TY  - BOOK
AU  - Humes,Edward
TI  - The eco barons: the dreamers, schemers, and millionaires who are saving our planet 
SN  - 9780061350290
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - HarperCollins
KW  - Tompkins, Douglas.
KW  - Galvin, Peter.
KW  - Suckling, Kieran.
KW  - Siegel, Kassie.
KW  - Cummings, Brendan R.
KW  - Quimby, Roxanne.
KW  - Frank, Andrew A.
KW  - Tamminen, Terry.
KW  - Schwarzenegger, Arnold.
KW  - Allen, Carole H.
KW  - Turner, Ted.
KW  - Center for Biological Diversity
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Citizen participation
KW  - Nature conservation
KW  - Maine
KW  - National parks and reserves
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Endangered ecosystems
KW  - Endangered species
KW  - Polar bear
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Hybrid electric vehicles
KW  - Sea turtles
KW  - Conservationists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Environmentalists
N1  - Includes index
N2  - 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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