Thomas Jefferson thought of farmers as the nation’s MVPs. He called them “the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous” of our citizens. But Jefferson didn’t live in this time, when 95% of the food and commodities... Read More

This collection of practical advice will appeal to the widening circle of readers who want to be more active in raising, foraging, and hunting their own foods. "Living the Locavore Lifestyle", by Bruce and Elaine Ingram, provides a good... Read More

Julian M. Allwood and Jonathan M. Cullen, the authors of Sustainable Materials, have engineering backgrounds, and that allows them to discuss an area that doesn’t receive enough attention—making buildings and goods more efficient by... Read More

Two Percent Solutions for the Planet takes a clever approach to environmental problems. Rather than look at overarching solutions, Courtney White compiles fifty examples of effective, relatively small-scale success stories from around... Read More

With "The Heart of Sustainability", Andres R. Edwards offers a philosophical approach to how people should think about sustainability issues. The book often tilts toward the new-age realm, with a focus on theoretical ideas rather than... Read More

That industrial civilizations have altered the Earth and its atmosphere for the worse is beyond doubt, but geoengineering offers possible solutions, using human engineering to improve the climate. In "The Planet Remade", veteran science... Read More

In "Gulf Stream Chronicles", the late David S. Lee describes the great variety of animal life living in and near the gulf-­stream waters off the coast of North Carolina. His essays examine species like the leatherback turtle, pilot... Read More

Troubling statistics about the number of animal species lost every year have become sadly commonplace, and "The Annihilation of Nature" blends words and pictures in a moving account of this sixth mass extinction. The authors explain some... Read More