Environmental Preservation Books
How Bad Are Bananas?
by Mike Berners-Lee
Greystone Books, 2011.
Looks at the carbon footprint on hundreds of ubiquitous things in our lives.
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1962.
The must read classic that launched the environmental movement.
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Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots
By Kevin Danaher, et al
PoliPointPress, 2007.
Profiles citizens and groups that have taken positive action to ensure the health and sustainability of their communities, and lays out strategies for a more successful “green movement.”
Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
by Daniel Goleman
Broadway Business, 2009.
Outlines the impacts of our product choices on ourselves, other people and the planet, and calls for a radical transparency in the way products our made, so that citizens can make better choices.
An Inconvenient Truth
by Al Gore
Rodale, 2006.
Filled with charts, graphs, photos, and statistics -- what you need to know about global warming.
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
by Thom Hartmann
Mythical Books, 1998.
This is one of those books that changes your life and puts many pieces of the puzzle together.
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
North Point Press, 2002.
Read this book! You’ll be inspired and delighted about the future we can create!
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
by Bill McKibben
St. Martin's Griffin, 2011.
An exploration of global warming, its current effects, likely outcomes, and ways to slow it through policy and personal change.
Beyond the Limits
by Donella and Denis Meadows and Jorgen Randers
Chelsea Green, 1992.
An important follow up book to their famous Limits to Growth.
Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility
by Ted Nordhaus & Michael ShellenbergerHoughton Mifflin, 2007.
The authors assert that people are ready to step away from “doom and gloom” environmentalism and embrace a new vision of change, greatness and hope.
Earth in Mind
by David Orr
Island Press, 1994.
A powerful and crucial book on the importance of and the means for responsible environmental education.
Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage
by Heather Rogers
The New Press, 2005.
Ever wonder where our garbage goes? Find out in this fascinating and well-researched book.
Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things
by John C. Ryan and Alan Thein Durning
Northwest Environment Watch, 1997.
This is a gem of a little book, packed with information. You’ll never look at stuff the same way again.
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The Bridge at the End of the World
by James Speth
Yale University Press, 2009.
A hard look at the ecological challenges we face, along with their interconnected effects, and the perspectives and solutions we must embrace to avert further decline.
Our Ecological Footprint
by Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees
New Society Publishers, 1996.
A system for analyzing the effects of one’s choices on the environment.
World War III: Population and the Biosphere at the End of the Millennium
by Michael Tobias
Continuum, 1998.
Addresses the connection between our booming population and its dire impact on our natural world.
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