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Buy Now	Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd (World As Home, The) (more) »rank: 222655 by: Karsten Heuer : :For eons, female members of the Porcupine caribou herd have made the 2,800-mile journey from their winter feeding grounds to their summer calving grounds. They once roamed borderless wilderness; now they trek from Canada, where they're protected, to the United States, where they are not. What's more, beneath the calving grounds lay vast reserves of oil. Determined to convey both the enormity of the caribous’ migration and the delicacy of their habitat, Karsten Heuer and his wife spent their honeymoon following the herd. For five months, they traveled an uncharted course on foot over mountains, through snow, and across frozen ...	Buy Now	50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth: All New! Updated for the 21st Century (more) »rank: 31556 by: John Javna, Sophie Javna, Jesse Javna : :Together, We Can Make a Difference Today's environmental problems may seem too overwhelming for one person to tackle . . . but you don't have to do it alone. Now you have partners--50 of them. 50 Simple Things, the revolutionary 1990 bestseller, is back in a completely revised, updated edition . . . and it's just as innovative and groundbreaking as the original. The authors have teamed up with 50 of America's top environmental groups, including The Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Wildlife Federation, and Rainforest Action Network. Each group has chosen one issue and provided a simple, step-by-step ...
Buy Now	How Shall I Live My Life?: On Liberating the Earth from Civilization (more) »rank: 65431 by: Derrick Jensen : :Derrick Jensen discusses the destructive dominant culture with ten people who have devoted their lives to undermining it in this collection of interviews. Whether it is Carolyn Raffensperger and her radical approach to public health, or Thomas Berry on perceiving the sacred; be it Kathleen Dean Moore reminding us that our bodies are made of mountains, rivers, and sunlight; or Vine Deloria asserting that our dreams tell us more about the world than science ever can, the activists and philosophers interviewed in How Shall I Live My Life? each bravely present a few of the endless forms that resistance can ...	Buy Now	Harpoon: Into the Heart of Whaling (Merloyd Lawrence Book) (more) »rank: 260287 by: Andrew Darby : :From one-hundred-fifty-ton barnacled Blues to the sleek, embattled Minke, whales have been hunted worldwide to near extinction. Despite efforts to halt the killing, the future of these majestic mammals-known as “mind in the water”-is again in jeopardy. With passion and engaging detail, Andrew Darby profiles each species of whale and its place in this great drama. From the wooden harpoons of aboriginals in “cockleshell” vessels, to the high-tech killing machines of today’s lawless Russian whalers and smooth-talking Japanese “scientific” crews, Darby chronicles the evolving pursuit of whales and its significance to our humanity. Fans of well-written history, as well as ...
Buy Now	The Unnatural History of the Sea (more) »rank: 29357 by: Callum Roberts : :Humanity can make short work of the oceans’ creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller’s sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It’s a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island was the last redoubt of a species that had been decimated by hunting and habitat loss years before theexplorers set sail. As Callum M. Roberts reveals in The Unnatural History of the Sea, the oceans’ bounty didn’t disappear overnight. While today’s fishing industry is ruthlessly efficient, intense exploitation began not ...	Buy Now	The Great Lakes Water Wars (more) »rank: 28262 by: Peter Annin : : The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well ...
Buy Now	The Better World Handbook: Small Changes That Make A Big Difference (more) »rank: 200537 by: Ellis Jones, Ross Haenfler, Brett Johnson : :Specifically designed to reach people who normally would not consider themselves activists, The Better World Handbook is directed toward those who care about creating a more just, sustainable, and socially responsible world but don't know where to begin. Substantially updated, this revised bestseller now contains more recent information on global problems, more effective actions, and many new resources.	Buy Now	Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping And The Fate Of America's Fresh Waters (more) »rank: 47197 by: Robert Jerome Glennon : : '...a book as rich in detail as it is devastating in its argument.' -SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN'Water Follies deserves a place alongside the late Marc Reisner's classic Cadillac Desert.' -ENVIRONMENT'a lively account of hydrology' -NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS'if you want to scare yourself silly, read Water Follies, by Robert Jerome Glennon. In it you'll learn how America is irrigating itself to death-just like the Sumerians-while sucking its groundwater aquifers dry.'-TORONTO GLOBE & MAIL
Buy Now	The Woodlot Management Handbook: Making the Most of Your Wooded Property For Conservation, Income or Both (more) »rank: 42476 by: Stewart Hilts, Peter Mitchell : : The Woodlot Management Handbook will show you how to get the most out of your land; whether you are interested in growing trees for timber, generating income from selling firewood, or sheltering wildlife.	Buy Now	The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes (more) »rank: 74436 by: Daniel D. Chiras : :The Natural House is a tour of the construction, costs, and pros and cons of fourteen natural building methods. Straw Bale, Rammed Earth, Cob, Cordwood, Adobe, Earthbags, Papercrete, Earthships…whatever the method, the common goal is to create a house that is economical, energy efficient, nontoxic, soothing to the soul, kind to the environment, and pleasing to behold. This comprehensive sourcebook offers in-depth information that will guide your search for the perfect sustainable dream home. It is a must for home builders, contractors, and architects.Author Dan Chiras shows how you can gain energy independence and reduce your environmental impact through passive ...