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The Great Work: Our Way into the Future

by Thomas Berry As a reader of environmental literature, the recurring theme of our planet’s irreversible destruction and humanity’s downward spiral into a bottomless pit of greed can sometimes be a little disheartening. Books about remaining hopeful for no particular...

Biomimcry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

by Janine M. Benyus The modern world offers us many problems: feeding a large population, energy shortages, and health care inadequacies to name a few. While professionals in each of these disciplines work towards finding the solutions to many of these seemingly...

The Monkey Wrench Gang

by Edward Abbey Walt Whitman’s quotation in the beginning of the book puts the theme of this novel into perspective: “Resist much. Obey little.” What started the environmental movement? Rachel Carson’s response to the wanton use of DDT in her famous book Silent...