McKibben, Bill

Explains the frightening implications of the destruction man has caused to earth's environment and offers possible solutions to the problems by altering human behavior.

Explains how to take effective action to stop climate change, discussing how to organize in one's community, church, or college and covering such topics as online grassroots campaigns, high-profile events, and political pressure.

An anthology of American environmental writing produced since the nineteenth century, featuring works that have contributed to the advancement of the environmental movement, including the essays of Henry David Thoreau, selections from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," and Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land.".

Environmentalist Bill McKibben offers an optimistic assessment of the future of the planet, exploring how efforts to stop global warming have impacted the environment and possibly changed Earth for the better.

Calls for a movement toward the local production of food, energy, and culture in order to strengthen community, move away from consumerism, and help the environment.

Describes years of damage from climate change that has altered the earth as we know it--and that will cost billions to repair. Suggests that the only way to save the planet is to scale back and live locally and carefully.

Chronicles the author's search for hopeful signs that it is possible to save the environment, following his travels from his Adirondack home to the Brazilian city of Curitiba, to Kerala, a state in Southern India--places where people are living less earth-damaging lives.

Bill McKibben recounts the experiences he had during a three-week walk from his current home in Vermont to his former home in the Adirondacks.

Explains the frightening implications of the destruction man has caused to earth's environment and offers possible solutions to the problems by altering human behavior.

Examines what vital information is missing about ourselves that humans have always possessed before.