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Environmental Preservation Books


 

Book Cover: How Bad Are Bananas?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 SpringSilent Spring

by Rachel Carson
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1962. 
The must read classic that launched the environmental movement.
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Green EconomyBuilding 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.”

 

Book Cover: Ecological IntelligenceEcological 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 TruthAn Inconvenient Truth

by Al Gore
Rodale, 2006.
Filled with charts, graphs, photos, and statistics -- what you need to know about global warming.

 

 

Last Hours of Ancient SunlightThe 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 CradleCradle 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!

 

 

Book Cover: EaarthEaarth: 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 LimitsBeyond 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 ThroughBreak Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility

by Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger

Houghton 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 MindEarth 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 GarbageGone 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 Life of Every Day ThingsStuff: 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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Book Cover: Bridge at the End of the WorldThe 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 FootprintOur 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 IIIWorld 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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