George Fell, an unsung conservationist and founder of the Nature Conservancy, finally receives his just due in this extremely detailed biography. His life stands as a testament to tenacity as the single most important component to... Read More

Combining personal narrative and climate change research, this catastrophic book is capable of shaking the most secure temperament to its core. The best way to look at "China Lake" is as a long essay. The author seeks (and obtains)... Read More

Unlike many easy-fix food books touting local food as the answer, "No One Eats Alone" tackles both food and health from a systemic perspective. Its conclusions are likely to challenge eaters on all sides of the food conversation. While... Read More

This work of creative nonfiction may be among the year’s best pieces of environmental drama so far. Following the journey of a local nonprofit as it fights to save a unique dune ecosystem, it features both true-to-life recounting of... Read More

"Coming of Age at the End of Nature" ushers in a new wave of millennial thought on the environment, climate change, and the art of living. This groundbreaking collection of essays, with a foreword by Bill McKibben, features twenty-two... Read More

The 3rd edition of this comprehensive atlas provides a thorough snapshot of water usage as it stands today. Environmentalists are in the process of becoming more aware of the economic and social factors involved in water use, from... Read More

Naturalist Trevor Herriot makes a passionate and beautiful plea for reconciliation in "Towards a Prairie Atonement", a short but powerful meditation on the future of Saskatchewan’s native prairie lands. The book alternates between... Read More

Presenting an economic analysis of environmentalism, this book argues not only that environmental activism by celebrities and large companies is largely ineffectual, but that global capitalism itself is the most significant driver of... Read More