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Environment Group - Recommended Reading

On the subject of ecology and the environment, St. Matthew's Environment Group recommends the following:

  Title/Description Author
  The Future of Life
A global picture of how humans have been caring for the earth and its inhabitants.		 E. O. Wilson
     
 

To Care for the Earth
A Catholic Missionary speaks out about environmental destruction in the Philippines & Ireland. He derides the church for neglecting  the earth. (An early book.) 

 Sean McDonagh
     
  It's Easy Being Green
Practical moneysaving tips to reduce CO2 and other environmental ills.		 Crissy Trask
     
 

Earth in the Balance
Gore’s early book about the many harms being perpetrated on the environment.

 Al Gore
     
Omnivore's Dilemma
Two methods of getting beef to your table -- the surprising stories		 Michael Pollin
     
 

Garbage & Recycling (opposite viewpoints)                     

Helen Chothran
& Jeff Godell
     
 

Big Coal
A history of the Politics of the Coal Industry

 Jeff Godell
     
 

Kicking the Carbon Habit
Alternative Energy

 William Sweet
     
 

Citizen Powered Energy Handbook
Community based empowerment

 Greg Pahl
     
 

The Homeowner’s Guide to Energy Independence
Alternative Energy Sources

 Christine Woodside
     
 

An Inconvenient Truth
The truth about Global Warming -- also on film

 Al Gore
     
 

Water Follies
The many ways water is being misused and polluted. Not a new book but very pertinent.

 Robert Glennan
     
 

Lives Per Gallon
The many effects of oil on the health of the earth & it’s inhabitants. Not a book for the faint of heart.

 Terry Tamminen
     
 

Nuclear Power is Not the Answer 
Author gives reasons why not.

 Helen Caldicott
     

Storm World 
Scientific treatise on climate changes.

 Chris Mooney
     
 

The Frail Ocean
Threats to and effects on our Oceans.

 Wesley Marx
     
  The Global Activist’s Manual
Local Ways to Change the World		 Mike Prokosh &
Laura Raymond
     
 

Creation
An appeal to save life on earth

 E.O. Wilson
     
  Global Warming Survival Handbook
Witty manual to assist thru climate change & prevent some share of our impact on G.W.		 David de Rothchild