Books

Recommended books are listed in five  sections:  On the Science and Solutions, Understanding the Sources of Misinformation,      Christian Stewardship, and     Guidance and Inspiration for Activists

On the Science and Solutions

Climate Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change by L.Hunter Lovins and David Cohen 2011

The Climate Challenge, 101 Solutions to Global Warming by Guy Dauncey 2009

Eaarth by Bill McKibben 2010

Earth in the Balance, Ecology and the Human Spririt by Al Gore

Hot, Living through the Next Fifty Years on Earth by Mark Hertsgaard 2011

Our Choice  by Al Gore  2009

Plan B 4.0 by  Lester Brown 2009

The Post Carbon Reader, Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crisis ed Richard Heinberg and Daniel Lerch 2010

Reinventing Fire, Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era, by Amory Lovins  2011

Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air by David JC MacKay  2008

The Third Industrial Revolution  Jeremy Rifkin

Tropic of Chaos by Christian Parenti

World on the Edge by Lester Brown (download free)

Understanding the Sources of Misinformation

Climate Cover -Up by James Hogan2009

Doubt is their product, How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health by David Michaels  2008

Merchants of Doubt, How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway

Science as a Contact Sport by Stephen H. Schneider  2009

Christian Stewardship

A Climate for Change by Katharine Hayhoe and Andrew Farley

For the Beauty of the Earth by Steven Bouma-Prediger 2001

Guidance and Inspiration for Activists

Blessed Unrest, How the Largest Social Movement in History is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World  by Paul Hawken  2007

Don’t Be Such a Scientist, Talking Substance in an Age of Style by Randy Olson  2009

Soul of a Citizen, Living with Conviction in Challenging Times by Paul Rogat Loeb, 2010