Stephen Robert Miller issues an appeal for realistic, long-term responses to climate change in "Over the Seawall", a book that examines failed attempts to control nature. Often,... Read More

Lucianne Tonti’s "Sundressed" is a sustainable living book that reenvisions people’s relationships with their clothes. In the age of mass production of cheap clothes, this... Read More

Millions of years of evolution led to remarkable animal adaptations—adaptations that, as UK broadcaster and wildlife documentarian Patrick Aryee demonstrates in his enjoyable,... Read More

Rodney Stotts’s heartfelt memoir reveals how he became a master falconer. To expand his drug business, Stotts needed his own apartment. But he had to prove he could afford... Read More

Peter Plastrik and John Cleveland’s "Life after Carbon" is a highly engaging, forward-looking study of how modern cities are innovating to survive. This superb book looks at... 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... Read More

Featuring short but detailed biographies, Nature’s Allies elevates past and present icons of the environmentalist movement. From John Muir to Wangari Muta Maati, this book... Read More

Promoting a libertarian take on the regulation of organic food, this engaging book presents a fresh perspective on a popular topic. According to Biting the Hands that Feed Us,... Read More

Mark gives an invitation to flee modernity and embrace mysterious nature as he shares the poetic insights he found in the wild. Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the... Read More

This is a book of balance—delivered with appreciated measures of integrity and clarity. Brian Richter finds the right balance of urgency and optimism in dealing with the... Read More

In its treatment of the aesthetics of ecological design, Lance Hosey’s latest book, "The Shape of Green", approaches sustainability as a comprehensive ideal that manifests in... Read More

What would a modern city look like if it was designed around people instead of traffic, around public spaces instead of roads? Why are some European cities so full of people... Read More