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Climate Solutions: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why: A Citizen's Guide (Chelsea Green Guides)
by Peter Barnes  Publisher Comments 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...
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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 
Powells.com 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...
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Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life
by Ed Begley Jr. Publisher Comments From the pioneer of eco-conscious living... A committed environmentalist for more than thirty years, Ed Begley, Jr., has always tried to "live simply so others may simply live." Now, as more and more of us are looking for ways to reduce our impact on...
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Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage
by Heather Rogers Publisher Comments A sobering exploration of our high-octane trash output that was named an Editor's Choice by the New York Times and a nonfiction choice by The Guardian. Eat a take-out meal, buy a pair of shoes, or read a newspaper, and you're soon faced with a...
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Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came Into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
by Paul Hawken
Publisher Comments One of the world's most influential environmentalists reveals a worldwide grassroots movement of hope and humanity. Blessed Unrest tells the story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by politicians or the media. Hawken, an environmentalist...
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The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability
by James Gustave Speth Publisher Comments How serious are the threats to our environment? Here is one measure of the problem: if we continue to do exactly what we are doing, with no growth in the human population or the world economy, the world in the latter part of this century will be unfit...
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How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: 500 Simple Ways to Save Energy, Resources, and Money
by Joanna Yarrow Publisher Comments How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint is the world citizen's guide to pushing back the advance of global warming. This colorful handbook offers 500 practical, easily achievable ideas that conserve energy, prevent pollution, and save money. Did you know...
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Song of the Dodo (96 Edition)
by David Quammen
Publisher Comments David Quammen's book, The Song of the Dodo, is a brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope, far-reaching in its message -- a crucial book in precarious times, which radically alters the way in which we understand the natural world and our place...
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Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle
by David Wann Publisher Comments In his bestseller Affluenza, David Wann and his co-authors diagnosed the debilitating disease of over-consumption. In Simple Prosperity he shows readers how we can overcome this disease by investing in a variety of ...
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50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth: Completely New and Updated for the 21st Century
by John Javna and Sophie Javna and Jesse Javna Publisher Comments 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...
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As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial
by Derrick Jensen and Stephanie McMillan Publisher Comments Two of America's most talented activists team up to deliver a bold and hilarious satire of modern environmental policy in this fully illustrated graphic novel. The US government gives robot machines from space permission to eat the earth in exchange for...
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High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them
by Jeanfranco Rischard Publisher Comments In this age of instant communication and biotechnology, on this ever-smaller planet, what kinds of problems have we created for ourselves? How do we tackle them in a world where the accustomed methods used by nation-states may be reaching their natural...
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Silent Spring : 40TH Anniversary Edition ((Rev)02 Edition)
by Rachel Carson
Powells.com Staff Pick 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'...
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The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices
by Michael Brower Publisher Comments 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...
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The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time
by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen
Publisher Comments Ellen DeGeneres, Robert Redford, Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Martha Stewart, Tyra Banks, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tiki Barber, Owen Wilson, and Justin Timberlake tell you how they make a difference to the environment. Inside The...
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Windows on Nature: The Great Habitat Dioramas of the American Museum of Natural History
by Stephen Chris Quinn Publisher Comments New York City's American Museum of Natural History is a national treasure, attracting four million visitors annually. Its dioramas-a dazzling mixture of nature, science, and art-have inspired young and old alike, and are world-renowned examples of the...
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Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility
by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger
Publisher Comments Current tactics can't solve today's complex global crises. The "bad boys of environmentalism" call for a bold and empowering new vision. Environmental insiders Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus triggered a firestorm of controversy with their...
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Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century
by Alex Steffen Publisher Comments Worldchanging is packed with information, resources, reviews, and ideas that give readers access to the tools they need to build a better future. Written by a diverse collaborative of innovators, Worldchanging demonstrates that the means for making a...
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
by Elizabeth Kolbert
Powells.com Staff Pick Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a refreshingly slim and concise volume, grew out of Elizabeth Kolbert's remarkable series on global warming in the New Yorker. Kolbert spans the globe, from examining ice samples in Greenland to mosquitoes in a lab in...
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Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands Volume 2
by Brad Lancaster Publisher Comments Turn water scarcity into water abundance!Earthworks are one of the easiest, least expensive, and most effective ways of passively harvesting and conserving multiple sources of water in the soil. Associated vegetation then pumps the harvested water back...
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