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Earth Keepers: A Sourcebook for Environmental lssues and Action

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This is an interesting format for an enviromental book, but ultimately, I don't think that the structure is as effective as it might have been.

The book is broken into sections, each of which has an introductory essay by the authors, a couple of essays by noted environmentalists who have an area of specialization that applies, and an "action" section that identifies a range of actions that the reader can immediately take to address environmental concerns.

In general, however, I didn't really find the essays to be of a particularly high quality, and the action recommendations take up an awful lot of space, which would be more understandable if there weren't similar resources available on the web. Another downside is that the calls for action become dated very quickly, rendering many of them irrelevant.

Personally, I prefer when an environmental book focuses on the science of environmentalism, and I get a little uneasy when the spiritual aspect of environmentalism takes a front seat. I understand that an emotional connection to nature is going to be the best way for some people to get motivated, but I would prefer to keep all of the arguments based on logic. When a book is recommending learning Feng Shui as a compenent of environmentalism, that book loses points in my view.