The Blue
by Jean-Michel Cousteau, Buzz Aldrin, David Bellamy, Sylvia Earle - Hardcover

Breathtakingly illustrated and designed, this special and limited edition was published in conjunction with UNESCO to celebrate our planet's oceans. It features some of the greatest ocean writers and underwater photographers.

Stormy Weather
by Guy Dauncey and Patrick Mazza - Hardcover

Stormy Weather deals head-on with what may be humanity's greatest challenge -- how to address global climate change. It is the only book to put simple and effective solutions to global warming in the hands of ordinary citizens, communities, businesses, power utilities, state governments, and national leaders. In a clear and lively style, Stormy Weather explains how the planet got so over-heated, and then provides 101 solutions to help cool things down. These revolve around 12 core methods of reducing our use of fossil fuels and meeting our energy needs with solar, wind, tidal, and other renewable energies. Ten solutions each are suggested for individuals; citizens' organizations; cities; businesses; states and provinces; national governments; developing nations; and the world as a whole. Another five solutions are recommended specifically for auto companies, and fifteen for energy companies.

"You want solutions to climate change? Here they are for everyone - from homeowners seeking bill relief to corporate executives seeking clean ways to improve profits, from government leaders looking for practical actions to community activists demanding results. You'll be amazed at how easy it is to lift your burden on our only planet's climate, and how many extra benefits you'll create: good and durable jobs, global security, a cleaner and safer environment, and a stronger economy. This provocative book is your guide to being part of the solution. It's peppered with resources and salted with realism. Don't just stand there - sit and read, then go do it!"
-- Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute

State of the World 2001
by Lester R. Brown - Hardcover

Focusing on the complex relationships between the globalizing economy and the health of Earth's ecosystems, this annual survey of the world's environment by the Worldwatch Institute reveals the effects of fossil fuels and the "throwaway" economy on the planet's ecosystems and recommends solutions to this pressing problem.

Biodiversity
by E.O. Wilson (Editor), Frances M. Peter

This book calls attention to a most urgent global problem: the rapidly accelerating loss of plant and animal species to increasing human population pressure and the demands of economic development. Biodiversity creates a systematic framework for analyzing the problem and searching for possible solutions.

"The most comprehensive book, by the most distinguished group of scholars, ever published on one of the most important subjects of our (and all) time."
--Stephen Jay Gould

Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas
by Carl Safina

"Song for the Blue Ocean mesmerizes readers with many such exciting accounts of Safina's adventures while examining the ecological and social consequences of three controversial ocean fisheries. On his way to the inescapable conclusion that many fisheries have been over-harvested and poorly managed, Safina transforms encounters with ordinary people and places into instructive vignettes. We nibble away on his fascinating stories until -- wham! -- he hooks us repeatedly with his premise. His bright new voice now joins that influential chorus, which includes Rachel Carson and Jacques Cousteau, of scientists turned eloquent ocean advocates."
-- San Francisco Chronicle

State of the World 2000
by Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin, and Hilary French

The millennial volume in the annual series that has become the bible of the global environmental movement -- and indispensable for anyone concerned with the future of our world. State of the World 2000 provides national leaders and concerned citizens with a comprehensive framework for the global debate about our future in the new century. This annual survey by the award-winning Worldwatch Institute has become an invaluable analysis of negative environmental trends and a guide to emerging solutions.

The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us
by Yvonne Baskin with Paul R. Ehrlich

In The Work of Nature, noted science writer Yvonne Baskin examines the threats posed to humans by the loss of biodiversity. She summarizes and explains key findings from the ecological sciences, highlighting examples from around the world where shifts in species have affected the provision of clean air, pure water, fertile soils, lush landscapes, and stable natural communities. Distilling and bringing to life the work of the world's leading ecologists, The Work of Nature is the first book of its kind to clearly explain the practical consequences of declining biodiversity on ecosystem health and functioning.