May 23, 2008 -- S. David Freeman's new book, "Winning Our Energy Independence: An Energy Insider Shows How", delivers a wealth of facts on alternative energy. Book signing: Wed, Jun 11, 7:00pm, Carter Center Auditorium, Atlanta. More about the book at Details...
 

Feb 15, 2008 -- Environmentalist Bill McKibben, author of several books including Fight Global Warming Now, will speak on Tuesday, March 11 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Decatur. Details...
 

Jan 28, 2008 -- Janisse Ray, author of several Georgia-based environmental and ecology books (among them Ecology of a Cracker Childhood), is lecturing Thurs, Jan 31 at 2pm at UGA's Mahler Auditorium. The lecture is entitled "Lessons from the Lost Glaciers – Out of the Clouds and Into Action." Details...
 

Sep 14, 2007 -- The Atlanta Group is sponsoring a book signing by David Kaufmann of his new book, Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed. It will be held at Bound To Be Read Books, a local bookstore located in East Atlanta Village. Details...
 

Nov 18, 2006 -- The editors at Sierra Club Books compiled a collection of photographs and essays that pay homage to the late photographer Galen Rowell. Called Galen Rowell: A Retrospective, it features a foreword by Tom Brokaw, a biographical introduction by Robert Roper, and essays by John Ackerly, Conrad Anker, Jon Beckmann, Justin Black and Dean Stevens, Frans Lanting, Doug Robinson, and George B. Schaller. Watch slideshow | Buy  the book
 

Sep 1, 2006 -- Eugene Linden, who has been writing about the environment for 20 years, is angry that, despite compelling scientific consensus, American politicians aren't facing up to the climate change that is upon us, and he's frustrated that the public isn't forcing them to do so. Such slowpoke acceptance of an inevitability, Linden argues in this articulate polemic, is rooted in the fact that "it has been our good fortune to prosper... during one of the most benign climate periods"—but one that, if past worldwide weather cycles do portend the future, is fast coming to an end, with severe cultural and political consequences. Details...
 

Sep 1, 2006 -- Washington Post reporter Michael Grunwald brings the zeal of his profession—and the skill that won him a Society of Environmental Journalists Award in 2003—to this enthralling story of "the river of grass" that starry-eyed social engineers and greedy developers have diverted, drained and exploited for more than a century. Grunwald's emphasis on the role politics played in first despoiling and now reclaiming the Everglades gives this important book remarkable heft. Details...
 

Sep 1, 2006 -- In October 2004, environmental activist Dr. Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor that has sparked the publication of the book The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience. Dr. Maathai is the founder of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement, a grassroots organization that encourages tree planting and other environmental initiatives. Details...