The Poisoned Well offers vital strategies for citizens, community organizations, and public officials who want to fight the battle against pollutants.
Books
Solving America's Garbage Crisis?
One day in March 1987, a barge from Islip, Long Island was evicted from Morehead City, North Carolina, after trying to unload the mountains of trash on its decks. More than five months from the time it began its trip, the unwelcome barge, and it'...
281 pages
6 x 9
Challenge of Global Warming examines the causes and effects of global climate change.
376 pages
6 x 9
Environmental Priorities For The Future
The environmental movement today is at a critical crossroads. Crossroads: Environmental Priorities for the Future is an in-depth assessment of the movement's successes and failures, and also offers prescriptions for the future. It includes...
353 pages
6 x 9
Articles Compiled From The Land 1941-1954
Begun in 1941 as an outgrowth of Friends of the Land, the journal The Land was an attempt by editor Russell Lord to counteract -- through education, information, and inspiration -- the rampant abuse of soil, water, trees and rivers. But...
491 pages
6 x 9
Grass Productivity is a prodigiously documented textbook of scientific information concerning every aspect of management "where the cow and grass meet." Andre Voisin's "rational grazing" method maximizes productivity in both grass and...
370 pages
6 x 9
40 photos, 35 illustrations
A Mountain Journey
This book presents a natural history of the Sierra Nevada that brings the land, the people, and the surrounding communities to life.
339 pages
6 x 9
Defending The National Parks
This accessible book explains the complexities of key environmental laws and how they can be used to protect our national parks. It includes discussions of successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the laws and how the courts have interpreted...
582 pages
6 x 9
Here is a vitally important book for anyone who is concerned with acid rain and the fate of our forests. In his fascinating investigation into the decline of the red spruce on Camel Hump in Vermont, Robert A. Mello explores an ecological mystery...
217 pages
6 x 9