SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY | PART IV. SUSTAINING RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | PART V. SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETIES |
Principios de ciencias ambientales : investigación y aplicaciones (10a. ed.) / Autores:
Contenidos:
1. Comprender nuestro medio ambiente | 2. Sistemas del medio ambiente: materia, energía y vida | 3. Evolución, interacciones entre especies y comunidades biológicas | 4. Poblaciones humanas | 5. Biomas y biodiversidad | 6. Conservación del medio ambiente: bosques, pastizales, parques y reservas naturales | 7. Alimentación y agricultura | 8. Salud ambiental y toxicología | 9. El clima | 10. Contaminación del aire | 11. El agua: recursos y contaminación | 12. Geología ambiental y recursos de la Tierra | 13. Energía | 14. Residuos sólidos y peligrosos | 15. Política ambiental y sostenibilidad | 16. Economía y urbanización |
Puntos críticos para la vulnerabilidad a la variabilidad y cambio climático en la República Dominicana y su adaptación al mismo. Informe final Autores: 
The Circular Economy and the Global South / Autores: 
The Earth System (3rd. ed.) Autores: 
The Environment and You Autores: 
170 acciones diarias para salvar nuestro mundo.
Esta guía recoge 170 ideas para incorporar en nuestro día a día los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) aprobados por la ONU dentro de la Agenda 2030 sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible. Los objetivos incluyen desde la eliminación de la pobreza hasta el combate al cambio climático, la educación, la igualdad de la mujer, la defensa del medio ambiente o el diseño de nuestras ciudades.
Basics of Environmental Science Autores: 
Ciencia ambiental : un estudio de interrelaciones Autores: 
Civic Ecology Autores:
Stories of environmental stewardship in communities from New Orleans to Soweto accompany an interdisciplinary framework for understanding civic ecology as a global phenomenon.In communities across the country and around the world, people are coming together to rebuild and restore local environments that have been affected by crisis or disaster.
Constitución, ciudadanía y medio ambiente / Autores: 
Corridor Ecology: Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Adaptation (2nd. ed.) Autores:
This new and expanded second edition captures the many advances in the field over the past ten years. It builds on concepts presented in the first edition on the importance and practical details of maintaining and restoring land connectivity.
Ecologists and Environmental Politics: A History of Contemporary Ecology Autores:
Ecologists, like other scientists, have for decades debated their role in society. While some have argued that ecologists should participate in environmental politics, others have focused their attention strictly on scientific issues.
Ecology, Culture and Human Development Autores:
Ecology, Culture and Human Development: Lessons for Adivasi Education presents a comparative analysis of the cultural and cognitive dimensions of various communities in Canada, Ghana, China and India, and seeks answers from this analysis for Adivasi education. It debunks the myths of low intelligence and inferior cognitive capacity of the Adivasi community, and emphasizes the remarkable performance of Adivasi children when assessed in terms of their ecological and cultural contexts.
Ecoviews Too: Ecology for All Seasons Autores:
Ecoviews Too examines various human attitudes toward wildlife and the environment, focusing on seasonal occurrences and natural adaptations, in an engaging and informative manner.
El aprendizaje colaborativo en acción: ejemplos del manejo de los recursos naturales en Asia Autores:
Capítulo 1. Hacia centros de excelencia para el manejo del recurso natural basado en la comunidad. El aprendizaje colaborativo en la práctica.
Capítulo 2. Fortalecer las capacidades para la investigación y el desarrollo participativos (IyDP): un estudio de caso del sur de Asia.
Capítulo 3. Aprendizaje adaptativo: de Isang Bagsak hasta ALL in CBNRM.
Capítulo 4. Nada es imposible: introducir CBNRM en la educación superior china.
Capítulo 5. Caminos diversos pero congruentes al aprendizaje: comparando los estudios de caso.
El cuidado de la tierra : mujer, ambiente y cambio climático Autores:
Los grandes retos ambientales del siglo XXI —como la contaminación de fuentes hídricas, la desertificación, la deforestación, el cambio climático y la pérdida de biodiversidad— exigen respuestas inmediatas por parte de los Estados, las empresas y las comunidades con un enfoque de género. En ese sentido, esta obra contribuye a este debate a través de tres ejes estructurales de la igualdad de género: el abordaje teórico-discursivo; el abordaje temático sobre los grandes debates actuales ambientales y la aproximación casuística a partir de experiencias reales en municipios de Colombia y de la reconstrucción de relatos de mujeres en la conservación del ambiente.
Enciclopedia ilustrada de la República Dominicana, 3a. ed. revisada y actualizada /
Environmental Governance in Latin America Autores: 
Environmental Management Autores:
This book reviews the past, present and future of environmental management. It combines a review of differential game models of the ecological-economic systems and respective analytical techniques with original results in game theoretic modeling of the sustainable environmental management.
Environmental Studies : For Undergraduate Classes in Science, Commerce, Humanities, Engineering, Medicine, Pharmacy, Management and Law / Autores:
1. Environmental Studies - Scope and Importance 2. Natural Resources 3. Ecosystem 4. Biodiversity and Its Conservation 5. Environmental Pollution 6. Social Issues and the Environment 7. Human Population and the Environment 8. Field Work
Finding Resilience : Change and Uncertainty in Nature and Society Autores:
Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilience.
General Ecology Autores:
In this ambitious and radical new volume of writings, some of the most exciting contemporary thinkers in the field take on the task of revealing and theorizing the extent of the ecologization of existence as the effect of our contemporary sociotechnological condition: together, they bring out the complexity and urgency of the challenge of ecological thought-one we cannot avoid if we want to ask and indeed have a chance of affecting what forms of life, agency, modes of existence, human or otherwise, will participate-and how-in this planet's future.
Grassroots to Global: Broader Impacts of Civic Ecology Autores:
Addressing participatory, transdisciplinary approaches to local stewardship of the environment, Grassroots to Global features scholars and stewards exploring the broad impacts of civic engagement with the environment.
Informe Planeta Vivo 2018: Apuntando más alto.
El Índice Planeta Vivo es una fuente excelente
de información y nos permite identificar las amenazas a nivel de
la población de cada especie.
Integral Ecology and Sustainable Business Autores:
This collection addresses the relationship between business, the natural environment, ethics, and spirituality. While traditional economic theory generally assumed firms maximize profits, it has long been acknowledged that other factors may be important to understanding firm activities. The role of ethics and spirituality in society is clearly significant, yet economists have traditionally had little to say on these topics and how they intersect with economic activity. Integral Ecology integrates concerns for people and the planet. It sees the world as systemically linked to ecology, economy, equity and justice and accessible through the natural and social sciences, arts and humanities. It links to sustainable business through frugal consumption, acknowledging the intrinsic value of nature, and adopting holistic management practices. This insightful study provides the insights of economists, business scholars, philosophers, lawyers, theologians and practitioners who are working in Europe, North America, and Asia. Their contributions highlight the relationship between integral ecology and sustainable business practices, and explore the meaning of sustainability in relation to both human and non-human life, offering a series of new and invigorating approaches to sustainable business practices and sustainability leadership.
Introduction to Environmental Sciences / Autores:
Environmental sciences is a vast and multidisciplinary science that involves the study of natural resources of land, water, and air. Introduction to Environmental Sciences comprehensively covers numerous aspects of this vast subject. The book focuses on the causes of environmental problems and methods and ways of mitigating these causes. It covers topics such as biostatistics, principles of analytic method, disaster management, various chemical processes operating in the environment, greenhouse gases emissions, global warming, among others. The book will prove beneficial to those involved in environmental studies, environmental management, community health practice, to mention some.
Mastering the Circular Economy / Autores:
Sustainable construction practices and circular economy |
Waste utilization and soil stabilization |
Sustainable green concrete |
Energy recovery and resource circulation in construction |
Medio ambiente, crisis del modelo de desarrollo y soberanía nacional Autores:
Libro de acceso abierto disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del Archivo General de la Nación.
Medio ambiente: reforestación
Libro de acceso abierto disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del Archivo General de la Nación.
Mourning Nature: Hope at the Heart of Ecological Loss and Grief Autores:
Exploring the ways in which grief is experienced in numerous contexts, this groundbreaking collection draws on classical, philosophical, artistic, and poetic elements to explain environmental melancholia. Understanding that it is not just how we mourn but what we mourn that defines us, the authors introduce new perspectives on conservation, sustainability, and our relationships with nature. An ecological elegy for a time of climatic and environmental upheaval, Mourning Nature challenges readers to turn devastating events into an opportunity for positive change.
Pensamientos ambientales II : reflexiones criticas y un tanto irreverentes Autores:
Este libro es un compendio de reflexiones abiertas, a veces controversiales y, en otros, un tanto cargados de ironía y desparpajo, que invitan al lector a la indagación, el análisis y la adopción de posturas críticas y constructivas que permitan nuevas formas de entender lo ambiental.
Principles of Ecology (2nd. ed.) Autores:
Principles of Ecology is an outline of environmental and landcare themes. It aims to give you some basic tools of understanding before you get into more detailed studies of an area of land. In this book you will be introduced to some environmental terms and start to look carefully at a landscape you are working with.
Spinoza and Deep Ecology: Challenging Traditional Approaches to Environmentalism Autores:
Spinoza and Deep Ecology explores the philosophical, psychological and political assumptions that underpin a concern for nature, offering specific suggestions how the domination of humans and nature may be overcome. It is primarily intended as an introduction to the philosophy of ecology, known as deep ecology, and to the way Spinoza's philosophy has been put to this aim. Only a self-realisation, along the lines of Spinoza's philosophy, can afford a philosophy of care which is inclusive of humans and the non-human world, which recognises the need for civil laws and democratic politics for human flourishing. In stark contrast to texts written by or on behalf of deep ecologists, Spinoza and Deep Ecology is not afraid of criticising existing versions of deep ecology which fail to accept that human concerns are integral to environmental issues.
Sustaining the Earth: an integrated approach / Autores: 
The Future in the Past: Historical Ecology Applications to Environmental Issues Autores:
Viewing the Future in the Past is a collection of essays that represents a wide range of authors, loci, and subjects that together demonstrate the value and necessity of looking at environmental problems as a long-term process that involves humans as a causal factor.
The Moral Weight of Ecology Autores:
If the natural environment is in the precarious state to which many attest, what would this demand of us? What duties are suggested by the observation that our collective behavior threatens the planet, even if no particular individual intends harm? Can we legitimately ask those who sincerely hold little or no interest in the long-term viability of the earth's ecosphere to value it in the same way as committed environmentalists do – and to act accordingly? In The Moral Weight of Ecology: Public Goods, Cooperative Duties, and Environmental Politics, Edward Tverdek engages these questions and ultimately argues that the demands of ecology upon all of us are in fact quite substantial. The book is not, however, another study in environmental ethics, examining what it if anything we owe the natural world. Rather, The Moral Weight of Ecology addresses the matter from the perspective of political economy and social choice theory. Tverdek seeks to disarm both the intuitive libertarian notion that no one should be compelled to “value” and contribute toward something for which she has little regard as well as the romantic environmentalist assertion that one cannot assign an economic value to nature. We must in some way “price” the natural world, Tverdek argues, but how we do so necessarily depends on what we believe would be a fair way to distribute the costs and burdens of maintaining it, and these moral beliefs must be antecedent to the consumer preferences economists consider the “raw data” for determining the value of the environment.
The Structure and Dynamics of Human Ecosystems - Toward a Model for Understanding and Action Autores:
A landmark book that strives to provide both grand theory and practical application, innovatively describing the structure and dynamics of human ecosystems As the world faces ever more complex and demanding environmental and social challenges, the need for interdisciplinary models and practical guidance becomes acute. The Human Ecosystem Model described in this landmark book provides an innovative response. Broad in scope, detailed in method, at once theoretical and applied, this grand study offers an in-depth understanding of human ecosystems and tools for action. The authors draw from Goethe's Faust, classic anthropology and sociology studies, contemporary ecosystem ecology, Buddhist ethics, and more to create a paradigm-shifting model and a major advance in interdisciplinary ecology.
Toward a Unified Ecology Autores:
The first edition of Toward a Unified Ecology was ahead of its time. For the second edition, the authors present a new synthesis of their core ideas on evaluating communities, organisms, populations, biomes, models, and management. The book now places greater emphasis on post-normal critiques, cognizant of ever-present observer values in the system. The problem it addresses is how to work holistically on complex things that cannot be defined, and this book continues to build an approach to the problem of scaling in ecosystems. Provoked by complexity theory, the authors add a whole new chapter on the central role of narrative in science and how models improve them. The book takes data and modeling seriously, with a sophisticated philosophy of science.
University Engagement and Environmental Sustainability Autores:
Universities have a key role to play in contributing to environmental development and combating climate change. The chapters within this volume detail the challenges faced by higher education institutions in considering environmental sustainability, and provide both a broad view of university engagement and a detailed examination of various projects.
Valorizar el medio ambiente Autores:
Una gran cantidad de personas en los países en desarrollo depende del medio ambiente natural para sus medios de vida, sea en tierras de cultivo o bosques, humedales o zonas costeras. Para estas personas, el medio ambiente es mucho más que una fuente de recreación, es la base de la economía. Pero carencias en el funcionamiento de los mercados, derechos de propiedad incompletos y políticas equivocadas pueden llevar a las personas a seguir comportamientos que son racionales en el corto plazo o desde un punto de vista individual, pero dañinos para el medio ambiente y las futuras generaciones. La economía tiene mucho para ofrecer en la comprensión y en la orientación de este comportamiento. También proporciona herramientas para los tomadores de decisiones enfrentados a opciones difíciles. ¿Cómo podemos comparar el valor de los beneficios ambientales con los costos de su preservación? ¿Cómo podemos evaluar los impactos de la intervención ambiental (o de la no intervención) sobre los pobres? ¿Cómo deberíamos repartir los costos de las mejoras? Este libro expone la forma cómo investigadores en cuatro de las redes regionales de economía ambiental del IDRC han tratado cuestiones como éstas en una gran variedad de situaciones en Asia, África y América Latina. Reúne las percepciones de más de 15 años de investigaciones y evalúa sus impactos sobre las políticas públicas y sobre la comunidad científica. Concluye con una mirada hacia el futuro de la economía ambiental en el mundo en desarrollo.
Bases teóricas de la educación física y el deporte / Autores: 
Human Nutrition Autores:
This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students and is the OER textbook for the FSHN 185 The Science of Human Nutrition course at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.
Nutrición en la Salud y la Enfermedad / Autores: 
Tercera edad actividad física y salud : teoría y práctica /
Ciencia, ambiente y clima
Moscosoa
Earth's Future
RD SostenibleUnited Nations (2018). The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World.
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