Posted on November 22, 2008 by elliottmaynard | Edit
Reviews:
Dr. Maynard is researching a most important topic for the survival of our species; it deserves wide attention. — Tom Valone, Ph. D., P.E.
Elliott Maynard has provided important, top-down perspectives by developing metastrategies for humans to protect the global biosphere. — Kenneth J. Cox, Ph.D.
This book is an encompassing probe that unmasks the complex enormity of the challenges that life on Earth faces. — Andrew Michrowski, Ph.D.
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Description
The topics covered include our global water crisis, satellite monitoring of global forest cover, polluters can’t hide, marine foreign species introduction underground fires, a hidden cause of atmospheric pollution and global warming, fiber, not forests, paper from clay, paper from pond scum, world’s fastest-growing trees, the test-tube forest, plastic lumber, tropical rainforests: our precious resources, clear cutting the ocean floors, wasteful fishing practices, size matters, other size benefits, coral reefs our undersea rainforests, rigs to reefs, artificial designer reefs, new technologies for coral reef restoration, electric reefs, reef-fish laundering, bioprospecting the ocean depths, basic strategies for enlightened global resource management.
From the Publisher
Transforming the Global Biosphere, Twelve Futuristic Strategies, is a groundbreaking book that presents the reader with a fresh, enlightened Overview of the Major Problems, which presently face Humans and the Global Environment. Drawing from a wealth of educational and scientific experience, Dr. Elliott Maynard has created a Set of Transformational Tools for thinking and living in harmony with other citizens of our Planet, and for protecting and restoring our precious Global Ecosystems.
About the Author
Elliott Maynard’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Washington and Lee University, a Master of Science Degree in Zoology, and Advanced Graduate Studies in Ichthyology, the Behavior of Marine Fishes and Invertebrates, Coral Reef Ecology, Biological Oceanography, and Tropical Rainforest Ecology at the University of Miami Marine Institute, Nova University Oceanographic Center, and the University of Costa Rica. He earned a Ph.D. Degree in Consciousness Research at the University of the Trees in Boulder Creek, California, and has served on the faculties of Adelphi University and Dowling College in New York. In addition to his academic qualifications, Dr. Maynard is also a Certified Professional Consultant to Management.
Life Management 3000 is a practical, humorous guide to Success and Survival in our topsy-turvy world of Information Overload, Social Stress, and Attention Deficit. The pages of this book are packed with Tasty Information Tidbits, Practical Wisdom, and Insightful Advice, which everyone can apply to their personal and professional lives.
Dr. Elliott Maynard has created a tapestry of road-tested Truths, timeless Quotations, and unique Methodologies for Real-World Learning, Survival, and Success. Many of the Ideas and Techniques found in Life Management 3000 are Common-Sense Fundamentals (the kind we never learned in school), presented through colorful new perspectives, into a style which is delightfully appropriate for Modern Digital Society.
The basic elements of the book are skillfully crafted to overlap, interrelate, and re-surface in entirely different ways. The Principles work together to create a “Living Fabric,” which reveals an array of Effective Strategies for successful Third Millennium Living and Thinking.
Be Baby Boomer, Gen-Xer, Digital Yupster, or Elderfartzen, this little book sheds new light on Universal Truths, providing a delightful combination of Enlightenment, Humor, and Nourishment for the Soul. By applying the principles in this book, anyone can transform their Home or Workplace into a dynamic “Life Management Laboratory.”
You are invited to select a palette of Principles and Techniques that apply to your Life and Career. Apply these Concepts in your own unique way, then use the feedback from careful observations of your results to create a “Life Adventure”…a new “Pathway into the Future” instilled with Happiness, and the joy of Accomplishment.
For an online Power Point presentation by Dr. Maynard on Visions of Personal, Social and Global Transformation, see http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/29558/New-Vision-Presentation.
