Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9781844838479
ISBN-10: 1844838471

For many years a marginal concern confined to the science pages, the environmental debate is now firmly anchored in the mainstream. For every "green" point of view there exists a conflicting, skeptical position, leading to a bewildering hubbub of claim and counter-claim. "Eco Logical! "casts a considered, objective eye over today's most contentious environmental issues, including: "Should we build more nuclear power plants?" "Has aviation been unfairly maligned? How can we enable developing nations to improve their standard of living, while curbing global greenhouse-gas emissions?" For each subject, there's a succinct opening summary of the key arguments followed by a detailed examination of the subtleties of each position and a balanced conclusion that takes into account the merits of each case. For everyone concerned with the fate of planet Earth, here is the most telling information in a clear, unbiased text.

Publisher: Rodale
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/17/2009
ISBN-13: 9781605299891
ISBN-10: 1605299898

"Comparing a consumption-heavy lifestyle to a gas-guzzling SUV, Geagan arms readers with a dense but readable treatise on making healthier choices for body and planet. Over the course of six weeks, readers are encouraged to adopt a "flexitarian" diet, heavy on plants with limited amounts of fish, meat and chicken. In a week-by-week fashion, Geagan illustrates the benefits of greener consumption habits with straightforward, relevant data-not only do readers learn the benefits of adding more water to their diet, they also learn the fastest way to shrink their carbon footprint is eliminating bottled water-though she may alienate some with her presumption that we're all on the same sociopolitical page. Geagan keeps an impressive amount of research manageable with anecdotes, charts and digressions covering milk myths (it does not in fact help you lose weight); the fresh-frozen-or-canned debate; and requisite dining out tips. The already-converted and those sincerely interested in change should find this a valuable resource, but McMansion-dwelling, SUV-driving convenience-food junkies should prepare for a harsh talking-down to." (Publishers Weekly)

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/17/2009
ISBN-13: 9780307270597
ISBN-10: 0307270599

An impassioned profile of the habitat and life cycle of the polar bear includes coverage of such topics as the species' venerated position in Inuit culture, its reproductive habits, and the environmental factors that are compromising its ability to survive.

Publisher: Bantam Dell
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/24/2009
ISBN-13: 9780553385960
ISBN-10: 0553385968

"Writer, speaker and Discovery Channel television host Snow sweeps through each room of the house (and the yard) in this overview of effective green living strategies new and old-Snow grew up a sustainable lifestyle, so has deep roots in eating healthy, composting and recycling. In the kitchen, Snow reviews choices that protect health and the environment, from ingredients and labeling to water conservation and responsible shopping. In the living room, she advocates houseplants for clean air and energy conservation; outside, issues include green transportation options like bicycles, nontoxic lawn care and gardening. Snow tips off readers to products, like particleboard furniture, that release volatile organic compounds within the home, reviews an easy-to-assemble housecleaning tool kit and even touches on green funerals, but never gives readers specific brands to seek out or avoid-meaning they'll still need to research their own options " (Publishers Weekly)

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Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/15/2009
ISBN-13: 9780670021215
ISBN-10: 0670021210

"Brand, now a senior citizen, is best known as the editor of the counterculture classics Whole Earth Catalog (1968–85) and CoEvolution Quarterly. An ecologist by training, he has also written books and articles about the environment. His latest is a personal call to citizens and organizations to make every possible effort at managing further climate change. Brand makes a strong case for taking a pragmatic approach—beyond environmentalism—keeping some of our technological civilization alive while reducing our net carbon emissions to a minimum. The methods he promotes include urban density, vertical farms, nuclear power plants, and biotechnology. Referring to scientist James Lovelock's statements that climate change cannot be halted now and will turn many habitable regions into parched wasteland, Brand outlines visionary and risky geoengineering projects that may be deployed to mitigate global warming." (Library Journal)

Publisher: Portfolio
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/18/2009
ISBN-13: 9781591842507
ISBN-10: 1591842506

While a freshman at Princeton, Szaky co-founded a company that produced all-natural, highly effective fertilizer from recycled materials. Every business, he says, should aspire to be good for people, good for the environment, and--last but definitely not least--good for profits.

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Publisher: National Geographic
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/19/2008
ISBN-13: 9781426202636
ISBN-10: 1426202636

A companion volume to True Green turns its attention to the workplace to introduce a series of simple but effective changes that companies, both large and small, and their workers can do to make a big difference in the health of the planet, by reducing waste and recycling to encouraging sustainability.

Publisher: Harper & Row
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/1988
ISBN-13: 9780060915452
ISBN-10: 0060915455

Collection of essays on the natural world during a year spent in the Blue Ridge Mountains reflects the author's interactions with her wilderness surroundings.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/1990
ISBN-13: 9780671695880
ISBN-10: 0671695886

When "Desert Solitaire" was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude and sensitive. Thought-provoking and mystical. Angry and loving. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. Here, the legendary author of "The Monkey Wrench Gang, Abbey's Road" and many other critically acclaimed books vividly captures the essence of his life during three seasons as a park ranger in southeastern Utah. This is a rare view of a quest to experience nature in its purest form -- the silence, the struggle, the overwhelming beauty. But this is also the gripping, anguished cry of a man of character who challenges the growing exploitation of the wilderness by oil and mining interests, as well as by the tourist industry.

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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/29/2004
ISBN-13: 9780691096124
ISBN-10: 0691096120

A beautifully distilled version of Thoreau's most important work, Walden, that became one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature. The royalties from each sale will be donated to the Walden Woods Project, a public land trust working to preserve the land around Walden Pond.

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Publisher: North Point Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/1990
ISBN-13: 9780865474536
ISBN-10: 0865474532

More people should read this book than will. Snyder is, of course, an important writer, a Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, and a spokesperson for the wilderness. Here in spare, eloquent prose, he presents a series of essays that probe the essence of humanity, nature, and their symbiosis. Sometimes Thoreauvian, sometimes way out past Thoreau, he argues, ``Nature is not a place to visit, it is home . . . .'' ``I want to talk about place as an experience,'' he proposes, and he really does. This is an important book for anyone interested in the ethical interrelationships of things, places, and people, and it is a book that is not just read but taken in.

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