Book Review
The Permaculture Promise
by Anna Call
Featuring excellent photography and covering a broad range of subtopics within its genre, this book represents inspirational environmentalism at its best. Permaculture is a practice that emphasizes not just sustainability but actual...
Book Review
Nature's Allies
by Anna Call
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 covers major environmental figures roughly chronologically from...
Book Review
Global Sustainability
by Anna Call
Clear and concise, "Global Sustainability", with examples drawn from the corporate world, functions as a manual for large-scale business sustainability. Though it does deal with ecological sustainability, this book tackles sustainability...
Book Review
Making Local Food Work
by Anna Call
In the age of the locavore, Janssen’s text examines the movement from the perspective of the farmer, combining research with incisive, yet practical, analysis. The book begins with a straightforward explanation of the author’s...
Book Review
Movement Matters
by Anna Call
Tying together ecological sustainability and modern lifestyles, this book focuses on the science of moving in healthy ways as a means of healing both the earth and the individual. Its heavy emphasis on healthy living generates a...
Book Review
The Atlas of Water
by Anna Call
The 3rd edition of this comprehensive atlas provides a thorough snapshot of water usage as it stands today. Environmentalists are in the process of becoming more aware of the economic and social factors involved in water use, from...
Book Review
Environmentalism of the Rich
by Anna Call
Presenting an economic analysis of environmentalism, this book argues not only that environmental activism by celebrities and large companies is largely ineffectual, but that global capitalism itself is the most significant driver of...
Book Review
The New Ecology
by Anna Call
Featuring novel ideas communicated clearly, this book is likely to have broad appeal. Human impact on the environment has become a certainty. However, the idea that humans are a force separate from the environment may be a harmful one....