Good Book Suggestions Please!?

Question

I'd like to read more about environmental science,ecology and conservation/environmentalism.Could anybody please suggest any good books on the subjects.I'm aware of 'Silent Spring' but am not to sure what else there is.Thankyou very much.

Answer 1

The Omnivore's Dilemma

Answer 2

Two of my favorite Ecology texts are by Robert Leo Smith and by Eugene Odum. Wagner has a good book in Environmental Science. Be warned, these are not on environmentalism; these are about real science.

Answer 3

Fatal Harvest

Living Downstream

Diet for a Small Planet

Should Trees Have Standing?

GRUB

Ishmael

The War on Bugs

many others...

Answer 4

One of the things I do for the environment is to buy local food. The benifits are decreased transportation, less chemicial and you support your local farmers.

I recommend the 100-Mile Diet.

Answer 5

you can go to your local library and i will promise you that you will find more than plenty of book on what you need. That's where i would go! Personally.

HOPE I HELPED!!!!!

Answer 6

Bury my heart at wounded knee,by dee brown. You'll get the point and some sad American history too.

Answer 7

Read a couple by E.O.Wilson.  

The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

The Future of Life

Consilience

And many more...

If you know about "Silent Spring," you probably know about Aldo Leopold's "Sand County Almanac." It should be on your reading short list, it's a classic.

Right now I'm reading Bill McKibbon's "Deep Economy," and after that I'm reading "The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations," by Brian Fagan.

Answer 8

"The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman, is a thought-provoking and original approach to looking at humanity's impact on our planet.