A Gateway green biography

A biography of the biologist, focusing on her childhood in Pennsylvania, her growing interest as an adult in environmental concerns, and the importance of her book "Silent Spring" in exposing the environmental harm done by pesticides.

Describes how Julia Butterfly Hill lived for two years in a California redwood tree in an attempt to save the forest from loggers.

Profiles the life of the scientist who studied mountain gorillas in central Africa and worked to ensure their survival.

Discusses the life and work of the Brazilian rubber tapper whose efforts to secure fair treatment for other tappers and to preserve the Amazon rain forests resulted in his murder in 1988.

Introduces the life, thinking, and work of the New England philosopher and nature writer.