Environmental Science and Sustainability

Updated July 29, 2024
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Desert solitaire
Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989.
Paper Book
At last, one of the most popular books on the American West is available once again in hardcover. In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Desert Solitaire, the University of Arizona Press is pleased to publish a new edition featuring a new...
Silent spring
Carson, Rachel
Ebook
What has nature ever done for us? how money really does grow on trees
Juniper, Tony
Ebook
From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, Nature provides the 'natural services' that keep the economy going. From the recycling miracles in the soil; an army of predators ridding us of unwanted pests; an abundance of life creating a genetic codebook that underpins our food, pharmaceutical industries...
The omnivore's dilemma : the search for a perfect meal in a fast-food world
Pollan, Michael.
Paper Book
We are indeed what we eat - and what we eat remakes the world. But we are only just beginning to recognise the profound consequences of the simplest everyday food choices, both for ourselves and for the natural world. The Omnivore's Dilemma is bestselling author Michael Pollan's eye-opening...
The song of the dodo : island biogeography in an age of extinctions
Quammen, David
Paper Book
"Compulsively readable--a masterpiece, maybe the masterpiece of science journalism." --Bill McKibben, Audubon A brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope and far-reaching in its message, The Song of the Dodo is a crucial book in precarious times....
Water : the epic struggle for wealth, power, and civilization
Solomon, Steven.
Paper Book
Far more than oil, the control of water wealth throughout history has been pivotal to the rise and fall of great powers, the achievements of civilization, the transformations of society's vital habitats, and the quality of ordinary daily lives. In Water, Steven Solomon offers the...
Where the wild things were life, death, and ecological wreckage in a land of vanishing predators
Stolzenburg, William.
Paper Book
A provocative look at how the disappearance of the world's great predators has upset the delicate balance of the environment, and what their disappearance portends for the future, by an acclaimed science journalist. It wasn't so long ago that wolves and great cats, monstrous fish and...
The world without us
Weisman, Alan.
Paper Book
A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us.In this far-reaching narrative, Weisman explains how...

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