This book is a well-rounded portrait of China’s current environmental crisis and how it stretches far beyond its geographic borders. The rapid industrialization of the world’s most populous nation has far-reaching effects for the... Read More

This is a concise clarion call to action against the rise of COPD. Many readers will be familiar with images of residents of Beijing or Tokyo wearing face masks as they walk outside, but few have heard the story of how the combined... Read More

Nelson uses humor to bring attention to important environmental issues and to detail his unique methods of improving ecosystems. In tracing the arc of his life in The Wastewater Gardener: Preserving the Planet One Flush at a Time, Mark... Read More

A visual narrative of photographs accompanies an inquisitive written narrative to show the link between rural and urban landscapes. Who has the right to decide how land in the Southwest is used? Homeowners or developers, Native Americans... Read More

Iselin’s eye for intricately textured photography elevates this book from interesting to captivating. It tickles and entangles the feet of swimmers. It clogs up boat motors. It snarls and weighs down fishing lines. Most people think of... Read More

Optimism about scientific observations and what people can do to improve the environment makes this book inspiring. In Grass, Soil, Hope: A Journey through Carbon Country, Courtney White provides a compelling and practical account of how... Read More

This fascinating assessment of our waste-based way of life equips us with knowledge on what to do about it. Tom Szaky’s "Outsmart Waste" is a very smart book about a dirty topic. As founder of TerraCycle, a company that devised a... Read More

A climate-science expert discusses a dramatic potential solution to climate change in a book written for the layman. Harvard professor David Keith, an expert in climate science, doesn’t expect everyone to agree with his theory that... Read More