Robert Redford

Profiles 6 individuals: In Belgium a naturalist designed and runs his country's first national park. In Mexico a farm leader helps his people use ancient technology to grow their traditional crop, while preserving water and preventing erosion. In Siberia, a local biologist helps protect Baikal, the world's oldest and deepest lake. In Ecuador two men force a huge multi-national oil company to clean up 20 years of environmental damage; in Mozambique,...

Profiles 6 individuals: In Germany community activists respond to the Chernobyl nuclear accident by creating the country's first successful, cooperatively owned, renewable power company. In Texas, an entrepreneur returns home to his environmentally damaged coastal community to fight a major industrial polluter. In Zimbabwe when the rhino population in his homeland is threatened by heavily armed poachers, a visionary bush pilot moves the animals hundreds...

Profiles 6 individuals: In South Africa an activist is leading a campaign against fracking that threatens the Karoo, where sparse desert and majestic mountains converge to create an agriculture heartland and flourishing wildlife reserves. In Iraq Azzam Alwash has taken on the challenge of restoring the Mesopotamia Marshes to their original splendor. In Italy an elementary school teacher began a public education campaign about the dangers of incinerators...

Profiles 6 individuals: In Michigan a family farmer boldly exposed the polluting practices of livestock factory farms, gaining the attention of the EPA; In Cuba a scientist has shifted from chemical dependence to organic practices of sustainable farming. In Costa Rica, an activist starts a movement to stop shark finning. In Cambodia, a visionary created solutions for protecting both the rural farmer's fields and the endangered Asian elephants who...

Zambia and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) represent two divergent strategies on environmentalism. Meet people from both countries and learn of the successes, failures, and sacrifices they experienced seeking environmental justice.

There are places on Earth worthy of absolute preservation and protection for all future generations. Meet people from Puerto Rico, Maryland, Peru, Tanzania, Slovakia, and Cambodia who all share an abiding belief in a sacred, healthy Earth.

Our natural environments are intrinsically more valuable than any grand visions of wealth created using methods detrimental to the Earth. Meet people in New York, India, Russia, Peru, Sumatra, and South Africa who favor health over profit.

Stewardship of the land is a central part of the human condition. Unfortunately, in some cases, so is greed. Meet people from California, Congo, India, Australia, Guatemala, and Slovenia whose spirit matches their intent to live healthily.

Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves -- but park rangers killed the last of their kind in the 1920s. Decades later, the rangers brought them back, with the first wolves arriving from Canada in 1995. This is the incredible true story of one of those wolves. Wolf 8 struggles at first -- he is smaller than the other pups, and often bullied -- but soon he bonds with an alpha female whose mate was shot. An unusually young...

This book presents an international look at sustainable home design, it explores a compelling range of design styles and cutting-edge green technologies. The rising cost of fuel and the growing commitment to protect the environment have sparked exciting innovations in prefab home construction around the world. Showcasing many of the unlimited possibilities offered by prefabrication to build incredibly energy-efficient homes, Prefabulous World features...