Green Books
America's Environmental Report Card: Are We Making the Grade?
by Harvey Blatt (363.7 Bla)
An accessible primer of environmental topics of concern to most Americans, Blatt breaks down environmental issues into their components, describing different aspects of the problem, offering solutions and suggesting a prognosis.
Careers in the Environment
by Mike Fasulo and Paul Walker (363.7 Fas)
Learn about environmental careers in Air and Quality Management, Energy and Resource Engineering, Planning and Design, Forestry and Outdoor Recreation, Biological and Life Sciences, Agricultural and Animal Sciences and Waste Management and Environmental Site Management.
Composting
by Liz Ball (635.048 Bal)
Composting begins with the least-maintenance method--pile up dead leaves and grass trimmings in a corner of the yard and let nature do its work--and graduates to those methods that require more involvement but also yield greater and faster results. It covers materials suitable for compost; how to achieve the proper balance of carbon, nitrogen, water, and air for fastest decomposition; how to monitor and adjust the pileís heat; as well as common problems and what to do about them.
A Contract With the Earth
by Newt Gingrich and Terry Maple (333.72 Gin)
Newt Gingrich and Terry Maple call for mainstream proenvironment action by politicians, corporations and individual Americans. They argue that climate change poses a serious threat and should no longer be considered a bi-partisan issue and that the United States should reengage in international negotiations.
Disappearing World: 101 of the Earth's Most Extraordinary and Endangered Places
by Alonzo C. Addison (304.28 Add)
Disappearing World will take readers on a remarkable journey to the world's most extraordinary and endangered locations. Since 1972, sites of natural, historic, and cultural significance have been designated as World Heritage sites by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Although World Heritage designation offers some protection, these sites are still at risk today from both natural and man-made causes.
Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming
by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn (621.042 Kru)
This book offers a business-centric prescription for alleviating climate change, coupling the market force of capitalism with technological innovation and entrepreneurial inventiveness. The authors argue in favor of strict federal carbon caps, which would induce innovators to explore new ways to control carbon dioxide emissions.
Everything Green Living Book: Easy Ways to Conserve Energy, Protect your Family's Health, and Help Save the Environment
by Diane Gow-McDilda (640 McDil)
Want to learn more about organic food? Curious about alternative power sources? Want to do your part to help save the environment? The way that you live, work, travel, eat, drink, and dress affects the earth and the environment--and this concise, eye-opening book gives you all the tools you need to live a "green" lifestyle.
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
by Elizabeth Kolbert (363.738 Kol)
A cautionary but occasionally alarmist books warning about the consequences of dramatic climate change: An inexorable increase in the world's average temperature means that butterflies, which typically restrict themselves to well-defined climate zones, are now flitting where they've never been found before; that nearly every major glacier in the world is melting rapidly; and that the Dutch are already preparing to let rising oceans reclaim some of their land.
Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage
by Heather Rogers (363.728 Rog)
Americans produce the most waste of any people on Earth, says Rogers, but few of us ever think about where all that trash goes. Rogers endeavors to show the inner workings of the waste stream, from the garbage truck to the landfill, incinerator or parts unknown. She points out that recycling, once touted as an environmental lifesaver, "has serious flaws," and has done little to mitigate garbage's long history of environmental damage.
Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life
by Sophie Uliano (333.72 Uli)
Find out how to: green your entire beauty regime, detoxify your home, indulge in guilt-free shopping, adopt a home fitness routine, prepare eco-licious treats, give your kitchen a green makeover and become more aware of your impact on the earth.
Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies
by Eric Corey Freed (690.804 Fre)
This book will help you discover how to: understand the lifecycle of building materials, choose the right system for your green building project, put together a green team, work within your budget, use green building methods and sustainable systems, speed construction and reduce energy use and waste, refinish old fixtures and materials, beware of asbestos and lead-paint hazards and avoid costly mistakes.
Green Chic: Saving the Earth in Style
by Christie Matheson (333.72 Mat)
According to the book description, if you embrace the fabulousness of green living, you can: look gorgeous, have a killer wardrobe, feel amazing, travel in style, create a home that's an oasis, host fun parties and eat incredible food and drink phenomenal wine . . . all while feeling more connected to your friends, family and nature.
Green Living: The E Magazine Handbook for Living Lightly on the Earth
by E Magazine (640 Gre)
The editors of E/The Environmental Magazine offers a thorough, step-by-step plan for every aspect of your life, from the laundry room to the kitchen: maintaining a healthy home, going organic and avoiding genetically modified food, finding a planet-friendly car, making socially responsible investments and using personal-care products free of damaging chemicals.
Green This! Volume 1: Greening Your Cleaning
by Deirdre Imus (648.5 Imu)
This volume includes: simple, efficient cleaning methods for every room of the house, spotlights on everyday products (all purpose cleaner, glass/window cleaner, laundry detergent) and the toxic ingredients you should be wary of, summaries of the latest research on the toxic effects of ordinary chemicals and resource lists of widely available "green cleaning" products and retailers.
Hell and High Water: Global Warming--the Solution and the Politics--and What We Should Do
by Joseph Romm (363.738 Rom)
Romm, founder and director of the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions, presents a clear and effective primer on climate science. He exposes the government's current energy policies, the censorship of legitimate and urgent information pertaining to global warming, and the threats rising temperatures pose to "the health and well-being of this nation and the world."
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
by Al Gore (363.738 Gor)
This is Gore's book tie-in to his ground-breaking documentary film of the same name. He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness—and with humor, too—that the fact of global warming is not in question and that its consequences for the world we live in will be disastrous if left unchecked.
Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life
by Ed Begely Jr.
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 the planet and live a better, greener life, Ed shares his experiences on what works, what doesn't–and what will save you money!
Planetwalker: 22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence.
by John Francis (BIOG Francis)
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 embarking on this quest that would span two decades and two continents, the young man took a vow of silence that endured for 17 years . . .
Politics, Pollution and Pandas: An Environmental Memoir
by Russell E. Train (333.72 Tra)
Russell E. Train, now chairman emeritus of the World Wildlife Fund, has led a remarkable life in conservation and environmental politics. He was the catalyst for many of the nation’s most important positive environmental policies that remain with us today. In the current political climate, where party divisions are so sharp and environmental concerns are so often shunted aside, Train’s journey as a life-long Republican and an ardent conservationist is an inspiring story.
Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care
by Alan Greene (618.2 Gre)
Greene, a Stanford pediatrician and author of the popular web site drgreene.com, teams up with a consumer health reporter and an author of parenting books to give parents ecofriendly options for pregnancy, birth, and parenting. Everything from choosing the best diapers to selecting nontoxic nursery paint and organic baby food is offered along with commonsense advice about diaper rash and food allergies.
The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis & The Fate of Humanity
by James Lovelock (363.738 Lov)
Lovelock is the intuitive originator of the theory that the world is a self-regulating system that, over the eons, has been able to sustain an equilibrium between hot and cold so as to support life. Now, propelled by global warming, Lovelock says, a tipping point has almost been reached beyond which the Earth will not recover sufficiently to sustain human life comfortably.
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson (632.9 Car)
Silent Spring, released in 1962, offered the first shattering look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an environmental awareness that still exists. Rachel Carson's book focused on the poisons from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the use of sprays in agriculture, a practice that led to dangerous chemicals to the food source.
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
by Mark Lynas (551.6 Lyn)
In 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report projecting average global surface temperatures to rise between 1.4 degrees and 5.8 degrees Celsius (roughly 2 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century. Based on this forecast, author Mark Lynas outlines what to expect from a warming world, degree by degree.
The Sixth Extinction: Journeys Among the Lost and Left Behind
by Terry Glavin (333.952 Gla)
Five major epochs of mass extinction have marked the past 440 million years, but in this original work, Glavin argues that the most devastating is today's "sixth" extinction—in which the world is losing many of its cultures, languages and local traditions along with its wildlife.
Solar Power Your Home For Dummies
by Rik DeGunther (697.78 DeGun)
Discover how to: choose and install your best solar system, handle small to large solar projects, heat and cool your house with solar energy, install exterior solar lighting, handle swimming pool, water heater, or ventilation solar projects, create greenhouses or solar rooms, build, buy, or sell a solar home, finance your solar investments, take advantage of tax rebates and incentives associated with solar power and avoid the worst solar mistakes.
This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future
by John Kerry (363.705 Ker)
Environmentalism isn't dead; it's just being reborn declares the Massachusetts senator and his philanthropist wife. The individuals and groups that the couple profile embody a no-nonsense spunk that defies tired old tree-hugger stereotypes.
True Green at Work: 100 Ways You Can Make the Environment Your Business
by Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin (333.72 McKay)
Positive and practical, True Green at Work tells everyone who holds a job, from top executives on down the ladder, how to help minimize their company’s carbon footprint.
The Weather Makers : How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth
by Tim Flannery (363.738 Fla)
A straightforward and powerfully written look at the connection between climate change and global warming.
When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century
by Fred Pearce (333.91 Pea)
Veteran science writer Pearce makes a strong—and scary—case that a worldwide water shortage is the most fearful looming environmental crisis. With a drumbeat of facts both horrific (thousands of wells in India and Bangladesh are poisoned by fluoride and arsenic) and fascinating (it takes 20 tons of water to make one pound of coffee), the author documents a "kind of cataclysm" already affecting many of the world's great rivers.
The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations
by Eugene Linden (551.609 Lin)
Linden offers an overview of historic climate change, how the science behind climate chanage works and what the implications of global warming are for modern civilization.
