by Barbara Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver  
Powells.com Staff Pick After 25 years in the Arizona desert, in 2004, Kentucky-bred Barbara Kingsolver moved back to the Appalachians, to a Virginia farm just hours from her childhood home. Family called. "Returning," she explains in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, "would allow my... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies 
by Alan Weisman
Powells.com Staff Pick "Let us try a creative experiment," Alan Weisman proposes on page three: If humans disappeared from earth, what would happen? To your home, for example. To our cities, farms, and oceans. To the animals that remain. Or to the billion tons of plastic we'd... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $10.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Bill McKibben
Powells.com Staff Pick "Timely and useful. This valuable benchmark is a substantial contribution to the rethinking of unlimited economic expansion." Recommended by Ted, Powells.com... (read more) Your Price $14.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Kelly Coyne Publisher Comments The Urban Homesteadis the essential handbook for a fast-growing new movement: urbanites are becoming gardeners and farmers. Rejecting both end-times hand wringing and dewy-eyed faith that technology will save us from ourselves, urban homesteaders choose... (read more) Your Price $16.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Paul Hawken
Publisher Comments One of the world's most influential environmentalists reveals a worldwide grassroots movement of hope and humanity. Blessed Unrest tells the story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by politicians or the media. Hawken, an environmentalist... (read more) Your Price $10.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
Climate Change and Global Warming by Tim Flannery
Powells.com Staff Pick Not only is paleontologist Flannery's urgent call to arms about global climate change fascinating and terrifying, it is also the most accessible book on the topic around. Flannery writes beautifully, clearly examining every angle of the debate... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Art Ludwig Publisher Comments Create an Oasis with Greywater describes how to quickly and easily choose, build, and use a simple greywater system. Some can be completed in an afternoon for under $30. It also provides complete instructions for more complex installations, how to... (read more) Your Price $20.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Richard Preston Publisher Comments Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained — the coast redwood trees, Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have... (read more) Your Price $16.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by James Howard Kunstler
Powells.com Staff Pick In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard Register Publisher Comments Most of the world's population now lives in cities. So if we are to address the problems of environmental deterioration and peak oil adequately, the city has to be a major focus of attention. <P>"Ecocities" is about re-building cities and towns... (read more) Your Price $23.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Char Miller Publisher Comments A lively primer on the region's most precious and scarce resource, drawn from the pages of the newspaper that sets the standard for coverage of environmental issues in the West.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your Price $10.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Vijay Vaitheeswaran Publisher Comments Zoom goes zero to sixty in nothing flat. It's an exciting ride into the future of the world's favorite physical object, the automobile. -Gregg Easterbrook, author of THE PROGRESS PARADOX Zoom offers a new way to think about cars and energy that's key to... (read more) Your Price $19.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Peter Menzel Publisher Comments The 2006 James Beard Book of the Year is now available in paperback. Featuring a photojournalistic survey of 30 families from 24 countries and the food they eat during the course of one week, this captivating chronicle offers a riveting look at what the... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Kent Portney Publisher Comments A theoretically driven comparison of sustainability programs in U.S. cities.... (read more) Your Price $28.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Scott A Bonar Publisher Comments Written in an entertaining, easy-to-read style, The Conservation ProfessionalAE s Guide to Working with People fills a gap in conservation education by offering a practical, how-to guide for working effectively with colleagues, funders, supervisors, and... (read more) Your Price $25.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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