On this page, we present to you links to recommended books or other publications, arranged alphabetically by title, that have to do with the environment or nature. When you click on a title below, you will be taken to another page that describes the publication in greater detail. From that individual page, we then link you to Amazon where you can purchase the book or publication.
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B) Blessed Unrest - Blessed Unrest is about a movement that no one has noticed, not even the people involved. “The movement,” as author Paul Hawken calls it, is made up of an unknowable number of citizens and mostly ragtag organizations that come and go. There are a few billionaires, working hard to give their wealth away, and there are even some Christian evangelicals, who have decided the earth is not theirs to trash, but the movement is mostly about shared beliefs, even if those beliefs are unproclaimed. |
O) The Omnivore's Dilemma. In this remarkably clearheaded book, author Michael Pollan takes us on a fascinating journey up and down the food chain, one that might change the way you read the label on a frozen dinner, dig into a steak or decide whether to buy organic eggs. You'll certainly never look at a Chicken McNugget the same way again. Pollan approaches his mission not as an activist but as a naturalist: "The way we eat represents our most profound engagement with the natural world." |
| C) Consilience - The Unity of Knowledge. This book is the inspiration for Consilience Productions! Edward Wilson is a fabulous writer, thinker, scientist, and humanist. A must-read! |
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| D) Demon-Haunted World - Carl Sagan muses on the current state of scientific thought, which offers him marvelous opportunities to entertain us with his own childhood experiences, the newspaper morgues, UFO stories, and the assorted flotsam and jetsam of pseudo science. Denying Evolution - Denying Evolution aims at taking a fresh look at the evolution–creationism controversy. |
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E) The Empty Ocean - Maritime extinctions are largely invisible, leaving us "stranded on shore, watching as the bountiful sea life disappears before our uncomprehending eyes." The author, Richard Ellis, is more than qualified with his four decades of studying marine life and his term on the International Whaling Commission to comment and critique the current woeful destruction of our unseen sea life. |
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Notes from a Catastrophe - In writing that is both clear and unbiased,
Kolbert approaches the monumental problem of global warming from every
angle. She travels to the Arctic, interviews researchers and environmentalists,
explains the science and the studies, draws frightening parallels to
lost ancient civilizations, unpacks the politics, and presents the personal
tales of those who are being affected most—the people who make
their homes near the poles and, in an eerie foreshadowing, are watching
their worlds disappear. |
S) Song For The Blue Ocean - Safina, a seabird scientist who also heads the National Audubon Society's Living Oceans Program, has written this beautifully poetic book as part travelogue, part reporter's notebook,and part scientific paper. |
| G) Garbage Land - The v-p of a New York City waste transfer station recommends, "You want to solve the garbage problem? Stop eating. Stop living." Indeed, to ponder waste disposal is to confront the very limits of our society. Where does it all go? Most of us are content to shrug off the details—as long as it's out of sight (and smell). |
T) Tao of Physics, by Fritjof Capra, is the best-selling mid-70's book that discusses the meeting of the East and the West. The Meat You Eat: How Corporate America Has Endangered America's Food Supply - Sierra Club director, Ken Midriff, includes the familiar horror stories of the squalid slaughterhouses, the toxic lakes of pig manure, etc. But he offers a solution even a carnivore can love: don't stop eating meat - buy it from sustainable farmers! |
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| J) Javatrekker: Dispatches From the World of Fair Trade Coffee - "Dean is truly a singular character in the world of coffee roasters. He takes an intense interest in knowing the origins of his coffee. While most roasters and importers brag about their 'Third World' experiences, Dean travels to the 'Fourth World,' getting down and dirty with the indigenous groups growing the coffees, way out beyond where most folks will go. He is embraced universally by these groups and hailed as a true brother." --John Cossette, Royal Coffee, Inc. |
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