This engagement calendar, now featuring information from NASA Earth Observations (NEO), provides a good look at the interlocking phenomena that make a year on Earth the amazing event it is: the seasons, phases of the moon, changing tides, weather activity, the seasonally shifting behavior of flora and fauna, and more. Each weekly spread presents an annotated graphical cross section of the Earth’s natural processes at that time. Planets and stars perform their wheeling dance in the calendar’s Sky Band, while in the Sun Band the ratio of daylight to darkness grows, then diminishes again with the year’s passing. The Moon Band tracks our friend’s waxings and wanings as she slides in and out of our shadow. A grand planetary riot of meteorological and terrestrial phenomena takes place in the Earth Band; earthly waters respond to the moon’s pull in the Tide Chart; and the days roll on in the Calendar Band. Four foldouts show each season in full, enhancing your connection with the year’s natural progress. The graphics on the left-hand pages are annotated on their facing pages to the right, each of which bears one week’s standard Monday-to-Sunday engagement calendar. But as an antidote to Monday-to-Sunday habits of thought, the days are given fanciful names that evoke the passage of time in the natural world. Engagements you may have, but you’ll also have perspective on the relative significance of human deeds when contrasted with the vast cycle of Earth’s trip around the sun. Finally, the calendar also includes lists of international holidays and international telephone codes/time differences. Size: 7 x 9 in.; 128 pages; Wire-O bound, softcover with flaps. Printed on recycled paper using soy-based inks. ISBN 978-0-7649-4439-0. Additional products: 2009 wall calendar, notecards, Knowledge cards, and Christmas cards. ECOtime, a project of The ECOlogical Calendar, can be heard as part of National Public Radio's “Living On Earth” show and on Green 960 am in the California Bay Area. |
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