Books from the Deep Green 35.3

29 April, 2009
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20 books in review, 11 teasers, 2 excerpts, 3 essays, 13 staff favourites and 20 bestsellers. Featuring a whopping total of 77 new releases and timeless classics, our 2nd annual issue on environmental books is the ultimate guide to green reading.

Are you wondering what to put on your reading list this summer? Well, you are looking in the right place. Short and long reviews of over 30 new environmental titles, along with excerpts of Vandana Shiva’s latest title, Soil Not Oil, and Alphabet City’s visionary book FUEL light up the pages of this issue. Stephen Bocking exposes how government and industry manipulate science, Susan Scott reflects on the indispensable role of literature in creating lasting change, and lots, lots more.

Listen to the Books from the Deep Green podcast on the Alternatives Podcast page.

Editorial: Read Green - Article in Full
Nicola Ross
Books In Brief - Abstract Only
11 bite-sized book reviews.
Letters to the Editor - Abstract Only
Hope Gives Way to How-To - Article in Full
Nicola Ross
A survey of enviro-book sales in 2008.
Editors' Choices - Article in Full
The Alternatives team shares its favourite titles.
Skewing Science - Article in Full
Stephen Bocking
Four new books expose how government and industry manipulate science to fit their needs.
An Invitation to the Great Potluck - Article in Full
Susan Scott
A hearty helping of literature is an essential ingredient in the recipe for lasting change.
The Greatest Nature Essay Ever - Abstract Only
Brian Doyle
Soil Not Oil - Abstract Only
Vandana Shiva
Environmental justice in an age of climate crisis.
A Thousand Words - Abstract Only
A page from the sketchbook of 100-mile journalist Briony Penn.
FUEL - Abstract Only
John Knechtel
Writers, artists and thinkers envision a post-oil and post-coal future.
New and Notable: Book Reviews - Abstract Only
Review: Choreographing Sustainable Communities - Book Review
Chris Lowry

Design Charrettes for Sustainable Communities by Patrick M. Condon
Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive by Marilyn Hamilton

Review: Legally Green - Book Review
Clayton Ruby

Review of An Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy in Canada and The World without Wildlife.

Review: The World without Wildlife - Book Review
Mark Butler

Review of Silence of the Songbirds: How We Are Losing the World’s Songbirds and What We Can Do to Save Them and Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators

Review: Jellyfish ‘n’ Chips - Book Review
David Lavigne

Review of Bottomfeeder.

Index of Books - Article in Full
Restoration - Abstract Only
Tim Lilburn
Poetry bridges the gap between human consciousness and the animal world.
Publication of this issue was made possible by funding from Canada’s International- Development Research Centre (www.idrc.ca) and support- from our many subscribers-. We acknowledge the financial support of Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Canada; Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation; The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation; Ontario Media Development Corporation; Ontario Work Study Plan; Suncor Energy; TD Friends of the Environment Foundation; and the government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program and Canada Magazine Fund toward our mailing and editorial costs. The support of the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Environmental Studies Endowment Foundation is appreciated.
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