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Book Review: Living in the Time of Red Flag Warnings

December 28, 2023August 3, 2023 by John Yunker

It’s fire season here in southern Oregon. Which is another way of way of saying it’s just another season here in southern Oregon. Over the past decade fires have become …

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Categories Anthropocene, Bloomsbury, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Ecology, Nonfiction, Pollution, What we're reading

Book Review: The Good It Promises, The Harm It Does: Critical Essays on Effective Altruism

December 28, 2023July 17, 2023 by Midge Raymond

The term “Effective Altruism” has been buzzy for a while now and has attracted well-known followers and promoters — and because of this, the movement is generally associated with doing …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Essays, Nonfiction, Oxford University Press, Veganism

Book Review: The Gatekeeper of America’s Seasons: Edwin Way Teale’s four iconic environmental books

December 28, 2023June 24, 2023 by Ron Halvorson

Author Edwin Way Teale, a somewhat forgotten naturalist extraordinaire, was a pleasing lyrical writer who followed the seasons across America in cross-country car trips with his wife Nellie four times …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, History, Nonfiction, Plants, PNW, Trees

Book Review: Following Jesus In A Warming World: A Christian Call To Climate Action by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap

June 17, 2023 by Christopher Lancette

Following Jesus In A Warming World: A Christian Call To Climate Action by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap. An evangelical minister shares his journey from climate change agnostic to activist – sharing lessons for Christians and non-Christians alike.

Categories Book Reviews, Nonfiction

New and forthcoming environmental literature

June 17, 2023 by John Yunker

So many new and exciting novels and books of nonfiction and poetry have come across our desks and inboxes as of late. Here are just a handful that caught our …

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Categories Anthropocene, Birds, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Fiction, Nonfiction, Oceans, Poetry, Pollution, Rewilding, Sustainability, What we're reading

Book Review: A Woven World, On Fashion, Fishermen, and the Sardine Dress

December 28, 2023May 31, 2023 by JoeAnn Hart

Here, at long last, is a book that intertwines fashion and fish. You might not have even known you were waiting for such a non-fiction combination, but I suggest you expand your literary diet.

Categories Book Reviews, Counterpoint Press, Nonfiction

Book Review: The Garden Politic: Seeds of evolution and revolution

December 28, 2023May 28, 2023 by John Yunker

Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist, activist, author and orator, was also a gardener. In 1949 he published an article about growing pumpkins and in it he wrote: The ground was prepared …

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Categories Book Reviews, Gardening, History, New York University Press, Nonfiction, Organic Farming

Book Review: Where do you get your protein? This book is a good start…

December 28, 2023May 16, 2023 by John Yunker

There was a time, many years ago, when I believed that I couldn’t give up eating meat because I needed my protein. I was an athlete after all. I needed …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Hunting, Nonfiction, Plants, Sustainability, Veganism

Book Review: FUNNY FARM by Laurie Zaleski

May 1, 2023 by Midge Raymond

Laurie Zaleski’s Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals is not only a memoir of a hardscrabble life but a lovely tribute to the woman who taught Laurie …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Pets, St. Martin's Press

Book Review: Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals by Christopher Preston

April 26, 2023April 18, 2023 by Christopher Lancette

Tenacious Beasts by Christopher Preston explores a wide range of animal recovery efforts — and challenges humans to think differently about how we view wild animals. Book review by Christopher Lancette.

Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Wolves

Book Review: PESTS by Bethany Brookshire

April 10, 2023 by Midge Raymond

In Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, Bethany Brookshire takes a look at myriad animals whom many humans consider pests, from squirrels to cats to elephants, and offers insights into …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Ecco Press, Nonfiction
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