BOOKS
Forests Forever: Their Ecology, Restoration and Protection
This volume provides a panoramic overview of critical issues in forest ecology, policy, and management, bringing together trenchant ideas from ecology, politics, sociology, economics and other fields. The book also provides... read more.
Beating the Heat: Why and How We Must Combat Global WarmingThe temperature of the Earth is rising faster than at any time in recorded history, and may increase by up to ten degrees in the next century. The ominous consequences - famines, floods, droughts, fire storms, disease, rising sea levels, melting...read more.
Understanding ForestsHere is the indispensable primer for anyone interested in the survival of North America's forests. Author John J. Berger provides an accessible introduction to these complex ecosystems, which protect soil and water resources, provide habitat for wildlife, and are essential to climatic stability and ...read more.
Charging Ahead: The Business of Renewable Energy and What it Means for AmericaCharging Ahead foretells the world's next great energy transformation: the shift to clean, renewable energy sources. It shows how renewable energy, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles, when used together, can give us back...read more.
Environmental Restoration: Science and Strategies for Restoring the EarthThis book is the result of the ground-breaking Restoring the Earth conference held in 1988 at the University of California at Berkeley. It includes contributions on terrestrial restoration, aquatic restoration, environmental law, and...read more.
Ecological Restoration in the San Francisco Bay: A Descriptive Directory and Sourcebook Restoration ecology is still a relatively new science, so it is important that information about ongoing restoration projects is readily available so that experiments are not duplicated, failures are not repeated and, above all, so that...read more.
Restoring the Earth: How Americans Are Working to Renew Our Damaged EnvironmentThis hardcover edition of Restoring the Earth introduces us to dedicated individuals and groups who have worked, and are working - privately, voluntarily, and often successfully - to repair and restore those damaged natural resources that are so crucial to...read more.
Nuclear Power: the Unviable Option: A Critical Look At Our Energy AlternativesIn the early fifties, surprised officials of the government's nuclear weapons test program discovered that radioactivity - cesium and strontium - 90 - was not dispersing into the stratosphere as they had assumed it would, but was coming back to earth...read more.
Selected Magazine and Newspaper Articles by John J. Berger: "Embracing A Climate-Safe, Clean Energy Future," (adapted from "Beating the Heat" 2000)
"Prospects for Solar and Wind Power: Harnessing the Elements for our Energy Needs," Positive Alternatives, vol. 8 no.2, Winter 1998, pp. 4, 5, 14. [ZIP 4.08MB]
"A Future Without Fossil Fuel," Earth Island Journal, Winter 1997-1998, pp. 32-33. [ZIP 5.76MB]
"Solar Soars: New Photovoltaic Technology is Driving Costs Down and Efficiency Up," Energy, vol. 22, no.3, July 1997, pp. 18-22. [ZIP 6.76MB]
"Nine Ways to Save our Forests," Sierra Magazine, July 1997. [PDF 2.72MB]
"A Big Hand for a Little Owl," Animal Kingdom, March/April, 1988, pp.26-31. [ZIP 12.6MB]
"The Prairie Makers," Sierra, November/December 1985 [PDF 9.78MB]
"Return of the Falcon," San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle, October 20, 1985 [PDF 11.9MB]
"Montague and the Temple of Doom," Audubon, September, 1985, pp. 104-115 [ZIP 13.3MB]
"Myths of Scarcity," OMNI, February 1982 [PDF 6.35MB]
"Desert Fallout: One Man's Death," The Progressive, August 1981. [PDF 7.16MB]
Other Selected ArticlesIm Ernstfall Hilflos
(Cologne, W. Germany: Kiepenheuer und Witsch, 1980.) The Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems: Science, Technology, and Public Policy
(Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1990). Contributed six case studies, collaborated on chapters, and edited the book. Climate Change Policy
Stephen Schneider, Armin Rosenkranz, and John Niles (eds.). (Washington, D.C. and London: Island Press, 2002.) Contributed "Chapter 16. Renewable Energy Sources as a Response to Global Climate Concerns," pp. 411-446. The Silent Bomb
Peter Faulkner (ed.). (New York: Random House, 1977). Contributed section of the book titled, "Clean Energy Alternatives." Alaska
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(Cologne, W. Germany: Kiepenheuer und Witsch, 1980.)
(Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1990). Contributed six case studies, collaborated on chapters, and edited the book.
Stephen Schneider, Armin Rosenkranz, and John Niles (eds.). (Washington, D.C. and London: Island Press, 2002.) Contributed "Chapter 16. Renewable Energy Sources as a Response to Global Climate Concerns," pp. 411-446.
Peter Faulkner (ed.). (New York: Random House, 1977). Contributed section of the book titled, "Clean Energy Alternatives."
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