Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change46 reviews Elizabeth Kolbert Bloomsbury USA, 2006 I was not an environmentalist. Now I am. + Excellent + a mind opener This book will change the way you look at your impact on the world. Whether you consider the environment to be an important issue or not, it is well worth your time to read this short yet powerful book. The world is changing, fast, and it is becoming impossible to reasonably deny that fact. News ...             State of the World 2008: Toward a Sustainable Global Economy (State of the World)4 reviews The Worldwatch Institute W. W. Norton, 2008 A Sustainable Read + Excellent book. Current Issues + Superb Primer for Any Level, Needs Two Missing Pieces + A very useful book about our planet's environment future             Making Globalization Work30 reviews Joseph E. Stiglitz W. W. Norton, 2007 Much Needed Work! + Fabulous Read + an important contribution to the debate + Prescription for the Discontents + excellent             Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America52 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Friedman + Flat Hot Crowded + Compelling work (one vision...) + Hot, Flat, and Crowded             An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming30 reviews Al Gore Viking Juvenile, 2007 an inconvenient truth:The crisis of golbal warming A must read for everyone. We must ALL act now to save our planet from self-destruction!             Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming52 reviews Fred Krupp, Miriam Horn W. W. Norton, 2008 A rebuttal to flat-earthers. + The ultimate green insider tells business how to win + Great book to improve understanding of the energy debate + Alternative Energy Information             Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (New Society Publishers)17 reviews Richard Heinberg New Society Publishers, 2007 Peak Everything, Waking Up to a Century of Decline + Don't judge by its title + Great read, but off topic, and unbalanced Excellent summation of the ecological problems facing us, not only as a people but a nation and world. Pulls it all together in one book. Excellent.             The End of Food12 reviews Paul Roberts Houghton Mifflin, 2008 Not Malthus, Any More Than Climatologist Hansen is Chicken Little + The End of Food I agree this is among the very best of this century's "Declinist Literature". Although the author covers a lot of problematic ground, from avian flu to bioengineering to obesity, what sticks with me the most is his urgent Cassandra alarm about the looming danger of worldwide famine. Those who poo ...             Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet19 reviews Jeffrey D. Sachs Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 Insightful, frightening and promising + Great service + Global Changes + common wealth             Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble19 reviews Lester R. Brown W. W. Norton, 2006 Best Yet + Civilization in Trouble + Crisis is clear but expected some solutions + Brown's Plan B 2.0 + Essential reading for every human on this planet             The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth104 reviews Tim Flannery Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006 Even with some failures, this is one important book + Very interesting book + The world of the racoon is coming + Great Read... + Great Over-all Look at Global Warming             Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, Third Edition22 reviews Lester R. Brown W. W. Norton, 2008 Deeply Insightful but Very Readable + Saving Civilization Won't Be This Easy + If you don't believe we are all in for some serious challenges... This is one of the finest books to summarize in layman's terms both the problems and solutions to our unsustainable, industrialized economy. What distinguishes Lester Brown form other authors on the topic of sustainability is the ease of readability of his books. That definitely cannot be said ...             Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed399 reviews Jared Diamond Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Warms up after the first couple chapters + Good overview of the relationship between the environment & politics + Critical topic, excellent scholarship, yet very accessible Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana parts - too many concepts are ...             Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (New Society Publishers)17 reviews Richard Heinberg New Society Publishers, 2007 Peak Everything, Waking Up to a Century of Decline + Don't judge by its title + Great read, but off topic, and unbalanced Excellent summation of the ecological problems facing us, not only as a people but a nation and world. Pulls it all together in one book. Excellent.             Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, Third Edition22 reviews Lester R. Brown W. W. Norton, 2008 Deeply Insightful but Very Readable + Saving Civilization Won't Be This Easy + If you don't believe we are all in for some serious challenges... This is one of the finest books to summarize in layman's terms both the problems and solutions to our unsustainable, industrialized economy. What distinguishes Lester Brown form other authors on the topic of sustainability is the ease of readability of his books. That definitely cannot be said ...             Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed399 reviews Jared Diamond Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Warms up after the first couple chapters + Good overview of the relationship between the environment & politics + Critical topic, excellent scholarship, yet very accessible Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana parts - too many concepts are ...             The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth104 reviews Tim Flannery Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006 Even with some failures, this is one important book + Very interesting book + The world of the racoon is coming + Great Read... + Great Over-all Look at Global Warming             Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change46 reviews Elizabeth Kolbert Bloomsbury USA, 2006 I was not an environmentalist. Now I am. + Excellent + a mind opener This book will change the way you look at your impact on the world. Whether you consider the environment to be an important issue or not, it is well worth your time to read this short yet powerful book. The world is changing, fast, and it is becoming impossible to reasonably deny that fact. News ...             Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America52 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Friedman + Flat Hot Crowded + Compelling work (one vision...) + Hot, Flat, and Crowded             Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble19 reviews Lester R. Brown W. W. Norton, 2006 Best Yet + Civilization in Trouble + Crisis is clear but expected some solutions + Brown's Plan B 2.0 + Essential reading for every human on this planet