Carson, Patrick and Moulden, Julia, GREEN IS GOLD: BUSINESS TALKING TO BUSINESS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVOLUTION, Toronto, Ontario: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 1991--Guide for companies who want to go green. Presents key information about what the green pioneers are already doing and about the specific factors that are pushing the North American economy toward green. Offers advice from companies on the cutting edge-- how to make the transition with a maximum of profit and minimum of agravation. 208 pages
Dietrich, William, THE FINAL FOREST, Simon & Schuster, 1992--A look at the battle over the last great trees of the Pacific Northwest, examines the human side of the struggle in the context of the entire spectrum of social, political, and scientific issues the conflict raises.303 pages
Gore, Al, EARTH IN THE BALANCE: ECOLOGY AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT, Houghton Mifflin, 1992--Proves that the threat to the global environment is real, and presents a radical rethinking of our relationship with nature by mapping a bold vision of a worldwide mobilization to save the planet. 470 pages
Levine, Michael, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADDRESS BOOK: HOW TO REACH THE ENVIRONMENT'S GREATEST CHAMPIONS AND WORST OFFENDERS, New York, Prigee Books, 1991--Contains 2,000 leading environmental figures and organizations, businesses, governmental agencies, concerned celebrities, and even some of the worst polluters. paperback 252 pages
Madsen, Axel, PRIVATE POWER: MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS FOR THE SURVIVAL OF OUR PLANET, New York: William and Morrow and Company, Inc. 180--Explores how the multinational giants have come to be where they are. It is about morality--the growing conflict between nationalism and economics. Focus is on the future. 250 pages
Mowrey, M. & T. Redmond, NOT IN OUR BACKYARD, Morrow Pub., A review of the grass-roots struggle to save the nation's water, land, air and wildlife, recounts the mass marches, individual crusades, dramatic confrontations with whaling ships and risky showdowns with logging trucks, from Lois Gibbs, the shy young homemaker who turned Love Canal into a household word, to Marcy Benstock, who single-handedly stopped a billion-dollar highway project. 496 pages
Reich, Charles A., THE GREENING OF AMERICA, Random House (Batam) 1971--Describes the revolution against many of the values which were oriented to technology and discusses the new consciousness that places the individual and humanistic values above the machine. paperback 430 pages
Rifkin, Jeremy, THE GREEN LIFESTYLE HANDBOOK; 1001 WAYS YOU CAN HEAL THE EARTH, Henry Holt & Co. 1990--Suggests hundreds of steps that all of us can take in our personal lives to develop a green lifestyle at home, in our diet, at the marketplace, in the office etc. The book offers an alternative way of living and acting that wil help create a sustainable future for the planet. 198 pages
Rogers, H. P., TAKING A STAND ON THE ENVIRONMENT, Wellington, CA 1991--Discusses Dixie Lee Ray's writings and advocates her common sense approach to the subject; questions popularly held beliefs in easy Q & A format. Paperback 90 pages
Scherff, Judith, ed., THE PIRACY OF AMERICA: PROFITEERING IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, Atlanta, Georgia: Clarity Press,Inc., 1999. This collection of articles by seasoned environmentalists documents how the current mix of public and corporate policy generates private profit and public cost, and raises serioiius questions as to whether current practice provides either systemic efficiency or protects the well-being of the public.
Stevens, William, MIRACLE UNDER THE OAKS: THE REVIVAL OF NATURE IN AMERICA,
Simon and Schuster, NYC, 1995, Describes the grassroots environmental movement spreading
across the country and inspiring volunteers with a sense of mission and accomplishment.
332 pages
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