Product Description: An impassioned and inspiring story from the creator of the award-winning documentary Sharkwater. Beginning with a childhood spent catching poisonous snakes and chasing after alligators, Rob Stewart, the award-winning documentary filmmaker behind Sharkwater, charts his development into one of the world's leading environmental activists...read more

Product Description: While many people remain paralyzed by the scope of Earth's environmental crisis, the eco barons—a new, unheralded generation of men and women—have quietly dedicated their lives and fortunes to saving the planet from eco-logical destruction...read more

The collected wisdom of some of the world's most influential environmental movers and shakers is brought together in this one book. The chosen gurus consists both of “thinkers” – those who have set the agenda, and of “doers” – those business people who made the green cause their mission long before it became so prominent. The book covers a broad range of environmental issues as they apply to business, including the economic viability of choosing green routes. Interviewees include energy guru Amory Lovins, former Friends of the Earth Vice Chair Tony Juniper, diplomat Sir Crispin Tickell and business leader Ray Anderson, among others. The cutting edge thinking of the book’s contributors provides businesses with the information they need when considering how to change in a green direction. The end result is an illuminating insight into both general views on sustainability as well as good and bad business decisions made in the search for sustainability. The full list of green gurus include: Ray Anderson, founder and chairman of Interface Inc, one of TIME Magazine’s ‘Heroes of the Environment’ James Cameron, founder of Executive Director and Vice-Chairman of Climate Change Capital (CCC) Paul Dickinson, CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project John Elkington, founding partner and director of Volans, co-founder of SustainAbility, world authority of sustainable development, author of The Green Consumer Guide John Grant, author of The Green Marketing Manifesto, frequent conference speaker and prolific blogger Denis Hayes, President and CEO of The Bullitt Foundation, Chair of the International Earth Day Network Gary Hirshberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Stonyfield Farm, the world's largest producer of organic yogurt Tony Juniper, former Executive Director of Friends of the Earth (FoE), environmental campaigner, author and commentator Professor Sir David King, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford Amory B. Lovins, environmentalist, Chairman and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute Professor Wangari Maathai, environmental and political activist, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ricardo Navarro, founder and director of the Salvadoran Centre for Appropriate Technology (CESTA), winner of the prestigious Goldman prize Dr Vandana Shiva, physicist, environmental activist and author Jeffrey  Swartz , CEO of Timberland Worldwide Sir Crispin Tickell, diplomat, academic, environmentalist, author

Product Description: Over the last 20 years, Jon Bowermaster has traveled with and written about some of the world's most intriguing environmentalists and explorers. Wildebeest in a Rainstorm collects his most fascinating pieces into a single book. Profiles of Bobby Kennedy Jr...read more

Product Description: From an early age, Suzi Newborn chose a life of environmental activism, which put her in the heart of the Greenpeace phenomenon, on speaking terms with rock stars and celebrities, and made her the confidante of Spike Milligan.She was there on the Arctic ice floes, preventing sealers from bludgeoning baby seals; she rode Zodiacs between the whalers' harpoons and the whales; and she signed the check that purchased the ill-fated Rainbow Warrior, of which she was one of the original crew...read more

Compiles sixteen essays from such well-known scientists as Paul Ehrich, James Lovelock, David Suzuki, and Elliott Norse on the future of their field and the implications of their work. (view table of contents)

Profiles the lives and work of environmentalists from around the world--including Robert Redford, Paul Butler, Lily Venizelos, Michael Werikhe, and others--who have been chosen by the United Nations for the Global 500 Roll of Honor. Original.