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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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The World without Us
by Alan Weisman
Powells.com Staff Pick "Let us try a creative experiment," Alan Weisman proposes on page three: If humans disappeared from earth, what would happen? To your home, for example. To our cities, farms, and oceans. To the animals that remain. Or to the billion tons of plastic we'd...
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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
by Bill McKibben
Powells.com Staff Pick "Timely and useful. This valuable benchmark is a substantial contribution to the rethinking of unlimited economic expansion." Recommended by Ted, Powells.com...
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Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living
by Doug Fine
Publisher Comments Advance praise for Farewell, My Subaru Fine is Bryson Funny. ----Santa Cruz Sentinel Fine is an amiable and self-deprecating storyteller in the mold of Douglas Adams. If you're a fan of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-style humor -- and also looking to...
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Lorax (71 Edition)
by Dr. Seuss Publisher Comments ""UNLESS someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to get better...It's not." <BR>Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and...
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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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Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
by Sandor Ellix Katz
Publisher Comments For thousands of years humans have enjoyed the taste and nutrition of fermented foods and drinks. We rely on the transformative, almost magical power of fermentation to preserve and improve all sorts of food, making them tastier, more digestible, and...
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Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent's Most Endangered Foods
by Gary Paul Nabhan Publisher Comments Renewing America's Food Traditions is a beautifully illustrated dramatic call to recognize, celebrate, and conserve the great diversity of foods that gives North America its distinctive culinary identity that reflects our multicultural heritage. It...
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Design for Water: Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment, and Alternate Water Reuse
by Heather Kinkade-Levario Publisher Comments In an era of dwindling resources, water is poised to become the new oil. The entire world now faces the reality of a decreasing supply of clean water. To avert a devastating shortage, we must not only look at alternate water sources for existing...
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Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
by Peter Menzel Publisher Comments The 2006 James Beard Book of the Year is now available in paperback. Featuring a photojournalistic survey of 30 families from 24 countries and the food they eat during the course of one week, this captivating chronicle offers a riveting look at what the...
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Great Turning : From Empire To Earth Community (06 Edition)
by David C. Korten Publisher Comments *Sweeping survey of world history offering a new understanding of the key challenge of our time *Offers a positive message of hope for a sustainable and just future and a practical strategy for getting there In The Great Turning, David Korten argues that...
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The Northwest Green Home Primer: Hundreds of Ideas for Building, Remodeling and Buying Green
by Kathleen O'Brien and Kathleen Smith Publisher Comments Everyone can make green home decisions on a budget with this inspiring, information-packed guide. Whether you are building, remodeling, buying, or just curious, here are real-world strategies for getting the greenest results from your budget, with...
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Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved (06 Edition)
by Katz Publisher Comments An instant classic for a new generation of monkey-wrenching food activists. Food in America is cheap and abundant, yet the vast majority of it is diminished in terms of flavor and nutrition, anonymous and mysterious after being shipped thousands of miles...
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Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life
by Sophie Uliano Publisher Comments Are you confused by all the advice you hear and see daily on how to "go green"? Do you want to incorporate earth-friendly practices into your life, but you don't know where to start? Don't stress! Green guru Sophie Uliano has sorted through all the eco...
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Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard Into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community
by H C Flores Publisher Comments Gardening can be a political act. Creativity, fulfillment, connection, revolution?it all begins when we get our hands in the dirt....
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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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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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Planetwalker: 22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence.
by John Francis Publisher Comments When the struggle to save oil-soaked birds and restore blackened beaches left him feeling frustrated and helpless, John Francis decided to take a more fundamental and personal stand--he stopped using all forms of motorized transportation. Soon after...
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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...
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The Empty Ocean: Plundering the World's Marine Life
by Richard Ellis
Publisher Comments In The Empty Ocean, acclaimed author and artist Richard Ellis tells the story of our continued plunder of life in the sea and weighs the chances for its recovery. Through fascinating portraits of a wide array of creatures, he introduces us to the many...
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