> greenlight’s best-Seller List

Here are the top-ten-selling books in various green categories, based on Amazon’s rankings as of August 31, 2006.

1. An Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore

2. The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan

3. Cradle to Cradle, by William McDonough and Michael Braungart

4. The Weather Makers, by Tim Flannery

5. Field Notes from a Catastrophe,
by Elizabeth Kolbert

7. The Revenge of Gaia, by James Lovelock

8. Green for Life, by Victoria Boutenko

9. Natural Capitalism, by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, l. Hunter Lovins

10. The Sustainability Revolution,
by Andres R. Edwards and David W. Orr

 

subject. Here, he explores human efforts to halt nature’s course. His insights into efforts to reroute the Mississippi around New Orleans have special resonance following Hurricane Katrina.

TheWeatherMakers, by Tim Flannery (2005). Another powerful examination of global climate change, this book, Read more >

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CLEANING AMERICA’S AIR: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES An examination of the Clean Air Act of 1970, Cleaning America’s Air: Progress and Challenges is now available from the University of Tennessee Press ($14.95). Read an excerpt from the book—Al Gore’s essay, “Riders on the Blue Marble Must Confront Climate Change” at www.utpress.org/env.

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