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Earth Share of Oregon invites you to read from our Green Books list. These books focus on Keeping People Healthy, Preserving Habitat, and Reducing Global Warming. Educate yourself, buy a book for a friend or start a green reading group where you work!
Books 61 - 70 of 88 next » by Michael Brower
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From one of the most prestigious nonprofit organizations devoted to environmental issues comes a clear, practical, and rational overview of the relationship between consumers and the environment. Paper or plastic? Bus or car? Old house or new? Cloth... (read more) Used - Trade Paper 
by Paul Hawken
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A visionary new program that businesses can follow to help restore the planet.... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
by Rachel Carson
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Silent Spring changed the way we thought about the environment and shaped today's environmental movement, calling us to action to protect our surroundings before we destroyed them. Today our impact on the environment is more harmful than ever, and Carson'... (read more) Sale - Trade Paper
by Michael C. Houck and M. J. Cody
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In some parts of the United States, the notions of "urban wildlife," "urban naturalist," and "urban forest" might raise an eyebrow, but in Oregon, and particularly in the Portland area, we know better. We know that greenspaces are more than the islands... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
by Robert Engelman
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In the capital of Ghana, a teenager nicknamed “Condom Sister” trolls the streets to educate other young people about contraception. Her work and her own aspirations point to a remarkable shift not only in the West African nation, where just a... (read more) Used - Hardcover
by William S. (edt) Saunders
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The complexity and scale of the environmental problems confronting humanity today provoke a wide range of responses, from indifference to anger to creativity. Among a growing number of architects, landscape architects, and planners, however, these... (read more) New - Trade Paper
by Susan Peter
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Washington County's Tualatin River Basin has some of the most appealing and least known natural areas in the greater Portland area. Intended for hikers, canoeists, naturalists, birders, and outdoor enthusiasts of all kinds, this beautifully illustrated... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
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THE ASTONISHING STORY OF ONE OF THE WORLDS GREATEST ANIMAL RESCUES. When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, caught in the cross?re at the heart of the city. Once... (read more) New - Trade Paper
by Barbara Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
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After 25 years in the Arizona desert, in 2004, Kentucky-bred Barbara Kingsolver moved back to the Appalachians, to a Virginia farm just hours from her childhood home. Family called. "Returning," she explains in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, "would allow my... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
by Peter Barnes
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In 2006, NASA's top climate scientist warned that we have at most a decade to turn the tide on global warming. After that, James Hansen said, all bets are off. Temperature rises of 3 to 7 degrees Farenheit will "produce a different planet." If Hansen is... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
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