You Are Here - Exposing the Vital Link Between What We Do and What That Does to Our

Zusatztext "The highly readable book is filled with surprising facts and statistics! as well as many doable ways to reduce our dirty human footprint." Informationen zum Autor Thomas M. Kostigen is coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Green Book . He writes the Ethics Monitor column for Dow Jones MarketWatch and the Better Planet column and blog for Discover magazine. He lives in Santa Monica, California. Klappentext In this groundbreaking book, the New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Green Book Thomas M. Kostigen reveals the vital missing link in today's environmental crisis: how we as individuals are connected to the most tenuous geography on the planet. Despite the recent prominence of "green" issues in the news, the direct relationship between our actions and the earth is too often ignored. But the seemingly insignificant things we do every day have the power to literally alter the landscape in the ongoing battle to resuscitate the planet. Zusammenfassung “A passionate and heartfelt call to care.” —Bruce Feiler, New York Times bestselling author of Walking the Bible and America ’s Prophet   In You Are Here, Thomas Kostigen, the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Green Book , takes us to the most extreme environmental areas on the planet to show how what we do from the comfort of our own home affects people, places, and things everywhere. A timely, much-needed alarm that recalls Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth combined with a compelling travel narrative reminiscent of Anthony Bourdain with straight ahead Anderson Cooper-like reporting, You Are Here is “an intriguing and insightful account that deserves to be read by everyone” (Mark Plotkin, Time Magazine Hero for the Planet).

Product details

• Authors: Thomas M Kostigen, Thomas M. Kostigen
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.2010
• EAN: 9780061580376
• ISBN: 978-0-06-158037-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Climate Change, History of Science, Environmental Management, Wildlife: general interest, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, Earth Sciences, Environmental science, engineering and technology, SCIENCE: Earth Sciences / General, REFERENCE: Personal & Practical Guides, NATURE: General, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: SCIENCE & NATURE, NATURE: Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE: Birdwatching Guides, LAW: Practical Guides, NATURE: Ecology, Environmental Studies / Science & Nature