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Title:

A passion for this earth / foreword by Bill McKibben ; edited by Michelle Benjamin.

Publisher:

Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 230 p. ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Human ecology.
Environmental protection.
Nature--Psychological aspects.
Environmentalism.
Environmental policy.

Other Authors:

Benjamin, Michelle.
David Suzuki Foundation.

Notes:

Co-published by the David Suzuki Foundation. Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-228).

Contents:

Foreword / Bill McKibben -- Falling in love with the wild -- Saved by the sea / David Helvarg -- The question / Rick Bass -- The old man on his back / Sharon Butala -- Web around a tree / Adrian Forsyth -- The real stuff / Richard Mabey -- Rise up and reclaim -- My credo / Helen Caldicott -- The ecologist / Paul Hawken -- Three ships / Sherilyn MacGregor -- Confessions of a former environmental skeptic / Michael Shermer -- The mechanical savior: nature and the illusion of technology / Wayne Grady -- Building backwards / Alan Weisman -- Uncompromising dedication -- Toward a real Kyoto protocol / Ross Gelbspan -- Why we should care about the ocean / Heike K. Lotze & Boris Worm -- Save the environment: take back the media / Doug Moss -- Fools' paradise / Ronald Wright -- Making a difference / Jim Peacock & Shelly Peers -- Let every tongue speak and each heart feel / Carl Safina -- Travels with David Suzuki -- The geography of hope / Thomas Berger -- Early years with David Suzuki / John Lucchesi -- The wonder of the natural world / Robyn Williams.

ISBN:

1553653750
9781553653752

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)