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Reviews

Summer Reads: Lost Birds, Pummeled Pumas and Climate Anxiety

We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis.
June 24, 2024
by
John R. Platt
We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis.
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Book Excerpts

Help the Youth Believe There’s More: A Reflection on Higher Risk Environments and Climate Crisis in the Black Community

If we want to change behavior and protect our communities, we need to change belief. That requires mentorship — and embracing Black culture and history.
June 19, 2024
by
Keith Strickland and Heather McTeer Toney
If we want to change behavior and protect our communities, we need to change belief. That requires mentorship — and embracing Black culture and history.
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Reviews

Revelator Reads: 15 Random Books That Every Environmentalist Should Read

These aren’t books that will get filed under “climate change” or “wildlife,” but they all offer a glimpse into our changing world.
April 19, 2024
by
John R. Platt
These aren’t books that will get filed under “climate change” or “wildlife,” but they all offer a glimpse into our changing world.
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Voices

City Surprise: Urban Areas Are Brimming With Biodiversity

We don’t always recognize the wild plants and animals living in our concrete jungles. But when we go looking for them, we realize how much there is to protect.
April 15, 2024
by
Sara A. Gagné
We don’t always recognize the wild plants and animals living in our concrete jungles. But when we go looking for them, we realize how much there is to protect.
Book Excerpts

A Promise to a Utah Prairie Dog

On the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, looking back to look forward.
August 21, 2023
by
Terry Tempest Williams
On the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, looking back to look forward.
Reviews

5 Hot New Environmental Books

…to read while it’s too hot to do anything else.
July 31, 2023
by
John R. Platt
…to read while it’s too hot to do anything else.
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Reviews

Our Summer Reading List: Birding, Climate, Animal Rights and Justice

This month’s best new environmental books provide a healthy dose of hope while also tackling tough topics like pollution, extinction and trauma.
June 20, 2023
by
John R. Platt
This month’s best new environmental books provide a healthy dose of hope while also tackling tough topics like pollution, extinction and trauma.
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Reviews

The Perils of Capitalism and Disinformation: 4 Critical New Books

You can’t stop climate change or the extinction crisis without fighting inequality, injustice and conspiracies.
May 26, 2023
by
John R. Platt
You can’t stop climate change or the extinction crisis without fighting inequality, injustice and conspiracies.
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The Ask

3 Billion Birds Lost: What Will It Take to Halt the Staggering Decline?

A new book looks at efforts to recover dwindling populations and what more is needed.
April 10, 2023
by
Tara Lohan
A new book looks at efforts to recover dwindling populations and what more is needed.
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Ideas

‘What Really Keeps Me Up at Night’: A Climate Scientist’s Call to Action

“Climate change is real and it is here, and it’s not going away. We need your help,” writes Joëlle Gergis in the new book Humanity’s Moment.
March 22, 2023
by
Tara Lohan
“Climate change is real and it is here, and it’s not going away. We need your help,” writes Joëlle Gergis in the new book Humanity’s Moment.

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