eco-sinner generation confessions twenty-first

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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century

28 reviews
Fred Pearce

Beacon Press, 2007

Lots of Detail
He makes his point over and over and over again. I had to read this for a class, and the running joke we had was that he could have got his point across in 75 pages and saved alot of water from not having to print as many pages. Overall, this is a really good book, its nearly impossible to counter his argument due to the enormous amounts of facts he has from traveling the globe.

Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff

1 review
Fred Pearce

Beacon Press, 2008

Well-written and thought -provoking
Pearce is one of my favorite writers. He really helps you understand issues of importance to all of us - food, water, global warming - and the writing is captivating. It takes skill to create such fascinating reading from topics which seem completely mundane, such as where your green beans come from ... I intend to give this book to many friends.

When the Rivers Run Dry
Fred Pearce

Transworld Publ. Ltd UK, 2007

Dry: Life Without Water

1 review

Harvard University Press, 2006

Unevenly distributed, unevenly described
For my shower this morning I probably used more water than many of the people described in "Dry, Life Without Water" use for a whole month. Water is so scarce for them that a bath might indeed be a once in a lifetime event. It's not, of course, that I am particularly wasteful with water or that the world has a particular scarcity of water but that it is so unevenly distributed. And I think the ...

Last Generation - How Nature Will Take Her Revenge for Climate Change

1 review
Fred Pearce

Eden Project Books, 2007

Fantastic book; US edition known as "With Speed and Violence"
FYI, this book is published in the US under the title "With Speed and Violence," so don't buy this expensive UK edition, thinking it's another, separate book by Pearce. The book is the best out of about a dozen that I've read recently on global warming. His vignettes, from traveling around the world to gather the news on the latest developments in climate science, are captivating. The book is ...

Earth Then and Now: Amazing Images of Our Changing World

3 reviews
Fred Pearce

Firefly Books, 2008

Disturbing yet totally captivating
I work at a library, and as I was covering this book, I just had to look inside. I'm a fan of satellite images of the Earth to begin with, so naturally my interest in this book was piqued. I only opened to a random page to take a peek, but I ended up completly hypnotized by the images and the concise captions. I literally could not put this book down. This book has an amazing magnetism to it; it ...

Earth Then and Now: Potent Visual Evidence of Our Changing World
Fred Pearce

Mitchell Beazley, 2007

"Earth Then and Now" records the dramatic way in which our planet has changed in just the past one hundred years. It draws on the combined photographic archives of print, picture, and space agencies to create a powerful collection of images. Each pair of photographs has been selected to tell a compelling story - of a melting glacier, an expanding desert, an ever-rising cityscape or a natural disaster - presenting a stark visual comparison. On ...

Deep Jungle

1 review
Fred Pearce

Transworld Publishers, 2005

More than for just a coffee table!
I watched the PBS program on television and bought this book for my environmental scientist fiance. We both love this book and find it very interesting to flip through. The pictures are marvelous and the content is an easy, yet very informative read.

With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change

31 reviews
Fred Pearce

Beacon Press, 2008

Welcome to the anthropocene--prepare to be surprised
According to Dutch scientist Paul Crutzen, sometime in last two centuries the Earth left the relatively benign holocene and plunged into the uncharted waters of the anthropocene. "A single species is in charge of the planet," writes science journalist Fred Pearce, "altering its features almost at will." While dyed-in-the-wool climate change skeptics such as columnist George Will continue to ...

With Speed and Violence
Fred Pearce

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Confessions of an Eco Sinner: Travels to Find Where My Stuff Comes from
Fred Pearce

Eden Project Books, 2008

Keepers of the Spring: Reclaiming Our Water In An Age Of Globalization

1 review
Fred Pearce

Island Press, 2004

A Snapshot of today's water
Fred Pearce serves his readers well. He provides us with an overview of the present water crisis, while also giving us historical glimpses of ancient water management practices that may help solve our present predicament. I have been researching and writing about water for over 30 years. The ancient water practices that Pearce refers to in Africa, Israel, and other locations are places that I ...

Deep Jungle: Travel to the Heart of the Rainforest
Fred Pearce

Transworld Publishers, 2007

An award-winning journalist takes us deep into the heart of the rain forests, past and present, to explore the many wonders of one of the final frontiers of biological science, where new discoveries occur daily.

Global Warming (Essential Science Series)
Fred Pearce, John Gribbin

DK ADULT, 2002

Big ideas made simple -- six books in an incredible new series that explains important scientific ideas more clearly than ever before. Climate change resulting from an increase in greenhouse gases is perhaps the greatest threat to our planet's future. Here, Fred Pearce examines the causes and dramatic effects, and what can be done to remedy the situation -- before it's too late. This stimulating new series uses an innovative mix of graphics, ...

When the Rivers Run Dry: Journeys Into the Heart of the World's Water Crisis
Fred Pearce

Key Porter Books, 2006

Nothing seems more abundant than water. In fact, the world is confronting a global water shortage that could make the oil crisis trivial by comparison. To put the problem in perspective, it takes a staggering 11,000 litres of water to feed the cow it takes to make one McDonald's quarter pounder. As Fred Pearce warns, "The planet is running out of water." Many of the world's most powerful rivers have been so devastated by consumption and ...

Fragile Earth: Views of a Changing World (Collins)

5 reviews
Collins with contributors, Mark Lynas, ...

Collins, 2006

Pictures are worth a thousand words.
This is a book for those interested in the environment, business, photography or science. I teach business courses to adults. This book demonstrates the awesome power of paired photos to convey important messages about dramatic changes over a very short period of time. This book is worth your investment of time and money. I am grateful to the publisher for this great work. bshaver@bus.wisc.edu

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