Lessons Learnt from Nature, Cities, and Life: Reflections on Ecology, Resilience, and Meaning in Everyday Observations - Softcover

Yap, Chee Kong

Softcover

ISBN 10: 663008151X ISBN 13: 9786630081510

Verlag: GlobeEdit, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

This book is a collection of reflections inspired by ten published papers that originated from simple observations of everyday phenomena. Drawing from experiences as a biologist, ecologist, educator, and researcher, the author demonstrates how ordinary encounters with nature and urban environments can provide profound lessons about ecology, resilience, personal growth, and meaning.The book emphasizes that ecology is not confined to laboratories, forests, or coastal ecosystems but can be observed in school fields, roadside vegetation, city skylines, stagnant water, clouds, and other commonplace settings. Through these observations, the chapters explore themes such as cooperation, adaptation, environmental responsibility, hope, gratitude, climate change, and sustainability. Each chapter illustrates how scientific observation can extend beyond data collection to inspire reflection and wisdom.A central theme of the book is resilience. By examining how organisms, ecosystems, and communities adapt to challenges, the author highlights the importance of learning, growth, and adaptation in both nature and human life.

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Dr. Chee Kong Yap is a full professor of biology and ecotoxicology at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has authored over 450 publications, including 303 indexed in Scopus (June 2026). His research centres on intertidal molluscs as biomonitors of coastal pollution, with broad contributions to environmental biology and psychology, and planetary health.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: GlobeEdit
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 663008151X
• ISBN 13: 9786630081510
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 108
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