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Organizations / Links
Appalachian Center For The Economy & The Environment
Campaign for America's Wilderness in Washington, DC
Ducks Unlimited: World leaders in wetlands conservation [est. 1937]
Earth Day Network [est. 1972]
EarthJustice: Because the earth needs a good lawyer [est. 1971]
EarthShare Network [est. 1988]
EarthWatch Institute [US, Europe, Australia, Japan]
EarthWise Productions
envirofinder search engine
EnviroLink Network [est. 1991]
Environmental Yellow Pages
Fight Global Warming website
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Environmental Prize [est. 1990]
The Green Belt Movement [est. 1977] official website
High Country News [est. 1970] based in Colorado
'Living On Earth' radio program on N.P.R.
National Public Lands Day [last Saturday in Sept; est 1994]
The Nature Conservancy [est. 1951]
N.C.P.A. Idea House E-Team
Negative Population Growth [est. 1972]
Ocean Alliance [est. 1970]
Oceana: protecting the world's oceans [est. 2001]
weekly EcoTalk Show with Betsy Rosenberg is now 'On The Green Front'
The Quivira Coalition [est. 1997]
Save the Manatee Club, Inc. [est. 1981] in Florida
Stop Global Warming's Virtual March
Sustainable Forest Initiative [est. 1995]
Trout Unlimited [est. 1959] + Trout Unlimited Canada [est. 1972]
U.S. National Park Service [est. 1916]
The Wilderness Society [est. 1935]

California's Climate Choices Project
Natural Resources Council of Maine
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance [est. 1997]
Citizens For Pennsylvania's Future
nifty tools to measure garden hose output
"An Evangelical Declaration On The Care of Creation"
National Monuments (4 in CO, NM, NV) petition website

Eco-Activists

Edward Abbey [1927-89] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Online Western Bookstore

Edward Abbey Quotations Page at Working Minds Philosophy website

David Brower [1912–2000]
"Wilderness: America's Living Heritage" [] by David Brower
"Encounters With The Archdruid" [] by John McPhee

Rachel Carson [1907-64] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore

	"Silent Spring" [1962 bestseller] by Rachel Carson Mariner 8x5½ pb [10/2002] for $11.20 Houghton Mifflin 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/2002] for $16.80 Durkin Hayes ABR audio [3/99] out of print/used DH Audio [1/87] 2 tapes / out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia
	"Rachel Carson: Witness For Nature" [1997] by Linda J. Lear Holt/Owl 9¼x6 pb [9/98] out of print/used Henry Holt 9½x6½ hardcover [9/97] out of print/used

Justice William O. Douglas [1898-1980]

Trancendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson [1803-82] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotations Page at Working Minds Philosophy website

Albert Gore, Jr.
U.S. Congressman [1977-85], U.S. Senator [1985-93] & U.S. Vice President [1993-2001]
since then an eco-activist and co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007

Al Gore, Jr. Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

Pieter Hoff of The Netherlands
Inventor & manufacturer of the Groasis Waterboxx® anti-desertification technology
for planting in dry, eroded & rocky areas

links as at left are supposed to include a 'copyright AquaPro' statement, but their website is a redirect to Groasis and I have found no better logo/graphic

eco-activist Aldo Leopold [1887-1948] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore

co-founder of The Wilderness Society [est. 1935]
Aldo Leopold Foundation [est. 1982] in Baraboo, Wisconsin

James Madison [1751-1836]
Madison spoke out very early about preserving America's forests and open spaces for posterity

John Muir [1838-1914] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore

Frank J. & Deborah Popper
creators of the Buffalo Commons concept, circa 1987
Frank Popper: entry at Wikipedia • faculty page at Rutgers University
Great Plains Restoration Council / Buffalo Commons Dept.

"Where The Buffalo Roam: The Storm Over The Revolutionary Plan To Restore America's Great Plains" [1992] by Anne Matthews – book nominated for Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction Univ of Chicago Press 8x5½ pb [11/2002] for $17.50 Grove Weidenfeld 8½x5¾ hardcover [5/92] out of print/many, many used

eco-farmer Joel F. Salatin
browse books • Polyface Farms near Swoope, VA

eco-journalist David Suzuki
"Fracking is one of the dumbest technologies [that] there is."
browse books • Wikipedia

co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation [est. 1990] in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Suzuki's video channel on YouTube

	"The David Suzuki Reader: A Lifetime of Ideas From A Leading Activist and Thinker" [2004, rev 2014] by David Suzuki, Foreword by Bill McKibben Kindle Edition from Greystone Books [rev 8/2014] for $12.99 Greystone Books 9x6 pb [rev 8/2014] for $14.76 Greystone Books 9x6 pb [3/2004] for $17.54
	"David Suzuki: The Autobiography" [2006] Kindle Edition from Allen & Unwin [11/2010] for $11.99 Greystone Books 9x6 pb [9/2007] for $18.95 Greystone Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [7/2006] for $23.05
	"The Legacy: An Elder's Vision For Our Sustainable Future" [2010] by David Suzuki, Foreword by Margaret Atwood expanded from a famous 2009 lecture at the University of British Columbia, where Suzuki had worked for 39 years Kindle Edition from Greystone Books [9/2010] for $7.60 Greystone Books 7½x5½ pb [8/2011] out of print/used Greystone Books 8¼x5¾ hardcover [9/2010] for $12.01

Trancendentalist Henry David Thoreau [1817-62] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore

Henry David Thoreau Quotations Page at Working Minds Philosophy website

teen eco-activist Greta Thunberg of Sweden

Reading Material on Environmental Issues

Selected Books on the Subject of Earth's Biosphere

	E: The Environmental Magazine Founded in January 1990 as a print magazine, went digital-only after May-June 2013 issue; current news is available on weekly syndicated EarthTalk Radio column & podcast magazine website
	"Save Our Planet: 750 Everyday Ways You Can Help Clean Up The Earth" [1990] by Diane Maceachern, illustrations by Lonni Sue Johnson Dell 9x6 pb [12/91] for $15.00 Dell 8½x6¼ pb [rev 4/95] out of print/many used
	"Coastal Alert: Energy Ecosystems and Offshore Oil Drilling" [1990] by Dwight Holing, Foreword by Ted Danson A well-written handbook for environmental activists running a grassroots campaign to stop offshore oil drilling that can be applied to other local and regional campaigns. Island Press 9x6 pb [9/90] out of print/used
	"Rewilding North America: A Vision For Conservation In The 21st Century" [2004] by Dave Foreman Island Press 9x6 pb [7/2004] for $23.96 Island Press 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2004] for $50.00 The Rewilding Institute [est. 2003] in Albuquerque, NM
	"Fight Global Warming Now: The Handbook For Taking Action In Your Community" [2007] by Bill McKibben Holt 8x5¼ pb [10/2007] for $10.40
	"Rewilding The World: Dispatches From The Conservation Revolution" [2009] by Caroline Fraser Picador pb [DUE Nov 2010] for $11.56 Metropolitan Books 9¼x6 hardcover [12/2009] for $18.81 official book site

Movies & Other Media

Working Minds / Things to Worry About / Movies on the Subject of Earth's Biosphere

Working Minds / Things to Worry About / Movies on the Subject of Farming & Food Health

Human Rights Film Festival at Magic Lantern

Mohamed Hijri "A simple solution to the coming phosphorus crisis" March 2012 TED Talk [in French w/English subtitles; 13:41]

Selected Books On These Subjects
Earth's Biosphere • Class War & Economics • Healthcare
Energy & Global Warming • Education • International Politics
Corporations vs. America

Books on U.S. Politics & Elections Pages
at Spirit of America Bookstore

American Labor Movements Pages
at Spirit of America Bookstore

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