environmental aspects

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.

The author provides an account of his experiences as a crew member on a tall-masted schooner during a six-week voyage through the Great Lakes, and discusses his other explorations of the lakes, looking at their history, geology, and environmental disaster and rescue.

Chronicles the events surrounding the eruption of Washington's Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, discussing the disaster's aftermath and impact on the environment.

Contains reproductions and original photographs in which Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe have attempted to re-create images taken in Yosemite National Park by Ansel Adams, Eadweard Muybridge, Edward Weston, and other legendary photographers between sixty and 140 years earlier, and includes three essays that consider the iconic status of Yosemite, how the park was defined by its first visitors, and how it has changed.

Tells the story of Randy Borman, the son of American missionaries who chose to stay and make his life with the Cofan people who live in the jungles of Ecuador, and is now, as their leader, spearheading the fight to keep oil companies from invading and destroying the rainforest.

Discusses the discovery of one of the last pristine beds of Olympic oysters on a remote beach in British Columbia, examines the importance of oysters and other shellfish to the ecological health of the world's seas, explores the history of dependence on shellfish and the coast, and looks at what is being done to restore and protect native shellfish populations.

An illustrated retrospective of the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens that examines the scientific, economic, ecological, and social effects of the blast.

Focuses on environmental issues and concerns in the Pacific Northwest and steps being taken to counteract the damage.

Documents the catastrophic eruption and the ten year recovery of the ecosystem.

Discusses concerns about the environment, and offers ideas on how to improve the quality of the natural world.