Question of the Week: What books have you read that influenced your thinking about the environment?
2009 June 1
Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, Aldo Leopold – many authors have inspired us to think deeply about protecting the environment. Share which books you’ve read.
What books have you read that influenced your thinking about the environment?
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The Silent Spring – Rachel Carson
Small is Beautiful – Schumacher
Limits to Growth – Meadows
His Dark Materials – Phillip Pullman, climate change is one of the themes used in this fantasy trilogy so wouldn’t say prompted to think – rather i made the connection there
River of Grass – Marjory Stoneman Douglas
All of Frank Ackerman’s books- especially Why do we Recycle and Poisened for Pennies
Our Stolen Future by Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peter Meyers
Along with many of the previously listed books, I have recently read “Green Kingdom Come” by Joe Grabill. It’s a great new perspective on the green movement.
glenn beck’s an inconvenient book…go read!
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given name of the books are really usefull…….thnx