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Putting a Human Face on Environmental Issues

Thursday, April 11, 2013
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Guest Blog by Kate Davies   With Earth Day fast approaching, it’s a good time to think about what the environmental movement has achieved over the past year….

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Grandmother Power Review Preview

Sunday, September 9, 2012
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Happy Grandparents Day everyone. I wasn’t exactly aware of the existence of Grandparents Day, but nevertheless, in the United States, September 9, 2012 or the first Sunday after…

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Arctic Voices Review

Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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Arctic Voices: Resistance at the Tipping Point edited by Subhankar Banerjee is a book of activists, scholars, scientists, and even indigenous elders who come together to share stories,…

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The Post Carbon Reader Review

Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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Review from TransitionVoice.com: When I grew up in the Windy City in the seventies and eighties, the University of Chicago had the reputation as a school for grinds….

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Vertical Farm | Feeding The World In The 21st Century

Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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The Vertical Farm, by Dr. Dickson Despommier, is a book that I was very excited to read. I first came across Despommier’s idea of vertical farms in 2007…

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Green Metropolis, David Owen

Monday, September 21, 2009
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Green Metropolis Book Review Green Metropolis by David Owen is about the author’s obsession for New York City as being the most successful model for sustainability. At first…

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Freezing Point, by Karen Dionne

Monday, March 9, 2009
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FREEZING POINT , coming October 2008 from Berkley When a crisis arises, there are generally two types of people who come to the forefront of the situation: Those…

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Wanna be a Green Author?

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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Chelsea Green Publishing is a green publishing company that is a sponsor for some of the books on this site that The Environmental Blog team has reviewed. They…

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The War on Bugs

Saturday, May 31, 2008
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Don’t let the title of Will Allen’s book, The War on Bugs, fool you. Before I picked it up, I thought it would be a book specifically about…

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Why Animals Matter Book Review

Monday, May 19, 2008
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Most people would agree that animal cruelty is wrong, but how many people in the general public comprehend how cruel the meat, fur industry, animal experimentation, pet, entertainment,…

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