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Drawing lines in the forest : creating wilderness areas in the Pacific Northwest
Through case studies of debates over wilderness boundaries in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington, Marsh (history, Idaho State U., Pocatello) traces issues of national land use/ conservation policy and economics since World War II. Arguing that pragmatic concerns over ecological integrity and biodiversity more than ideological notions of pristine wilderness have motivated environmentalists, he concludes that wilderness designations have benefitted both preservation and logging interests. The book is part of a series called Weyerhaeuser environmental books (Weyerhaeuser is a major timberland owner and producer of forest products in the Pacific Northwest). Maps and b&w photos of contested areas, uses, and stakeholders are included. Marsh, Kevin R. 333.7821 MARSH |
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Emerald city : an environmental history of Seattle
This book explores the role of nature in the development of the city of Seattle from the earliest days of its settlement to the present. Combining environmental history, urban history, and human geography, Matthew Klingle shows how attempts to reshape nature in and around Seattle have often ended not only in ecological disaster but also social inequality. Klingle, Matthew W. 304.2097 KLINGLE |
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Green gone wrong : how our economy is undermining the environmental revolution
This far-reaching, riveting narrative explores how the most readily available solutions to environmental crisis may be disastrously off the mark. Rogers travels the world tracking how the conversion from a "petro" to a "green" society affects the most fundamental aspects of life—food, shelter, and transportation. Reporting from some of the most remote places on earth, Rogers uncovers shocking results that include massive clear-cutting, destruction of native ecosystems, and grinding poverty. Relying simply on market forces, people with good intentions wanting to just "do something" to help the planet are left feeling confused and powerless. Rogers, Heather, 1970- 333.7 ROGERS |
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Green, Inc. : an environmental insider reveals how a good cause has gone bad
In spring 2006, Christine MacDonald left journalism for a dream job at Conservation International, one of the world's largest environmental organizations. Soon after she reported to the group's Washington offices, it became all too apparent to her that something is rotten in today's clubby, well-upholstered world of conservationists. Green, Inc. is a riveting first-person account of an eco-warrior's travails at the crossroads of the nonprofit and corporate worlds?one that will shock anyone who has ever made a donation to an environmental group. MacDonald, Christine C. 333.7206 MACDONA |
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The everything green living book : easy ways to conserve energy, protect your family's health, and help save the environment
The way that you live, work, travel, eat, drink and dress affects the earth and the environment. Learn to live a "green" lifestyle. McDilda, Diane Gow. 640 MCDILDA |
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The green workplace : sustainable strategies that benefit employees, the environment, and the bottom line
As 21st-century companies realize they'll need to be green to compete, sustainable ideas are spreading like wildfire throughout all fields of a modern business. In The Green Workplace, Leigh Stringer, an expert on sustainable workplace design and strategy, shows companies on the cusp of radically transforming their practices how to bring together diverse teams and establish new organizational governance for creative problem-solving in greening their workplace. Stringer, Leigh. 658.4083 STRINGE |
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Windshield wilderness : cars, roads, and nature in Washington's national parks
"In this compelling book, David Louter takes a seeming oxymoron -a windshield wilderness, a wild area seen from a car on an expensive and carefully engineered road-and uses it as an avenue for understanding the evolution of national parks."-Richard White, Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, Stanford University Louter, David. 333.783 LOUTER |
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people,
that books were not natural wonders, coming up of themselves like grass.
that books were not natural wonders, coming up of themselves like grass.
- Eudora Welty