BooksThe Consumer's Guide To Effective Environmental ChoicesSubmitted by Raven on Mon, 03/31/2008 - 14:48.The first comprehensive look at the full range of modern consumer activities, identifying those that cause the most environmental damage and those that cause the least. By Michael Brower and Warren Leon. Three Rivers Press, 1999. 304 pp. First Name: MichaelLast Name: BrowerDeep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable FutureSubmitted by Raven on Wed, 10/03/2007 - 10:52."Challenging the prevailing wisdom that the goal of economies should be unlimited growth, McKibben (The End of Nature) argues that the world doesn't have enough natural resources to sustain endless economic expansion." (Editorial Review on Amazon.com) First Name: BillLast Name: McKibbenAnimal, Vegetable, MiracleSubmitted by Raven on Wed, 10/03/2007 - 10:36."Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, this book (released May 2007) tells the story of how our family was changed by one year of deliberately eating food produced in the place where we live."-Kingsolver First Name: BarbaraLast Name: KingsolverThe Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four MealsSubmitted by Raven on Wed, 10/03/2007 - 10:21."Pollan examines what he calls 'our national eating disorder' (the Atkins craze, the precipitous rise in obesity) in this remarkably clearheaded book. It's a fascinating journey up and down the food chain, one that might change the way you read the label on a frozen dinner, dig into a steak or decide whether to buy organic eggs. You'll certainly never look at a Chicken McNugget the same way again. Read More » First Name: MichaelLast Name: Pollan |
Upcoming Events
Ask Henry
Why Conserve?The average American discards approximately 1 ton of trash a year, 2 to 3 times the amount a typical European throws away. From the Union of Concerned Scientists book Freecycle from CraigslistDonateAct local, think global. Help support Concord Conserves.org and local environmental programs.  |
|||||
