Go green and check out the Community Library's books on Environmental Responsibility and Sustainability - below is just a sample of the many books we have available.
Poison Spring by E.G. Vallianatos: this book gives an insider's account on how political pressure and corporate threats have weakened the Environmental Protection Agency, leading to devastating effects on public safety and the environment.
Last Stand: Ted Turner's Quest to Save a Troubled Planet by Todd Wilkinson: Ted Turner, entrepreneur and media mogul, has another interest that many may not know about: environmentalist. The Last Stand asks the reader to "consider another way of thinking about the environment, our obligations to help others in need, and the grave challenges threatening the survival of civilization." (Publishers Summary)
A Climate of Crisis: America in the Age of Environmentalism by Patrick Allitt: Allitt aims to show, by going through the history of the environmental movement in America, that although our environment is far from perfect, we are not in as dire a situation as some would like us to believe.
Toxin Toxout: Getting Harmful Chemicals Out of Our Bodies and Our World by Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith: Lourie and Smith, two of North America's leading environmental activists, give practical and sometimes surprising advice for removing toxic chemicals from our bodies and homes.
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