The bestselling author of "Emotional Intelligence" and "Primal Leadership" reveals the hidden environmental consequences of what societies make and buy, and how that knowledge can drive the changes necessary to save the planet.
Covering a broad range of topics Michael Bell manages to inject a high level of personal passion. This is more than a simple textbook - it is a strongly argued polemic that will challenge the readers with a number of environmental puzzles; inform them and enable them to make their own private and public choices; and more importantly inspire them ...
Hollywood's it man for all things green offers large and small ways to live a greener, better life. Packed with eco-ideas from standard to quirky to ingenious, this guide also comes with workbook pages to record readers' progress.
This indispensable resource helps readers decide how to best spend their time and money to protect the environment and offers flexible tips for everyday living, all categorized as "green," "greener," and "greenest."
The environmental movement and rising awareness of global warming have sparked an interest in green living. People want to know what they can do to live sustainable lives. In this book, you will find an overview of global warming and environmental degradation of air, water, and soil; what sustainable living is and how to do it; how to cut down on ...
Focusing the environmental debate on the principle of common commitment, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and eminent conservationist Terry L. Maple present "A Contract with the Earth". Declaring a need for bipartisan environmentalism, they call for a new era of environmental stewardship, one with principles that they believe most ...
The author of Trashing the Planet and media commentator Guzzo offer a straightforward analysis that helps readers understand the scientific and political realities of environmental issues and make their own informed decisions about global warming, pollution, endangered species, and other environmental issues.
Paper or plastic? Organic or conventional? In a world that is rapidly going "green," how does the average person make decisions that are smart for the family-and good for the planet? The Green Guide is here to help, with the concepts and choices for Earth-conscious living. Presented in concise, information-packed chapters, this up-to-the-minute ...
This book should be required reading for anyone who cares about the future of the planet. Written by renowned scientist, futurist and Club of Budapest founder Ervin Laszlo, "You Can Change the World" answers two pertinent questions - first, what is at the root of all the conflict and crisis in today's world? And second, what can actually be done ...
In a ringing cry for a changed relation to the land, Jackson urges modern Americans to become truly native to this place--to base our culture and agriculture on nature's principles, to recycle as natural ecosystems have for millions of years.
The latest installment in the "New York Times"-bestselling Green This! series offers simple, practical tips for living an organic lifestyle. Imus's approach appeals to readers who want to buy green, eat green, and be green without sacrificing money, comfort, or style.
The environmental movement has often been accused of being overly negative--trying to stop "progress." The Nature of Design, on the other hand, is about starting things, specifically an ecological design revolution that changes how we provide food, shelter, energy, materials, and livelihood, and how we deal with waste. Ecological design is an ...
Pearce exposes the hidden worlds that sustain a Western lifestyle, and does it by examining the sources of everything in his own life. This work offers a fascinating portrait of the effects the world's 6 billion inhabitants have on the planet, as well as their various working and living conditions.
The Global Warming Diet is a smorgasbord of scientific fact and culinary art where the reader learns new ways to look at the climate crisis. It inspires personal life changes with in-depth research, easy recipes, ideas for your next book group read and eat tasting party, and simple tips on how to cook a global cooling cuisine. The book presents ...
The present era of staggering scientific and technological innovations, with major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, and communications, seems to document unparalleled human achievement. Yet when we examine the long-term implications, it becomes clear that an ever-growing number of humans have threatened the delicate environmental ...
As a young man, John Francis witnesses the devastating effects of a 1971 oil spill in San Francisco Bay. He stops using motorised transportation and begins a walk that will continue for twenty-two years and span two continents. A few months later, he takes a vow of silence that lasts seventeen years. Through his silence and walking he learns to ...
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a shocking expose of the forces that perpetuate the crisis of global warming - with a prescription for saving the planet In Boiling Point, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ross Gelbspan argues that, unchecked, climate change will swamp every other issue facing us today. Indeed, what began as an initial ...
This new collection of essays, from various years and occasions, expands and deepens ideas articulated in Berry's earlier writings and also breaks new ground.
We all know about the Earth's environmental crisis, but there is someone who can truly make a difference: you. If you text your friends or chat with them online, download music to your iPod, or toss bottles and papers into recycling bins, you're already more eco-savvy than you think. It's just as easy to do even more to help save the earth, and ...
The debate about the existence of climate change seems finally at an end. We now have to decide what to do about it. Here, James Garvey argues that the ultimate rationale for action on climate change cannot be simply economic, political, scientific or social, though no doubt our decisions should be informed by such things. Instead, climate change ...
Published for the first time in the United States, "The Little Green Handbook" is a unique reference work that illustrates the most important global developments facing us today, explains them, and suggests area for positive change.
Is laminate flooring good or bad? Should one buy beverages in plastic bottles or cans? And how can one crack the code of little numbers in triangles on the bottom of plastic containers? "Virtuous Consumer" is for busy people who want to buy responsibly but are not sure where to start. There's surprisingly little useful information available, so in ...
In "Green Made Easy, " author and green pioneer Chris Prelitz shares how to be both environmental and economical at the same time. Going green is not only good for our planet, it's good for your pocketbook. For over 20 years, Chris has been helping businesses, home owners, and corporations lower their monthly expenses by going green. Chris and his ...
The follow-up to the popular television series and book "Planet Earth," this work is a wake-up call that can serve to inform and inspire citizens to take action against the growing threats to the planet. Full color photos throughout.
The 23-year-old president of the Sierra Club, the country's largest grassroots environmental organization, sounds an impassioned clarion call against Washington's alarming assault on the environmental laws.
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