Eco barons : the dreamers, schemers, and millionaires who are saving our planet
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Published
New York : Ecco, [2009].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 367 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Southside - Adult
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Published
New York : Ecco, [2009].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-347) and index.
Description
The story of the remarkable visionaries who have quietly dedicated their lives and their fortunes to saving the planet from ecological destruction. While many people remain paralyzed by the scope of Earth's environmental woes, eco barons--a new and largely unheralded generation of Rockefellers and Carnegies--are having spectacular success saving forests and wildlands, pulling endangered species back from the brink, and pioneering the clean and green technologies needed if life and civilization are to endure. Journalist Humes tells of the former fashion magnate who has saved more rainforests than any other person, the college professor who patented the plug-in hybrid car, the impoverished owl wranglers who founded the nation's most effective environmental group, and the former Hollywood pool cleaner who became the guiding force behind a worldwide effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This book proves that one person with determination and vision can make a difference.--From publisher description.
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Allen, Carole H.
Biographies.
Center for Biological Diversity.
Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.
Cummings, Brendan R.
Endangered ecosystems.
Endangered species.
Environmental protection -- Citizen participation.
Environmentalism.
Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.
Frank, Andrew A. -- (Andrew Alfonso)
Galvin, Peter.
Global warming.
Hybrid electric vehicles.
National parks and reserves -- Maine.
Nature conservation -- Citizen participation.
Nature conservation -- Maine.
Polar bear -- Conservation.
Quimby, Roxanne, -- 1950-
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Sea turtles -- Conservation.
Siegel, Kassie.
Suckling, Kieran.
Tamminen, Terry.
Tompkins, Douglas.
Turner, Ted.
Biographies.
Center for Biological Diversity.
Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.
Cummings, Brendan R.
Endangered ecosystems.
Endangered species.
Environmental protection -- Citizen participation.
Environmentalism.
Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.
Frank, Andrew A. -- (Andrew Alfonso)
Galvin, Peter.
Global warming.
Hybrid electric vehicles.
National parks and reserves -- Maine.
Nature conservation -- Citizen participation.
Nature conservation -- Maine.
Polar bear -- Conservation.
Quimby, Roxanne, -- 1950-
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Sea turtles -- Conservation.
Siegel, Kassie.
Suckling, Kieran.
Tamminen, Terry.
Tompkins, Douglas.
Turner, Ted.