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| How Water Changes (States of Matter) |
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 Jim Mezzanotte
Understanding the concepts of solids, liquids, and gases is central to the early science curriculum. States of Matter uses simple text vetted by a science curriculum consultant and a reading consultant to introduce beginning readers to these important concepts. |
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| Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource |
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 Tara Lohan
In this collection, some of the world's leading writers, activists, photographers, and artists have come together to answer those questions and put us on a path for change. Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource is a call to action and a solution-focused guide to solving our global water crisis. Authors take on both the good and the bad?the impact of climate change on water resources, the threat of privatization, and the challenge of thirsty agriculture. |
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| Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming |
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 James Hoggan and Richard Littlemore
Canadian environmental activists Hoggan and Littlemore pull no punches in this spirited indictment of global warming deniers. Their well-sourced research spotlights premeditated prevarications about the threat of greenhouse gas emissions by the oil and coal industry, in league with junk scientists, compliant conservative politicians and unsavory public relations practitioners. Persistent obfuscation of science by these anti-environment players is further abetted, say the authors, by a manipulated media that, in a misguided effort toward journalistic balance, pairs scientific certainty about an encroaching climate crisis with quotations from people who make a living denying it.
Readers predisposed to believe the worst about the oil, coal and electric industries will find their fears buttressed by the book's detailed overview of an orchestrated climate coverup by Astroturf (fake grassroots) organizations, right-wing think tank echo chambers, the tens of millions of industry dollars poured into primarily Republican campaign coffers and the PR profession's Orwellian use of language. But global warming skeptics might also be swayed by the detailed dissection of an ongoing campaign to convince the public that climate change is still unproven. |
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| Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand |
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 Hadyn Washington and John Cook
'Ignorance of science is one blockade to effective action on the human predicament. But corporate-financed disinformation campaigns, such as that claiming that climate disruption is a hoax, are equally important.
This excellent short book will help solve both those problems.' Paul R. Ehrlich, co-author of Humanity on a Tightrope 'Climate Change Denial reveals the crossroads we face as a society: do we let denial and confusion continue to derail solutions, leaving us vulnerable to runaway climate change, or do we accept reality and forge a truly sustainable path for future generations?' James Hoggan, author of Climate Cover-Up and president of DeSmogBlog 'This is a major contribution to the growing body of well-reasoned analyses of climate change denial. It's a must read for anyone interested in understanding the tactics used by the "denial industry" to attack scientific evidence of anthropogenic climate change.' Riley E. Dunlap, Regents Professor of Sociology, Oklahoma State University 'Climate Change denial is the biggest single obstacle to achieving a sustainable future.
This book provides all the evidence and arguments you need to counter the campaign of misinformation. Read it, study it and spread its message widely.' Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Science, Griffith University and President of the Australian Conservation Foundation 'The climate denial industry has worked effectively for years, hidden in the shadows, doing their dirty work of misleading the public, misrepresenting the science of climate change, and helping to condemn the world to now unavoidable and rapidly escalating climate disruption. No more: Washington and Cook shine a bright light on the charlatans, organizations, and funders behind the climate denial industry and on their tricks and tactics. While climate deniers are unlikely to disappear entirely, this clear and compelling book will make it easier for the general public to see through their tricks, and more likely that the world will move faster to take action on the most urgent environmental problem we have ever faced.' Dr. Peter Gleick, hydroclimatologist, Member US National Academy of Sciences, MacArthur Fellow, President, Pacific Institute 'A refusal to accept valid scientific findings is a growing problem, and not only regarding global warming, although especially serious there. Washington and Cook offer the best available guide to recognizing and combating such denial. |
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| The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line (Conscientious Commerce) |
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 Bob Willard
Written in the pragmatic language of business leaders by a senior executive at Big Blue, The Sustainability Advantage shows that the business benefits of sustainable development strategies are quantifiable and real?and executives do not have to be tree-hugging environmental activists to reap these benefits. |
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| The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-in (Conscientious Commerce) |
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 Bob Willard
The idea of sustainability has been embraced enthusiastically by some businesses and rejected by others. The first wave of corporate converts to sustainability was perhaps driven by a public relations crisis, regulatory pressures or the founder?s personal passion. The next wave, however, requires different drivers if it is to build a critical mass for corporate responsibility in the business community. |
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