San Antonio College Library

"The Green movement in America has lost its way. Pew polling reveals that the environment is one of the two things about which Republicans and Democrats disagree most. Congress has not passed a landmark piece of environmental legislation for a quarter-century. As atmospheric CO2 continues its relentless climb, even environmental insiders have pronounced 'the death of environmentalism.' In Getting to Green, Frederic C. Rich argues that meaningful progress...

As a climber, David Brower scaled many previously "insurmountable" mountains. As a conservationist, Brower has brought a mountaineer's determination and reverence for nature to his efforts to protect the Earth and educate its human inhabitants. He has kept dams out of the Grand Canyon and loggers out of Olympic National Park, established the National Wilderness Preservation System, added seven new regions to the National Park System, and helped to...

"Green contains the unvarnished truth about the coming energy crisis - and what we can do about it. It is a comprehensive guide to the technologies of renewable energy, for both businesses and homes."--Jacket

In his introduction to this penetrating analysis of conservation leadership, G. Jon Roush observes, "In the past few years, environmental issues have moved near the top of most Americans' list of concerns." Reviewing changes and developments within state and national government, industry, and global environmental health, he describes the inevitable impact of such changes on the environmental movement itself. "As the essays in this book prove, equally...

"This book describes the emergence of ecological understanding among the English Romantic poets, arguing that this new holistic paradigm offered a conceptual and ideological basis for American environmentalism. Coleridge, Wordsworth, Blake, John Clare, and Mary Shelley all contributed to the fundamental ideas and core values of the modern environmental movement: their vital influence was openly acknowledged by Emerson, Thoreau, John Muir, and Mary...

"Practices that benefit employees, communities, and the environment aren't just good deeds - they're good business decisions that have a direct and lasting impact on the bottom line. Moreover, consumers are beginning to factor the way a company does business into their purchasing decisions. Companies across the nation, whether they make ice cream or engine blocks, are recognizing that in order to create and sustain economic opportunity and reap the...