Released in 2005, Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage offers a fascinating account of waste production, transport, and disposal, a complex and problematic system that rarely garners adequate attention. According to the book’s website, Gone Tomorrow explores, for example, “controversial topics like the politics of recycling and the export of trash to developing countries” [...]

Michael Pollan has released a new book called Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, which includes 64 bits of food wisdom collected by Pollan from anthropologists, nutritionists, dietitians, grandmothers, and many other sources. In yesterday’s New York Times, Tara Parker-Pope includes excerpts from her recent interview with Pollan about his new book. He discusses some of [...]

By Hudson McFann, Director at Greenovate Since July, Dr. Samuel Epstein, Founder & Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, has been blogging for The Huffington Post. Dr. Epstein is also professor emeritus at the University of Illinois-Chicago School of Public Health. Epstein is well known for his advocacy for cancer prevention and outspokenness about many [...]

By Hudson McFann, Director at Greenovate Ray Anderson, Chairman & Founder of Interface, Inc., FLOR’s parent company, has released a new book: Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose – Doing Business by Respecting the Earth. According to the company’s website, Anderson aims to debunk “the myth that financial success and environmental success are [...]