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by Kevin Danaher and Jason Mark and Shannon Biggs Publisher Comments After centuries of economic activity based on extraction, exploitation, and depletion, we now face undeniable environmental threats. New business models that save or restore natural resources are critical. But how can we translate that insight into more... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $11.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by James Lovelock Publisher Comments The Gaia hypothesis, first put forth in the mid-1960s, and published in book form in 1975, has had a radical effect on scientific views of evolution and the environment. Fiercely debated by biologists, chemists, and cyberneticists, it has been the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Chris Maser Publisher Comments In this classic work of ecology, Chris Maser traces the growth of an ancient forest in Oregon's Cascade Mountains from its fiery birth in the year 987 to the present. A unique "biography" of an ecosystem, Forest Primeval portrays a diverse fabric of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jeffrey M Smith Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by James Grace Publisher Comments You ve heard it all before: people should be nice to one another, treat others with respect, and be good to neighbors. But does any of that still apply to our hectic, harried, post twentieth-century lifestyles? James and Lisa Grace think so, and in The... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $3.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by George Sessions Publisher Comments Every day, in newspapers and on television, we read and hear about the ongoing destruction of the environment: the greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion, deforestation, and air and water pollution. Deep Ecology offers a solution to the environmental... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $19.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Dan Dagget Publisher Comments Dagget's ideas fly in the face of our culture's ancient assumption that humans are separate from nature and of current notions that the best way for us to protect the land is to leave it alone. He demonstrates case after case of positive human... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $16.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Tim Flannery Publisher Comments In The Eternal Frontier, world-renowned scientist and historian Tim Flannery tells the unforgettable story of the geological and biological evolution of the North American continent, from the time of the asteroid strike that ended the age of dinosaurs 65... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael Rosenzweig Publisher Comments As humanity presses down inexorably on the natural world, people debate the extent to which we can save the Earth's millions of different species without sacrificing human economic welfare. But is this argument wise? Must the human and natural worlds be... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $23.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Worldwatch Institute Publisher Comments IN STATE OF THE WORLD 2004, the Worldwatch Institute's award-winning research team focuses on consumption, pointing to the many ways in which our consumption habits drive ecological and social deterioration, as well as how these habits can be redirected... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $7.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by Andrew Ford Publisher Comments Modeling the Environment is the first introductory textbook for a technique of rapidly growing importance. It requires little or no mathematical background, and is appropriate for undergraduate environmental students as well as professionals new to... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price $34.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Paul Virilio Publisher Comments What is popular defense? From whom do we have to defend ourselves?... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Karen Ashton Publisher Comments Be scared, be very scared: toxic chemicals are in thousands of everyday products…and then they become part of our blood, our fat, our bodies. The chemicals that make things non-stick, flexible, flame-retardant, or stain-resistant are implicated in... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Luke Cole Publisher Comments When Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism -- the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of color and... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Mark Hertsgaard Publisher Comments Like many of us, Mark Hertsgaard has long worried about the declining health of our environment. But in 1991, he decided to act on his own concern and investigate the escalating crisis for himself. Traveling on his own dime, he embarked on an odyssey... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Joel Tickner Publisher Comments The "precautionary principle"-the idea that society should guard against potentially harmful activities even if some cause and effect relationshipshave not been fully established-has often been attacked for being unscientific. However leading scientists... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $19.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Donald Snow Publisher Comments Presents the findings of a study conducted by The Conservation Fund of leadership development needs among U.S. conservation groups.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $4.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Dan A Nelson Synopsis An insightful look into the background of current predator controversies, offering readers a better understanding of the species that inhabit the wild areas of the Pacific Northwest.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $2.38 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Partha Dasgupta Publisher Comments In Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment, Partha Dasgupta explores ways to measure the quality of life. In developing quality of life indices, he pays particular attention to the natuaral environment, illustrating how it can be incorporated, more... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $30.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Mann And Condron Publisher Comments A guide to sustainable living.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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