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Loving Animals
TRADITIONAL WESTERN ETHICS have largely failed to explain convincingly why we have moral obligations…
Finders Keepers
NEAR THE BEGINNING of Craig Childs’s impassioned, eloquent, and often distressed book Finders…
Beyond Katrina
THOSE FAMILIAR with Natasha Trethewey’s Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry know she often focuses—richly,…
About a Mountain
JOHN D’AGATA has written a book about one of the nation’s most nagging environmental concerns,…
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY was built not for stability, but rather for appetite and yearning. The corporation,…
Childhood and Nature
IN HIS NEW BOOK, Childhood and Nature, veteran educator and place-based education advocate…
Bargaining for Eden
WHAT DRIVES individuals and corporations to erect mega-malls and luxury resorts in place of open meadows…
Meat: A Love Story
CAN YOU EAT MEAT with a clear conscience? It’s one of those gasoline-on-the-fire questions bound…
Sharing the Ocean
FISHERMEN ONCE HELD a prominent place in the economy and culture of coastal communities throughout…
The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor
THE MOST FAMOUS environmental heroes love the land, sometimes more than they care about people. But…
