Environmental Studies

1. State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability

   The Worldwatch Institute

   The premier environmental nonprofit shows the ways to transform our consumer culture into a culture centered on sustainability.More

2. If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Save the Earth

   Helen Caldicott

   Revised and updated

   “Helen Caldicott has the rare ability to combine science with passion, logic with love, and urgency with humor.” —Naomi KleinMore

3. Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming

   Miriam Horn, Fred Krupp

   How to harness the great forces of capitalism to save the world from catastrophe.More

4. Energy, Environment, and Climate

   Richard Wolfson

   In this new study of energy use and global climate change, Richard Wolfson outlines basic science concepts as well as specific, contemporary applications in energy production and their environmental consequences.More

5. State of the World 2008: Toward a Sustainable Global Economy

   The Worldwatch Institute

   “Comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible.”—Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. WilsonMore

6. Vital Signs 2007-2008: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

   The Worldwatch Institute

   The award-winning Worldwatch Institute reveals the often overlooked key trends that tell the true health of our planet.More

7. The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

   E. O. Wilson

   Reprint

   The book that launched a movement: “Wilson speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all” (Oliver Sacks).
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8. State of the World 2007: An Urban Planet

   The Worldwatch Institute

   “Top-ranked annual books on sustainable development.”—GlobeScan survey of sustainability expertsMore

9. Vital Signs 2006-2007: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

   The Worldwatch Institute

   The award-winning Worldwatch Institute reveals the often overlooked key trends that tell the true health of our planet.More

10. Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil

    David Goodstein

    Science tells us that an oil crisis is inevitable. Why and when? And what will our future look like without our favorite fuel?More

11. The Beast in the Garden: The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America

    David Baron

    "Reads like a crime novel . . . each chapter ends on a cliff-hanging note."—Seattle TimesMore

12. The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth

    Stephen Jay Gould

    Second Edition

    A new edition of the beautifully illustrated depiction of the dramatic story of survival and extinction.More

13. Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World

    J. R. McNeill

    "Refreshingly unpolemical and at times even witty, McNeill's book brims with carefully sifted statistics and brilliant details."—Washington Post Book WorldMore

14. Vanishing Borders: Protecting the Planet in the Age of Globalization

    Hilary F. French

    A look at the profound implications of accelerating globalization for our planet's health, and a prescription for the action necessary to cope with this challenge.More

15. Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?

    Sandra Postel

    The overriding lesson from history is that most irrigation-based civilizations fail. As we enter the third millennium the question arises: Will ours be any different?More