Part 3: From the Adirondack Mountains to the Gaspé Peninsula
This E-ssential is a three-part series that covers John Davis's epic journey from Florida to Maine. In 2011, with support from the Wildlands Network, Davis traveled 7,600 miles in 10 months from Florida to Maine by foot, bicycle, skis, and canoe...
100 pages
6 x 9
18 photos, 1 illustration
Part 2: From the Central Appalachians to the Catskill Mountains
This E-ssential is a three-part series that covers John Davis's epic journey from Florida to Maine. In 2011, with support from the Wildlands Network, Davis traveled 7,600 miles in 10 months from Florida to Maine by foot, bicycle, skis, and...
83 pages
6 x 9
13 photos, 1 illustration
Part 1: From the Florida Peninsula to the Coastal Plain
This E-ssential is a three-part series that covers John Davis's epic journey from Florida to Maine. In 2011, with support from the Wildlands Network, Davis traveled 7,600 miles in 10 months from Florida to Maine by foot, bicycle, skis, and...
100 pages
6 x 9
20 illustrations
On the trail of tigers and snow leopards
With their elusive and solitary nature, tigers and snow leopards are a challenge for even the most seasoned field biologists to track and study. Yet scientist and conservation leader Eric Dinerstein began his career in the heart of Nepal’s...
53 pages
6 x 9
Thoughts on Food, Friendship, and Life
In Simple Pleasures: Thoughts on Food, Friendship, and Life we have highlighted two chapters from Stephanie Mill’s reflection the pleasures, as well as the virtues and difficulties, of a perhaps simpler than average North American...
60 pages
6 x 9
An Ecological Perspective on Earth
In Thinking Like a Mountain, we have excerpted a clear and inviting introduction to the science of conservation biology from Ed Grumbine's previous book, Ghost Bears. Grumbine offers a succinct and evocative description of why...
75 pages
6 x 9
7 photos, 2 illustrations
Innovating Our Way to Zero Waste
Trash Backwards: Innovating Our Way to Zero Waste examines the various kinds of trash Americans are producing in staggering quantities, and profiles a range of innovative processes, people, and companies who are thinking creatively about...
80 pages
6 x 9
31 photos, 2 illustrations
In this provocative collection of essays, renowned architect Daniel Solomon delves into the complexities of what makes a city vibrant. Acknowledging that a city is not a static thing, he argues we need to pay more attention to nurturing what...
68 pages
6 x 9
How to Entice Motorists from Their Cars (and onto their feet, a bike, or bus)
Why do people in Stockholm prefer to take the stairs over the escalator? Why do Londoners enjoy hanging out at bus stops? How do carmakers convince us to buy gas-guzzling, environmentally damaging, and wallet-draining machines? It's called the...
152 pages
6 x 9
39 photos, 1 illustration
