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Marco Armiero, ed., Views from the South: Environmental Stories from the Mediterranean World

Wasting Naples (Una Montagna di Balle)

Where do issues of environmental justice, privatization, police repression, and popular resistance come together? In the case of the tumultuous garbage struggles in Italy's polluted Campania region. Marco Armiero describes the struggles, which he argues are ultimately about power (and its abuses) and democracy (and its absence). Also, Jerry Levy stars in Howard Zinn's play Marx in Soho.

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Debal Deb, Beyond Developmentality: Constructing Inclusive Freedom and Sustainability Earthscan, 2009

Economic growth and industrial development, we are told, are the keys to human and social progress. Debal Deb is far from convinced. In a new book, Deb critiques mainstream economic priorities; calls into question many assumptions about the natural world; describes how traditional indigenous societies have interacted with nature; and calls for a zero-growth economy.

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Dana Frank, "Honduras: Are We Going to Make Concessions to Those Who Perpetrate Coups?" New America Media

Dana Frank, Local Girl Makes History City Lights, 2007

What do a coup in Honduras and a redwood log cross section put on display for park visitors have in common? Dana Frank comments on the recent military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya, the repression and resistance that followed, and the US response. She also explains how date markers on tree slices connect to themes of empire, conquest and domination.

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Agyeman & Ogneva-Himmelberger, eds., Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union MIT Press, 2009

Crude Accountability

A number of post-Soviet states are bent on exploiting their natural resources to drive their economies. This has momentous implications both for natural environments and for environmental justice struggles. Kate Watters and Susie Crate describe the efforts of communities and indigenous people to address environmental degradation caused by extractive operations and nuclear tests.

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Richard Walker, The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area U. of Washington Press, 2007

The San Francisco Bay Area boasts a phenomenal amount of green space woven into its urban landscape, yet it has only been preserved through relentless struggle involving unexpected protagonists and alliances. Geographer Richard Walker argues that while the Bay Area has been in the vanguard of environmental struggle in America, until now that fascinating and important history has not been fully told.

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Alan Weisman

It's a grand thought experiment rooted in one man's passion for the environment. In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman asks, What would happen if humans suddenly disappeared? Which human creations would last, and which would not? And would nature ever fully recover?