Most Influential Environmental Book
June 11, 2007 | Posted by Web Team in Uncategorized
For the last few summers, we’ve pulled together a reading list with some new and old environmentally-themed books (see 2006 and 2005). This year, we want to do something a little different. We want you to tell us what your environmental “must reads” are.
Once we have a list of nominations, we’ll ask the Environmental Defense community to vote. Have a nomination for our list? Leave it in the comments!
6 Responses
Comment from Chris tilley
June 13th, 2007 at 3:59 am
I would like to nominate ‘Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things’ by: William McDonough, Michael Braungart
The basic premise is to engineer everything with the end of life of the product and the eventual next product designed from the start. The book itself is an example of this philosophy. The paper is not paper it is a plastic that is designed to be upcycled. That is reused to create a new book the inks are designed to be easily recovered and reused.
Comment from efano
June 14th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Definitely ‘The Rising’ by Tom Pollock and Jack Seybold- a gripping novel about global warming, catastrophe, and post-catastrophe survival. It interweaves real facts about melting ice sheets etc with a rich storyline. I cold not put this book down. It is both entertaining (though terrifying) and educational. For example, it taught me about the kinds of survival skills I would need to have in the event of a climate change disaster. Highly recommended.
Comment from Gina Bardy
June 15th, 2007 at 2:58 am
Barbara Kingsolver’s “Prodigal Summer” tops my list of books most influential environmental books. It is infinitely readable with its’ beautiful prose, romance, and the weaving together of many human lives and the natural world. It made my heart ache for the loss of the American Chestnut in the Appalachian mountains.
Also, reading Nicholas Evans wonderful fiction in “The Loop” makes it impossible not to take up the cause of protecting the wolf population in the United States.
Gina Bardy
Palm Bay, Florida
Comment from Bill Tarbox
July 25th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
I can’t believe The Lorax” was ranked higher than A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold the book I call my “bible”! But, perhaps the message is getting out at a much younger age.
I also agree with Anna Brown that Tim Flannery’s book “The Weather Maker” is an awesome book on global climate change.
Another good book is “The End of Nature” by Bill McKibben.
As a birder, I’ve witnessed a dramatic decline in bird populations just over the past 15 years and have dreaded the thought of reading A Silent Spring. It’s already happening……..
Regards!
Bill Tarbox
Magnolia, TX
Comment from Justine
September 17th, 2007 at 12:57 am
If you want to learn about the science behind it all:
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
An encyclopedia of environmentally friendly technologies/methods/ideas:
WorldChanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century — Abramson.
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November 10th, 2007 at 10:18 am
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