#forewordFriday

The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was supposed to be a turning point for the World Bank. What's happened since then? How have the Bank's efforts fallen short? Called a “detailed and thought-provoking look at an important subject” by The New York Times, Mortgaging the Earth analyzes the twenty year period leading up the Rio Summit. Rich offers not only an important history but critical insights about economic development that are ever-more relevant today.

This weekend, connect to the wild with John Davis of the Wildlands Network in part two of his E-ssential: Big, Wild, and Connected. Join John as he treks from the central Appalachians to the Catskill mountains on his quest to find out if it's possible to identify and protect a continental-long wildlife corridor that could help to protect eastern nature into the future. Enjoy!

If you think you understand wildlife, imagine trekking 7,600 miles in a panther’s footprints. John Davis did while spending 10 months hiking, biking, and paddling from the tip of Florida to Quebec, to better understand what it would take to establish an eastern wildlife corridor or “Wildway™”—a connected network of protected lands, minimal roads and development, and wildlife crossings where roads can be safely traversed by wildlife.

For the month of June, the eBook edition of Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living from The Union of Concerned Scientists is now only $3.99 wherever eBooks are sold! This #ForewordFriday selection from Cooler Smarter tackles the question: Can One Person Make a Difference? Enjoy!