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The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones Publisher Comments Provocative, personal, and inspirational, The Green Collar Economy is not a dire warning but rather a substantive and viable plan for solving the biggest issues facing the country — the failing economy and our devastated environment. From a distance,... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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Cartoon Guide to the Environment by Larry Gonick Publisher Comments Chapter 1. Forests and Water Chapter 2. More Cycles Chapter 3. Evolving Systems, Struggling Individuals Chapter 4. Communities Wet... Chapter 5. ...And Dry Chapter 6. Let's Eat! Chapter 7. From Hunting to Planting Chapter 8. What Limiting Factors... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba Publisher Comments William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger, and a place where hope and opportunity were hard to find. But William had read about windmills in a book... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being by Nena Baker Staff Pick Listen up, America, because this is a wake-up call. The Body Toxic sheds light on the toxic threats we encounter daily in toys, clothes, cosmetics, cookware, and more. The harmful effects of everyday products on our health are staggering, and Baker's eye-... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World by David Abram Publisher Comments David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) by Aldo Leopold Publisher Comments "We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir." San Francisco Chronicle These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape -- the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by Bill McKibben Publisher Comments The bestselling author of The End of Nature issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our lives In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution -- and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman Staff Pick Friedman doesn't just have the world's greatest moustache — he's also a sharp writer and keen thinker. The world needs this book — and we can consider ourselves fortunate that someone as clever as Friedman has written it.... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Crossing the Next Meridian by Charles F. Wilkinson Publisher Comments In "Crossing the Next Meridian," Charles F. Wilkinson, an expert on federal public lands, Native American issues, and the West's arcane water laws explains some of the core problems facing the American West now and in the years to come. He examines the... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by James Howard Kunstler Publisher Comments James Howard Kunstler's The Long Emergency was an underground hit, going into nine printings of the hardcover edition. His shocking vision for our post-oil future caught the attention of environmentalists and business leaders and was the subject of much... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M. Benyus Publisher Comments This profound and accessible book details how science is studying nature's best ideas to solve our toughest 21st–century problems. If chaos theory transformed our view of the universe, biomimicry is transforming our life on Earth. Biomimicry is... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet by Oliver Morton Publisher Comments A story of a world in crisis and the importance of plants, the history of the earth, and the feuds and fantasies of warring scientists—this is not your fourth-grade science class's take on photosynthesis. From acclaimed science journalist Oliver... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) by Aldo Leopold Publisher Comments This special edition of the highly acclaimed A Sand County Almanac commemorates the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Aldo Leopold, one of the foremost conservationists of our century. First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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The End of Nature by Bill McKibben Publisher Comments Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the earth. This impassioned plea for radical... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Future of Life by Edward O Wilson Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references and index.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Stolen Harvest : the Hijacking of the Global Food Supply (00 Edition) by Vandana Shiva Publisher Comments Contents Introduction Chapter 1 The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply Chapter 2 Soy Imperialism and the Destruction of Local Food Cultures Chapter 3 The Stolen Harvest Under the Sea Chapter 4 Mad Cows and Sacred Cows Chapter 5 The Stolen Harvest of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works by David Schmidtz Publisher Comments Environmental Ethics features first-hand descriptions from people who have actually been involved in such projects as wildlife management in Africa, ecofeminist initiatives in India, and radical activism on the high seas. It also provides up-to-date data... (read more) List Price $69.95 Your price: $38.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawken Staff Pick Feeling crushed beneath the weight of ominous news, borderline-apocalyptic statistics, and global warming alerts that offer no recourse but panic? Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest is the book you've been waiting for. Here is a call to arms with concrete... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes about Himself and Our by Colin Beavan Publisher Comments A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold Publisher Comments First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "a trenchant book, full of vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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